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general

source: texinfo (main)
version: 7.2-4
maintainer: Debian TeX Task Force (archive) (DMD)
uploaders: Frank Küster [DMD] – Norbert Preining [DMD] – Hilmar Preuße [DMD]
arch: all any
std-ver: 4.7.0
VCS: Git (Browse, QA)

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

[pool directory]

o-o-stable: 6.7.0.dfsg.2-6
oldstable: 6.8-6
stable: 7.1.1-1
testing: 7.2-4
unstable: 7.2-4

versioned links

6.7.0.dfsg.2-6: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
6.8-6: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
7.1.1-1: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
7.2-4: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]

binaries

info (4 bugs: 0, 2, 2, 0)
install-info (5 bugs: 0, 3, 2, 0)
texinfo (15 bugs: 0, 8, 7, 0)
texinfo-lib

action needed

Problems while searching for a new upstream version high

uscan had problems while searching for a new upstream version:

In watchfile debian/watch, reading webpage
  https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/texinfo/ failed: 500 Can't connect to ftp.gnu.org:443

Created: 2025-09-17 Last update: 2025-09-18 08:01

lintian reports 8 errors and 56 warnings high

Lintian reports 8 errors and 56 warnings about this package. You should make the package lintian clean getting rid of them.

Created: 2025-08-19 Last update: 2025-08-19 17:01

debian/patches: 1 patch with invalid metadata high

Among the 2 debian patches available in version 7.2-4 of the package, we noticed the following issues:

1 patch with invalid metadata that ought to be fixed.

Created: 2023-02-26 Last update: 2025-08-19 12:02

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: 2025-09-18 09:01

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 7.2-5, 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 d5e37e5a008f58e8594087b32c44223c3a4775bc
Author: Hilmar Preuße <hille42@web.de>
Date:   Sun Sep 14 17:06:41 2025 +0200

    Replace "configure call" by "dh_auto_configure".

commit 4b92727edd1a1f6253ad217b5353c05da10bd40a
Author: Hilmar Preuße <hille42@web.de>
Date:   Sat Sep 13 12:12:14 2025 +0200

    Delete obsolete patches.

commit df74aa994309dc5e47719718ffbfd84bb89932f6
Author: Hilmar Preuße <hille42@web.de>
Date:   Sat Sep 13 12:09:36 2025 +0200

    Fix for Bug#1115088.

commit c9c7a81fd2996f8d32a7cb9753e9db57b079cdeb
Author: Hilmar Preuße <hille42@web.de>
Date:   Sat Sep 13 12:00:37 2025 +0200

    Refresh patches.

Created: 2025-09-14 Last update: 2025-09-17 12:03

Standards version of the package is outdated. wishlist

The package should be updated to follow the last version of Debian Policy (Standards-Version 4.7.2 instead of 4.7.0).

Created: 2025-02-21 Last update: 2025-08-19 12:32

news

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[2025-08-21] texinfo 7.2-4 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2025-08-19] Accepted texinfo 7.2-4 (source) into unstable (Hilmar Preuße)
[2025-08-19] Accepted texinfo 7.2-3 (source) into unstable (Hilmar Preuße)
[2025-01-18] Accepted texinfo 7.2-2 (source) into experimental (Hilmar Preuße)
[2025-01-08] Accepted texinfo 7.2-1 (source) into experimental (Hilmar Preuße)
[2024-09-16] texinfo 7.1.1-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2024-09-13] Accepted texinfo 7.1.1-1 (source) into unstable (Hilmar Preuße)
[2024-01-20] texinfo 7.1-3 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2024-01-13] Accepted texinfo 7.1-3 (source) into unstable (Hilmar Preusse)
[2023-11-22] texinfo 7.1-2 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2023-11-19] Accepted texinfo 7.1-2 (source) into unstable (Hilmar Preusse)
[2023-11-10] texinfo 7.1-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2023-10-29] Accepted texinfo 7.1-1 (source) into unstable (Hilmar Preusse)
[2023-07-13] texinfo 7.0.3-2 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2023-07-10] Accepted texinfo 7.0.3-2 (source) into unstable (Hilmar Preusse)
[2023-03-30] Accepted texinfo 7.0.3-1 (source) into experimental (Hilmar Preusse)
[2023-01-25] Accepted texinfo 7.0.2-1 (source) into experimental (Hilmar Preusse)
[2023-01-08] Accepted texinfo 7.0.1-3 (source amd64 all) into experimental (Debian FTP Masters) (signed by: bage@debian.org)
[2022-12-20] Accepted texinfo 7.0.1-2 (source) into experimental (Hilmar Preusse)
[2022-12-02] Accepted texinfo 7.0.1-1 (source) into experimental (Hilmar Preusse)
[2022-11-12] Accepted texinfo 7.0-1 (source) into experimental (Hilmar Preusse)
[2022-06-30] texinfo 6.8-6 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2022-06-26] Accepted texinfo 6.8-6 (source) into unstable (Hilmar Preusse)
[2022-06-26] Accepted texinfo 6.8-5 (source) into unstable (Hilmar Preusse)
[2022-01-13] texinfo 6.8-4 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2022-01-11] Accepted texinfo 6.8-4 (source) into unstable (Hilmar Preusse)
[2021-10-05] texinfo 6.8-3 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2021-09-22] Accepted texinfo 6.8-3 (source) into unstable (Hilmar Preusse)
[2021-09-21] Accepted texinfo 6.8-2 (source) into unstable (Norbert Preining)
[2021-07-04] Accepted texinfo 6.8-1 (source) into experimental (Norbert Preining)

bugs [bug history graph]

all: 25
RC: 0
I&N: 13
M&W: 11
F&P: 1
patch: 1

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version: 7.1.1-1
52 bugs (2 patches)