hw-detect - Debian Package Tracker

general

source: hw-detect (main)
version: 1.175
maintainer: Debian Install System Team (archive) (DMD)
uploaders: Petter Reinholdtsen [DMD] – Colin Watson [DMD]
arch: all any
VCS: Git (Browse, QA)

versions [more versions can be listed by madison] [old versions available from snapshot.debian.org]

[pool directory]

o-o-stable: 1.147
oldstable: 1.159
stable: 1.171
testing: 1.175
unstable: 1.175

versioned links

1.147: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
1.159: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
1.171: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
1.175: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]

binaries

archdetect
disk-detect (1 bugs: 0, 0, 1, 0)
driver-injection-disk-detect
ethdetect (2 bugs: 0, 2, 0, 0)
hw-detect (40 bugs: 0, 28, 12, 0)

action needed

lintian reports 1 error high

Lintian reports 1 error about this package. You should make the package lintian clean getting rid of them.

Created: 2026-03-18 Last update: 2026-05-14 19:30

Standards version of the package is outdated. high

The package is severely out of date with respect to the Debian Policy. The package should be updated to follow the last version of Debian Policy (Standards-Version 4.7.4 instead of ).

Created: 2014-09-09 Last update: 2026-05-14 18:02

11 bugs tagged patch in the BTS normal

The BTS contains patches fixing 11 bugs, consider including or untagging them.

Created: 2026-06-02 Last update: 2026-06-29 23:30

4 open merge requests in Salsa normal

There are 4 open merge requests for this package on Salsa. You should consider reviewing and/or merging these merge requests.

Created: 2025-08-19 Last update: 2026-06-23 21:33

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 1.176, 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 63d345b29371646259479c1b33f93482720915a3
Author: Holger Wansing <hwansing@mailbox.org>
Date:   Tue Jun 23 22:41:29 2026 +0200

    Changelog entry for MR20

commit cc62bb16ae2834cb04b6fd5c82903f707336ad36
Merge: 3d24962 42a144b
Author: Holger Wansing <holgerw@debian.org>
Date:   Tue Jun 23 22:08:48 2026 +0200

    Merge branch 'pham/fix-template-firmware-lookup' into 'master'
    
    Templates: Change hw-detect/firmware-lookup type to "string"
    
    See merge request installer-team/hw-detect!20

commit 42a144b71541c0d23e6c9102d958098ff58d84b2
Author: Pascal Hambourg <pascal@plouf.fr.eu.org>
Date:   Fri Jun 19 14:24:29 2026 +0200

    Templates: Change hw-detect/firmware-lookup type to "string"
    
    Current type "text" is skipped in preseed master list.
    
    Closes: #1140391

commit 3d24962955d14326b22947c28dca77c0d0b3bf75
Author: D-I role <debian-boot@lists.debian.org>
Date:   Sat May 23 20:22:36 2026 +0000

    [l10n]  Commit changed/added po files (from l10n-sync run at dillon)

commit 4afcaf7893a9fa55fe2618e9bf5879a8cf9a55cd
Author: Holger Wansing <hwansing@mailbox.org>
Date:   Fri May 15 11:18:35 2026 +0200

    Fix lintian error (policy violation; 'untranslatable-debconf-templates')

Created: 2026-05-15 Last update: 2026-06-23 21:33

news

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[2026-05-23] hw-detect 1.175 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2026-05-14] Accepted hw-detect 1.175 (source) into unstable (Holger Wansing)
[2026-03-24] hw-detect 1.174 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2026-03-18] Accepted hw-detect 1.174 (source) into unstable (Cyril Brulebois)
[2025-12-01] hw-detect 1.173 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2025-11-25] Accepted hw-detect 1.173 (source) into unstable (Holger Wansing)
[2025-10-17] hw-detect 1.172 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2025-10-11] Accepted hw-detect 1.172 (source) into unstable (Philip Hands)
[2025-08-04] hw-detect 1.171 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2025-08-02] Accepted hw-detect 1.171 (source) into unstable (Cyril Brulebois)
[2025-07-26] hw-detect 1.170 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2025-07-20] Accepted hw-detect 1.170 (source) into unstable (Cyril Brulebois)
[2025-06-30] hw-detect 1.169 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2025-06-27] Accepted hw-detect 1.169 (source) into unstable (Holger Wansing)
[2025-05-14] hw-detect 1.168 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2025-05-13] Accepted hw-detect 1.168 (source) into unstable (Cyril Brulebois)
[2025-04-12] hw-detect 1.167 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2025-04-06] Accepted hw-detect 1.167 (source) into unstable (Holger Wansing)
[2025-04-06] hw-detect 1.166 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2025-04-01] Accepted hw-detect 1.166 (source) into unstable (Holger Wansing)
[2025-02-12] hw-detect 1.165 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2025-02-06] Accepted hw-detect 1.165 (source) into unstable (Holger Wansing)
[2024-12-05] hw-detect 1.164 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2024-11-29] Accepted hw-detect 1.164 (source) into unstable (Holger Wansing)
[2024-11-08] hw-detect 1.163 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2024-11-02] Accepted hw-detect 1.163 (source) into unstable (Cyril Brulebois)
[2024-09-16] hw-detect 1.162 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2024-09-10] Accepted hw-detect 1.162 (source) into unstable (Holger Wansing)
[2024-06-03] hw-detect 1.161 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2024-05-28] Accepted hw-detect 1.161 (source) into unstable (Holger Wansing)

bugs [bug history graph]

all: 46 47
RC: 0
I&N: 33 34
M&W: 12
F&P: 1
patch: 11

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