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general
  • source: debian-faq (main)
  • version: 10.1
  • maintainer: Javier Fernandez-Sanguino Peña (DMD)
  • uploaders: Joost van Baal [DMD] – Josip Rodin [DMD]
  • arch: all
  • std-ver: 4.4.0
  • VCS: Git (Browse, QA)
versions [more versions can be listed by madison] [old versions available from snapshot.debian.org]
[pool directory]
  • o-o-stable: 5.0.3
  • oldstable: 8.1
  • stable: 9.0
  • testing: 10.1
  • unstable: 10.1
versioned links
  • 5.0.3: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
  • 8.1: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
  • 9.0: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
  • 10.1: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
binaries
  • debian-faq (8 bugs: 0, 4, 4, 0)
  • debian-faq-de
  • debian-faq-fr
  • debian-faq-it
  • debian-faq-ja
  • debian-faq-nl
  • debian-faq-ru
  • debian-faq-zh-cn
action needed
2 bugs tagged patch in the BTS normal
The BTS contains patches fixing 2 bugs, consider including or untagging them.
Created: 2020-10-19 Last update: 2021-01-16 08:30
Fails to build during reproducibility testing normal
A package building reproducibly enables third parties to verify that the source matches the distributed binaries. It has been identified that this source package produced different results, failed to build or had other issues in a test environment. Please read about how to improve the situation!
Created: 2016-04-06 Last update: 2021-01-16 07:33
Depends on packages which need a new maintainer normal
The packages that debian-faq depends on which need a new maintainer are:
  • dblatex (#942402)
    • Build-Depends-Indep: dblatex
  • docbook-xml (#802368)
    • Build-Depends-Indep: docbook-xml
  • docbook-xsl (#802370)
    • Build-Depends-Indep: docbook-xsl
  • xmlroff (#660683)
    • Build-Depends-Indep: xmlroff
Created: 2019-11-22 Last update: 2021-01-16 05:36
Multiarch hinter reports 8 issue(s) normal
There are issues with the multiarch metadata for this package.
  • debian-faq could be marked Multi-Arch: foreign
  • debian-faq-de could be marked Multi-Arch: foreign
  • debian-faq-fr could be marked Multi-Arch: foreign
  • debian-faq-it could be marked Multi-Arch: foreign
  • debian-faq-ja could be marked Multi-Arch: foreign
  • debian-faq-nl could be marked Multi-Arch: foreign
  • debian-faq-ru could be marked Multi-Arch: foreign
  • debian-faq-zh-cn could be marked Multi-Arch: foreign
Created: 2016-09-14 Last update: 2021-01-16 04:05
version in VCS is newer than in repository, is it time to upload? normal
vcswatch reports that this package seems to have a new changelog entry (version 11.0, distribution UNRELEASED) and new commits in its VCS. You should consider whether it's time to make an upload.

Here are the relevant commit messages:
commit 2a1387bfdbb381007b681f5b55c965abee0a1fdd
Author: Dr. Tobias Quathamer <toddy@debian.org>
Date:   Mon Dec 28 22:15:03 2020 +0100

    German translation updates

commit 0261567b4283e5c757ce99d12e4aba9f9f76b14a
Author: Dr. Tobias Quathamer <toddy@debian.org>
Date:   Mon Dec 28 22:14:08 2020 +0100

    Update .po files

commit 6c9e03ed5fef73da6401b996027d3070a4aea22d
Author: Dr. Tobias Quathamer <toddy@debian.org>
Date:   Mon Dec 28 22:05:34 2020 +0100

    Use https for URL

commit cd1b2e851b417c24c1a3357feab0f2efd451504a
Author: Dr. Tobias Quathamer <toddy@debian.org>
Date:   Mon Dec 28 21:55:15 2020 +0100

    Run make tidypo

commit 153cf7b9191373d0ef7405ee80073b6fbe903f2b
Author: Dr. Tobias Quathamer <toddy@debian.org>
Date:   Mon Dec 28 21:53:39 2020 +0100

    Update .po files

commit 70398b06f25701a61cfe886aca0429bcb663db96
Author: Dr. Tobias Quathamer <toddy@debian.org>
Date:   Mon Dec 28 21:47:17 2020 +0100

    More preparations for the next upload

commit bcfde0383f044aecc000ae5dda29ddc1bf267927
Author: Dr. Tobias Quathamer <toddy@debian.org>
Date:   Mon Dec 28 21:37:40 2020 +0100

