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general

source: grass (main)
version: 8.4.2-1
maintainer: Debian GIS Project (archive) (DMD)
uploaders: Francesco Paolo Lovergine [DMD] – Bas Couwenberg [DMD]
arch: all any
std-ver: 4.7.2
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: 8.4.2-1
unstable: 8.4.2-1
exp: 8.5.0~rc1-1~exp1

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]
8.4.2-1: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
8.5.0~rc1-1~exp1: [.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

A new upstream version is available: 8.5.0RC1 high

A new upstream version 8.5.0RC1 is available, you should consider packaging it.

Created: 2026-04-19 Last update: 2026-04-23 06:02

lintian reports 1 error and 1 warning high

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

Created: 2024-08-01 Last update: 2026-01-20 18:01

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

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: 2026-04-23 07:01

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: 2026-04-23 05:30

1 new commit since last upload, is it time to release? normal

vcswatch reports that this package seems to have new commits in its VCS but has not yet updated debian/changelog. You should consider updating the Debian changelog and uploading this new version into the archive.

Here are the relevant commit logs:

commit 1f608799f233e741bd8c8d975a6de6aa0551715e
Author: Bas Couwenberg <sebastic@xs4all.nl>
Date:   Fri Apr 17 21:35:24 2026 +0200

    Mark mkdocs-install.patch as Applied-Upstream.

Created: 2025-03-20 Last update: 2026-04-17 21:01

Standards version of the package is outdated. wishlist

The package should be updated to follow the last version of Debian Policy (Standards-Version 4.7.4 instead of 4.7.2).

Created: 2025-12-23 Last update: 2026-03-31 15:01

testing migrations

This package will soon be part of the auto-gdal transition. You might want to ensure that your package is ready for it. You can probably find supplementary information in the debian-release archives or in the corresponding release.debian.org bug.

news

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[2026-04-17] 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)
[2023-01-22] Accepted grass 8.2.1-1 (source) into unstable (Bas Couwenberg) (signed by: Sebastiaan Couwenberg)
[2022-12-24] Accepted grass 8.2.1~rc1-1~exp1 (source) into experimental (Bas Couwenberg) (signed by: Sebastiaan Couwenberg)

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version: 8.4.2-1
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