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general

source: groff (main)
version: 1.23.0-9
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: 1.22.4-6
oldstable: 1.22.4-10
stable: 1.23.0-9
testing: 1.23.0-9
unstable: 1.23.0-9

versioned links

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]
1.23.0-9: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]

binaries

groff (8 bugs: 0, 4, 4, 0)
groff-base (10 bugs: 0, 7, 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Standards version of the package is outdated.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The package is severely out of date with respect to the Debian Policy.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 4.7.2 instead of 3.9.8).

Created: 2018-02-10 Last update: 2025-06-03 23:04

1 bug tagged patch in the BTS normal

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

Created: 2025-01-06 Last update: 2025-12-02 06:30

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 1.23.0-10, 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 1cc0cca66a3e4594e976cfe037a8278bbd031c40
Author: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
Date:   Sat Nov 29 22:44:57 2025 +0000

    Mention several more items in groff's package description
    
    Closes: #1121577

commit 20c992cabf4d7f6a0800acbd44561a526c29b7d5
Author: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
Date:   Sat Nov 29 22:43:19 2025 +0000

    Alphabetically sort utility descriptions in package description

commit 3498959720ed415120682d08732ef2377cf7d002
Author: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
Date:   Fri Nov 21 11:04:13 2025 +0000

    Drop "Rules-Requires-Root: no", default as of dpkg-dev 1.22.13

Created: 2025-11-21 Last update: 2025-11-30 00:02

lintian reports 21 warnings normal

Lintian reports 21 warnings about this package. You should make the package lintian clean getting rid of them.

Created: 2024-12-05 Last update: 2025-08-27 05:00

debian/patches: 6 patches to forward upstream low

Among the 18 debian patches available in version 1.23.0-9 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: 2025-06-04 09:32

news

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[2025-06-12] groff 1.23.0-9 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2025-06-03] Accepted groff 1.23.0-9 (source) into unstable (Colin Watson)
[2025-05-14] groff 1.23.0-8 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2025-05-04] Accepted groff 1.23.0-8 (source) into unstable (Colin Watson)
[2024-12-31] groff 1.23.0-7 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2024-12-26] Accepted groff 1.23.0-7 (source) into unstable (Colin Watson)
[2024-12-10] groff 1.23.0-6 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2024-12-05] Accepted groff 1.23.0-6 (source) into unstable (Colin Watson)
[2024-07-09] groff 1.23.0-5 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2024-07-04] Accepted groff 1.23.0-5 (source) into unstable (Colin Watson)
[2024-05-05] groff 1.23.0-4 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2024-04-30] Accepted groff 1.23.0-4 (source) into unstable (Colin Watson)
[2023-10-21] groff 1.23.0-3 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2023-10-16] Accepted groff 1.23.0-3 (source) into unstable (Colin Watson)
[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)

bugs [bug history graph]

all: 19
RC: 0
I&N: 12
M&W: 7
F&P: 0
patch: 1

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version: 1.23.0-9
13 bugs (1 patch)