    Update Standards-Version to 4.5.1, no changes needed

commit 816be4d185aa1028b17f510e9a53bb7163ab758e
Author: Dr. Tobias Quathamer <toddy@debian.org>
Date:   Mon Dec 28 21:36:48 2020 +0100

    Use debhelper v13

commit 58223f1d762b23aa771553ba1522c23760fa7e45
Author: Dr. Tobias Quathamer <toddy@debian.org>
Date:   Mon Dec 28 21:35:51 2020 +0100

    Update d/changelog and prepare version number for next upload

commit 2911d16f34715c992cbf8c8b89348395683f5a56
Author: Dr. Tobias Quathamer <toddy@debian.org>
Date:   Mon Dec 28 21:33:13 2020 +0100

    Update data for bullseye

commit 5dcd0a4665e325b2259e2ece8120eaf794d01e00
Author: Dr. Tobias Quathamer <toddy@debian.org>
Date:   Mon Dec 28 21:15:48 2020 +0100

    Use https for pathname.com

commit a0d94f7c45f3b240a6b3bd6f252948b101ae5d08
Author: Joost van Baal-Ilić <joostvb@perun.mdcc.cx>
Date:   Thu Dec 10 02:59:21 2020 +0100

    * debian/rules: apply patch contributed by Vagrant Cascadian: "Set
      FORCE_SOURCE_DATE=1 in order for texlive to respect SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH
      for reproducible timestamps" in PDF files. Closes: #976348

commit aadc79730d8ddc3a8d8894c0c265875ddf3403d5
Author: Holger Wansing <hwansing@mailbox.org>
Date:   Fri Jul 24 09:52:10 2020 +0200

    Remove mention of 'laptop' task (has been removed from the installer)

commit a664272132cde8cf1ece761172bd504eb625ffd6
Author: Holger Wansing <hwansing@mailbox.org>
Date:   Thu Jul 23 13:05:39 2020 +0200

    Hrr, forgot the bugnumber

commit 59e85d4885bbae3260b03896405e79411476a5ca
Author: Holger Wansing <hwansing@mailbox.org>
Date:   Thu Jul 23 13:04:04 2020 +0200

    Remove dependency to xmlroff (no longer in effective use)

commit 9dfe447cfdc6c503d30b6578fdaa4ebc60401304
Author: Holger Wansing <hwansing@mailbox.org>
Date:   Mon Jul 13 21:33:46 2020 +0200

    Remove FFIS from the document (no longer active and already removed from the website)

commit 65de0a78e90c5e7bc8b82ab87001c9b497517da3
Author: Holger Wansing <hwansing@mailbox.org>
Date:   Sun Apr 19 16:53:29 2020 +0200

    Refresh po files after changings in en

commit 6501b16517085a75f97be04597c6f99fc58addcf
Author: Holger Wansing <hwansing@mailbox.org>
Date:   Sun Apr 19 13:50:20 2020 +0200

    Get rid of mentions of FTP archives (Debian's FTP services are long down)

commit 312aa57e500218dd0e838076afee7453914befb0
Author: Frans Spiesschaert <Frans.Spiesschaert@yucom.be>
Date:   Thu Nov 7 17:52:45 2019 +0100

    (nl) nl/uptodate.po translation update.

commit 849b18e5661fc481d9a0af9dda3bce5a96a1821c
Author: Frans Spiesschaert <Frans.Spiesschaert@yucom.be>
Date:   Thu Nov 7 17:49:40 2019 +0100

    (nl) nl/support.po translation update.

commit b81e06104ad7188cc04671a3959ce164032b08d1
Author: Frans Spiesschaert <Frans.Spiesschaert@yucom.be>
Date:   Thu Nov 7 17:44:33 2019 +0100

    (nl) nl/pkgtools.po translation update.

commit e63648b947e3adad9ec5f25e0887d7d7cd1c1162
Author: Frans Spiesschaert <Frans.Spiesschaert@yucom.be>
Date:   Thu Nov 7 17:35:38 2019 +0100

    (nl) nl/pkg-basics.po translation update.

commit a7d5e491f3a7f3e7b9c68cba6cab8cb3c3393150
Author: Frans Spiesschaert <Frans.Spiesschaert@yucom.be>
Date:   Thu Nov 7 17:25:38 2019 +0100

    (nl) nl/kernel.po translation update.

commit 65fe5a291f239343b0a284f9fcea9a58a83b5aac
Author: Frans Spiesschaert <Frans.Spiesschaert@yucom.be>
Date:   Thu Nov 7 17:23:39 2019 +0100

    (nl) nl/getting-debian.po translation update.

