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general

source: grass (main)
version: 8.5.0-1
maintainer: Debian GIS Project (archive) (DMD)
uploaders: Francesco Paolo Lovergine [DMD] – Bas Couwenberg [DMD]
arch: all any
std-ver: 4.7.4
VCS: Git (Browse, QA)

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

[pool directory]

o-o-stable: 7.8.5-1+deb11u1
oldstable: 8.2.1-1
stable: 8.4.1-1
testing: 8.5.0-1
unstable: 8.5.0-1

versioned links

7.8.5-1+deb11u1: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
8.2.1-1: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
8.4.1-1: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
8.5.0-1: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]

binaries

grass
grass-core
grass-dev
grass-dev-doc
grass-doc
grass-gui

action needed

lintian reports 1 warning high

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

Created: 2024-08-01 Last update: 2026-05-09 18:31

AppStream hints: 2 errors and 3 warnings high

AppStream found metadata issues for packages:

grass-core: 2 errors and 3 warnings

You should get rid of them to provide more metadata about this software.

Created: 2018-06-04 Last update: 2022-01-21 06:05

Depends on packages which need a new maintainer normal

The packages that grass depends on which need a new maintainer are:

gpstrans (#636411)
- Suggests: gpstrans

Created: 2019-11-22 Last update: 2026-05-26 17:00

Does not build reproducibly during 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: 2018-09-11 Last update: 2026-05-26 12:02

piuparts found (un)installation error(s) normal

Piuparts stresses package installation, uninstallation, upgrade, ... While doing such tests, one or more errors were found for the following suites:

sid - piuparts

You should fix them.

Created: 2026-05-24 Last update: 2026-05-24 18:02

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 8.5.0-2, 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 f707a4fdfd4417513e63401dd5a7db3bb36a4d0f
Author: Bas Couwenberg <sebastic@xs4all.nl>
Date:   Sun May 24 09:21:40 2026 +0200

    Allow piuparts to fail.

commit b21f47215b3dc4dd9827b706db3094a0447bdd0b
Author: Bas Couwenberg <sebastic@xs4all.nl>
Date:   Sun May 24 07:07:52 2026 +0200

    Replace default-libmysqlclient-dev with libmariadb-dev. (closes: #1137461)

Created: 2026-05-24 Last update: 2026-05-24 08:30

Issues found with some translations low

Automatic checks made by the Debian l10n team found some issues with the translations contained in this package. You should check the l10n status report for more information.

Issues can be things such as missing translations, problematic translated strings, outdated PO files, unknown languages, etc.

Created: 2026-05-10 Last update: 2026-05-10 14:03

testing migrations

This package is part of the ongoing testing transition known as auto-gdal. Please avoid uploads unrelated to this transition, they would likely delay it and require supplementary work from the release managers. On the other hand, if your package has problems preventing it to migrate to testing, please fix them as soon as possible. You can probably find supplementary information in the debian-release archives or in the corresponding release.debian.org bug.

news

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[2026-05-15] grass 8.5.0-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2026-05-09] Accepted grass 8.5.0-1 (source) into unstable (Bas Couwenberg) (signed by: Sebastiaan Couwenberg)
[2026-04-17] Accepted grass 8.5.0~rc1-1~exp1 (source) into experimental (Bas Couwenberg) (signed by: Sebastiaan Couwenberg)
[2025-11-27] grass 8.4.2-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2025-11-21] Accepted grass 8.4.2-1 (source) into unstable (Bas Couwenberg) (signed by: Sebastiaan Couwenberg)
[2025-03-02] grass 8.4.1-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2025-02-24] Accepted grass 8.4.1-1 (source) into unstable (Bas Couwenberg) (signed by: Sebastiaan Couwenberg)
[2025-02-12] Accepted grass 8.4.1~rc1-1~exp1 (source) into experimental (Bas Couwenberg) (signed by: Sebastiaan Couwenberg)
[2024-08-06] grass 8.4.0-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2024-08-01] Accepted grass 8.4.0-1 (source) into unstable (Bas Couwenberg) (signed by: Sebastiaan Couwenberg)
[2024-08-01] grass 8.3.2-3 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2024-07-27] Accepted grass 8.4.0-1~exp1 (source) into experimental (Bas Couwenberg) (signed by: Sebastiaan Couwenberg)
[2024-07-27] Accepted grass 8.3.2-3 (source) into unstable (Bas Couwenberg) (signed by: Sebastiaan Couwenberg)
[2024-07-22] grass 8.3.2-2 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2024-07-17] Accepted grass 8.3.2-2 (source) into unstable (Bas Couwenberg) (signed by: Sebastiaan Couwenberg)
[2024-06-19] Accepted grass 8.4.0~rc1-1~exp1 (source) into experimental (Bas Couwenberg) (signed by: Sebastiaan Couwenberg)
[2024-05-07] grass 8.3.2-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2024-03-08] Accepted grass 8.3.2-1 (source) into unstable (Bas Couwenberg) (signed by: Sebastiaan Couwenberg)
[2024-03-07] Accepted grass 8.3.2-1~exp1 (source) into experimental (Bas Couwenberg) (signed by: Sebastiaan Couwenberg)
[2024-02-21] Accepted grass 8.3.2~rc1-1~exp1 (source) into experimental (Bas Couwenberg) (signed by: Sebastiaan Couwenberg)
[2023-12-24] grass 8.3.1-2 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2023-12-17] Accepted grass 8.3.1-2 (source) into unstable (Bas Couwenberg) (signed by: Sebastiaan Couwenberg)
[2023-11-16] grass 8.3.1-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2023-10-26] Accepted grass 8.3.1-1 (source) into unstable (Bas Couwenberg) (signed by: Sebastiaan Couwenberg)
[2023-10-13] Accepted grass 8.3.1~rc1-1~exp1 (source) into experimental (Bas Couwenberg) (signed by: Sebastiaan Couwenberg)
[2023-07-02] grass 8.3.0-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2023-06-27] Accepted grass 8.3.0-1 (source) into unstable (Bas Couwenberg) (signed by: Sebastiaan Couwenberg)
[2023-06-24] Accepted grass 8.3.0-1~exp1 (source) into experimental (Bas Couwenberg) (signed by: Sebastiaan Couwenberg)
[2023-06-20] Accepted grass 8.3.0~rc1-1~exp1 (source) into experimental (Bas Couwenberg) (signed by: Sebastiaan Couwenberg)
[2023-01-28] grass 8.2.1-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)

bugs [bug history graph]

all: 1
RC: 0
I&N: 0
M&W: 0
F&P: 1
patch: 0

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ubuntu

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version: 8.4.2-1
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