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general

source: groff (main)
version: 1.23.0-2
maintainer: Colin Watson (DMD) (LowNMU)
arch: any
std-ver: 3.9.8
VCS: Git (Browse, QA)

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

[pool directory]

o-o-stable: 1.22.4-3+deb10u1
oldstable: 1.22.4-6
stable: 1.22.4-10
testing: 1.23.0-2
unstable: 1.23.0-2

versioned links

1.22.4-3+deb10u1: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
1.22.4-6: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
1.22.4-10: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
1.23.0-2: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]

binaries

groff (6 bugs: 0, 3, 3, 0)
groff-base (9 bugs: 2, 4, 3, 0)

action needed

Standards version of the package is outdated.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The package is severely out of date with respect to the Debian Policy.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 4.6.2 instead of 3.9.8).

Created: 2018-02-10 Last update: 2023-07-15 03:29

Depends on packages which need a new maintainer normal

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

ghostscript (#1022718)
- Recommends: ghostscript
- Build-Depends: ghostscript

Created: 2022-10-24 Last update: 2023-09-22 06:11

1 bug tagged patch in the BTS normal

The BTS contains patches fixing 1 bug, consider including or untagging them.

Created: 2023-09-13 Last update: 2023-09-22 06:01

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 1.23.0-2.1, 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 fd837fbaffb40f3ca051930003b063eb4b9d6436
Author: G. Branden Robinson <g.branden.robinson@gmail.com>
Date:   Fri Jul 21 07:40:14 2023 -0500

    debian/groff-base.mime: Run groff with '-t'
    
    ...to unconditionally preprocess with tbl(1).  Since these MIME types
    are assumed to be man pages anyway (hence the existing '-mandoc'
    option), it costs little to do this and will help many more documents
    render well.

Created: 2023-07-21 Last update: 2023-09-17 20:34

lintian reports 29 warnings normal

Lintian reports 29 warnings about this package. You should make the package lintian clean getting rid of them.

Created: 2023-07-13 Last update: 2023-07-13 16:37

debian/patches: 6 patches to forward upstream low

Among the 12 debian patches available in version 1.23.0-2 of the package, we noticed the following issues:

6 patches where the metadata indicates that the patch has not yet been forwarded upstream. You should either forward the patch upstream or update the metadata to document its real status.

Created: 2023-02-26 Last update: 2023-07-15 10:30

news

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[2023-07-23] groff 1.23.0-2 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2023-07-14] Accepted groff 1.23.0-2 (source) into unstable (Colin Watson)
[2023-07-13] Accepted groff 1.23.0-1 (source) into unstable (Colin Watson)
[2023-03-14] groff 1.22.4-10 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2023-03-07] Accepted groff 1.22.4-10 (source) into unstable (Colin Watson)
[2022-11-26] groff 1.22.4-9 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2022-11-15] Accepted groff 1.22.4-9 (source) into unstable (Colin Watson)
[2022-01-01] groff 1.22.4-8 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2021-12-26] Accepted groff 1.22.4-8 (source) into unstable (Colin Watson)
[2021-09-22] groff 1.22.4-7 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2021-09-09] Accepted groff 1.22.4-7 (source) into unstable (Colin Watson)
[2021-03-19] Accepted groff 1.22.4-3+deb10u1 (source) into proposed-updates->stable-new, proposed-updates (Debian FTP Masters) (signed by: Colin Watson)
[2021-02-01] groff 1.22.4-6 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2021-01-27] Accepted groff 1.22.4-6 (source) into unstable (Colin Watson)
[2020-05-11] groff 1.22.4-5 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2020-05-06] Accepted groff 1.22.4-5 (source) into unstable (Colin Watson)
[2019-12-29] groff 1.22.4-4 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2019-12-23] Accepted groff 1.22.4-4 (source) into unstable (Colin Watson)
[2019-03-11] groff 1.22.4-3 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2019-02-28] Accepted groff 1.22.4-3 (source) into unstable (Colin Watson)
[2019-01-10] groff 1.22.4-2 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2019-01-04] Accepted groff 1.22.4-2 (source) into unstable (Colin Watson)
[2018-12-29] groff 1.22.4-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2018-12-24] Accepted groff 1.22.4-1 (source) into unstable (Colin Watson)
[2018-12-20] Accepted groff 1.22.4~rc5-1 (source) into experimental (Colin Watson)
[2018-12-01] Accepted groff 1.22.4~rc4-1 (source) into experimental (Colin Watson)
[2018-11-07] Accepted groff 1.22.4~rc3-1 (source) into experimental (Colin Watson)
[2018-11-03] Accepted groff 1.22.4~rc2-3 (source) into experimental (Colin Watson)
[2018-04-14] Accepted groff 1.22.4~rc2-2 (source) into experimental (Colin Watson)
[2018-03-29] Accepted groff 1.22.4~rc2-1 (source) into experimental (Colin Watson)

bugs [bug history graph]

all: 14 15
RC: 1 2
I&N: 7
M&W: 6
F&P: 0
patch: 1

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version: 1.23.0-2
13 bugs (1 patch)