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general

source: texinfo (main)
version: 7.3-2
maintainer: Debian TeX Task Force (archive) (DMD)
uploaders: Frank Küster [DMD] – Norbert Preining [DMD] – Hilmar Preuße [DMD]
arch: all any
std-ver: 4.7.3
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: 7.3-2
unstable: 7.3-2

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]
7.3-2: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]

binaries

info (3 bugs: 0, 1, 2, 0)
install-info (4 bugs: 0, 2, 2, 0)
texinfo (13 bugs: 0, 7, 6, 0)
texinfo-lib
texinfo-swig

action needed

debian/patches: 1 patch with invalid metadata, 2 patches to forward upstream high

Among the 4 debian patches available in version 7.3-2 of the package, we noticed the following issues:

1 patch with invalid metadata that ought to be fixed.
2 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: 2026-03-23 22:00

1 bug tagged patch in the BTS normal

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

Created: 2026-04-06 Last update: 2026-04-08 07:00

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 7.3-3, 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 394365da95e3782158efd74ca8e6825934b33b7b
Author: Hilmar Preuße <hille42@web.de>
Date:   Mon Mar 30 23:59:18 2026 +0200

    [skip-ci] Lintian override: texinfo source: maintainer-desktop-entry.

commit be7f8ac23f98d1063b54425b9c00735d32773fc4
Author: Hilmar Preuße <hille42@web.de>
Date:   Sun Mar 29 13:54:07 2026 +0200

    [skip-ci] ...more license cleanup #5.

commit 5031ea99d45860d4ee36172e408b481a42bf455c
Author: Hilmar Preuße <hille42@web.de>
Date:   Wed Mar 25 23:14:11 2026 +0100

    Remove overrides from d/lrc.config, issues were solved in licenserecon '14.0'.

commit 345ca253ce5330de95831135c49b8db05dcaca0f
Author: Hilmar Preuße <hille42@web.de>
Date:   Tue Mar 24 21:41:10 2026 +0100

    Add d/lrc.config to work around lrc issues.

Created: 2026-03-24 Last update: 2026-04-07 00:00

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 4.7.3).

Created: 2026-03-31 Last update: 2026-03-31 15:01

testing migrations

This package will soon be part of the auto-perl 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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[2026-03-26] texinfo 7.3-2 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2026-03-23] Accepted texinfo 7.3-2 (source) into unstable (Hilmar Preuße)
[2026-03-04] Accepted texinfo 7.3-1 (source arm64 all) into experimental (Debian FTP Masters) (signed by: Hilmar Preuße)
[2026-02-22] Accepted texinfo 7.2.92-1 (source) into experimental (Hilmar Preuße)
[2026-02-09] Accepted texinfo 7.2.91-1 (source) into experimental (Hilmar Preuße)
[2026-02-08] Accepted texinfo 7.2.90-2 (source) into experimental (Hilmar Preuße)
[2026-02-05] Accepted texinfo 7.2.90-1 (source) into experimental (Hilmar Preuße)
[2025-10-31] texinfo 7.2-5 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2025-10-24] Accepted texinfo 7.2-5 (source) into unstable (Hilmar Preuße)
[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)

bugs [bug history graph]

all: 20
RC: 0
I&N: 10
M&W: 10
F&P: 0
patch: 1

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ubuntu

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version: 7.2-5ubuntu2
51 bugs (2 patches)
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