commit 9a9b8e81b5c2b10202c20ace4ea55d9ccbbb6b4c
Author: Frans Spiesschaert <Frans.Spiesschaert@yucom.be>
Date:   Thu Nov 7 17:21:17 2019 +0100

    (nl) nl/ftparchives.po translation update.

commit a548d2a9a45c920a55def45ccf81fc69026f57b8
Author: Frans Spiesschaert <Frans.Spiesschaert@yucom.be>
Date:   Thu Nov 7 16:29:48 2019 +0100

    (nl) nl/faqinfo.po translation update.

commit 9ad08042d0f3fde198a8862512d19b6153acdad3
Author: Frans Spiesschaert <Frans.Spiesschaert@yucom.be>
Date:   Thu Nov 7 16:19:52 2019 +0100

    (nl) nl/debian-faq.po translation update.

commit 0d07742c95f7d3d0fb3385435b8daad5c276a675
Author: Frans Spiesschaert <Frans.Spiesschaert@yucom.be>
Date:   Thu Nov 7 16:17:33 2019 +0100

    (nl) nl/customizing.po translation update.

commit fc34111d554c00bf92b5767389986bb6f73dc8fd
Author: Frans Spiesschaert <Frans.Spiesschaert@yucom.be>
Date:   Thu Nov 7 12:55:03 2019 +0100

    (nl) nl/compatibility.po translation update.

commit ab522f94b873d99d650b949b4e443692dc78ba84
Author: Dr. Tobias Quathamer <toddy@debian.org>
Date:   Sat Oct 12 15:05:42 2019 +0200

    Add Multi-Arch: foreign to packages

commit a3b8cb00a2e9889b4570aa515c72092de7da18a8
Author: Dr. Tobias Quathamer <toddy@debian.org>
Date:   Wed Oct 2 14:36:58 2019 +0200

    Revert "Disable BYHAND processing ..." for the next upload.
    
    This reverts commit 4381e71a9713185f32465f70cd6ce738a4f2443f.
Created: 2019-10-02 Last update: 2021-01-09 19:39
Standards version of the package is outdated. wishlist
The package should be updated to follow the last version of Debian Policy (Standards-Version 4.5.1 instead of 4.4.0).
Created: 2019-09-29 Last update: 2020-11-17 05:41
news
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  • [2019-10-07] debian-faq 10.1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2019-10-02] Accepted debian-faq 10.1 (source) into unstable (Dr. Tobias Quathamer)
  • [2019-02-25] debian-faq 9.0 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2019-02-15] Accepted debian-faq 9.0 (source all) into unstable, unstable (Dr. Tobias Quathamer)
  • [2016-09-03] debian-faq 8.1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2016-08-28] Accepted debian-faq 8.1 (source all) into unstable (Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña) (signed by: Javier Fernandez-Sanguino)
  • [2015-05-07] debian-faq 8.0 MIGRATED to testing (Britney)
  • [2015-05-01] Accepted debian-faq 8.0 (source all) into unstable (Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña) (signed by: Javier Fernandez-Sanguino)
  • [2014-10-26] debian-faq 5.0.3 MIGRATED to testing (Britney)
  • [2014-10-16] Accepted debian-faq 5.0.3 (source all) into unstable (Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña) (signed by: Javier Fernandez-Sanguino)
  • [2014-10-13] Accepted debian-faq 5.0.2+nmu1 (source all) into unstable (Russell Stuart)
  • [2014-08-27] debian-faq REMOVED from testing (Britney)
  • [2013-06-15] debian-faq 5.0.2 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2013-06-04] Accepted debian-faq 5.0.2 (source all) (Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña)
  • [2012-08-22] debian-faq 5.0.1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2012-08-11] Accepted debian-faq 5.0.1 (source all) (David Prévot)
  • [2011-09-07] debian-faq 5.0 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2011-08-27] Accepted debian-faq 5.0 (source all) (Simon Paillard)
  • [2010-02-06] debian-faq 4.0.4+nmu1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2010-01-26] Accepted debian-faq 4.0.4+nmu1 (source all) (Christoph Egger)
  • [2008-08-12] debian-faq 4.0.4 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2008-08-06] Accepted debian-faq 4.0.4 (source all) (Joost van Baal)
  • [2008-07-24] debian-faq 4.0.2 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2008-07-13] Accepted debian-faq 4.0.2 (source all) (Joost van Baal)
  • [2008-04-28] Accepted debian-faq 4.0 (source all) (Joost van Baal)
bugs [bug history graph]
  • all: 9 10
  • RC: 0
  • I&N: 5
  • M&W: 3 4
  • F&P: 1
  • patch: 2
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