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general

source: inform6-library (main)
version: 6.12.6+dfsg1-2
maintainer: Ben Finney (DMD)
arch: all
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: 6.12.2+dfsg.1-1.1
oldstable: 6.12.6+dfsg1-1
stable: 6.12.6+dfsg1-1
testing: 6.12.6+dfsg1-2
unstable: 6.12.6+dfsg1-2

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6.12.2+dfsg.1-1.1: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
6.12.6+dfsg1-1: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
6.12.6+dfsg1-2: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]

binaries

inform6-library

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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 6.12.6+dfsg1-3~pre1, 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 58910a12bcc3c58ffea1c879baa12d216bf0d4a9
Author: Ben Finney <bignose@debian.org>
Date:   Tue Oct 6 18:16:26 2026 +1100

    Add pipeline definition for Salsa Continuous Integration.

commit 4f42368e9fed7929b6d9d160ccd4a6ce2b7eb698
Author: Ben Finney <bignose@debian.org>
Date:   Tue Oct 6 18:14:53 2026 +1100

    Extract common package description text.

commit 18b85724beca5855b2cef38100e565dc783b3428
Author: Ben Finney <bignose@debian.org>
Date:   Tue Oct 6 18:14:29 2026 +1100

    Declare DebHelper compatibility level 14.

commit 18a06688063f0d52b3ba2bc1fc8a2bb63db3c21f
Author: Ben Finney <bignose@debian.org>
Date:   Tue Oct 6 18:08:38 2026 +1100

    Explicitly disable legacy “single-binary” DebHelper behaviour.

commit fd4129e7e51143de130abe625b0d270cbc8e9b73
Author: Ben Finney <bignose@debian.org>
Date:   Tue Oct 6 18:04:46 2026 +1100

    Declare conformance to “Standards-Version: 4.7.4”.

commit 0f88edcaca296b5e6f5dce3d91463a01439cada1
Author: Ben Finney <bignose@debian.org>
Date:   Tue Oct 6 18:03:12 2026 +1100

    Remove superfluous declaration of “Priority: optional”.
    
    As of dpkg version 1.22.13, this field is set to “optional” by default. As
    such, in this case the `Priority` field is redundant and should be removed.

commit 5ab8da9c86d18b40a75a0e8e78ef8a020039e68e
Author: Ben Finney <bignose@debian.org>
Date:   Tue Oct 6 18:02:13 2026 +1100

    Remove superfluous declaration of “Rules-Requires-Root: no”.
    
    As of dpkg version 1.22.13, this field is set to “no” by default. As such,
    in this case the ‘Rules-Requires-Root’ field is redundant and should be
    removed.

commit bb0cefd596f5a390f2b6345e3cb8fbfae2ad1b26
Author: Ben Finney <bignose@debian.org>
Date:   Tue Oct 6 18:00:04 2026 +1100

    Document policy on use of Generative AI.

commit 539a5c9e34ac4c47dd4970d764d956443c8f7d27
Author: Ben Finney <bignose@debian.org>
Date:   Tue Oct 6 17:59:47 2026 +1100

    Document our preferred VCS collaboration strategy.

commit 839edbf0b0e88fe912493e357e2c6d08ee509a8d
Author: Ben Finney <bignose@debian.org>
Date:   Tue Oct 6 17:58:48 2026 +1100

    Update documentation of pre-release development convention.

commit df1449c4a7b27f3d2524268447bf350aea7d537c
Author: Ben Finney <bignose@debian.org>
Date:   Tue Oct 6 17:54:09 2026 +1100

    Organise Debian changelog items by configuration file affected.

commit 856274ceae8ba500da6d86b4e8e66cbaa2b69634
Author: Ben Finney <bignose@debian.org>
Date:   Tue Oct 6 17:51:14 2026 +1100

    Update years of publication in copyright notices.

commit 4e4734248da3d8b3becb0679b4317d2dc60b592e
Author: Ben Finney <bignose@debian.org>
Date:   Mon Jul 28 13:08:38 2025 +1000

    Declare packages may satisfy a dependency for a foreign architecture.

Created: 2022-11-22 Last update: 2026-10-06 09:02

1 open merge request in Salsa normal

There is 1 open merge request for this package on Salsa. You should consider reviewing and/or merging these merge requests.

Created: 2026-09-28 Last update: 2026-09-28 15:32

Multiarch hinter reports 1 issue(s) low

There are issues with the multiarch metadata for this package.

inform6-library could be marked Multi-Arch: foreign

Created: 2016-09-14 Last update: 2026-10-13 04:00

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 4.7.2).

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

news

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[2025-08-13] inform6-library 6.12.6+dfsg1-2 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2025-05-31] Accepted inform6-library 6.12.6+dfsg1-2 (source) into unstable (Ben Finney)
[2022-04-30] inform6-library 6.12.6+dfsg1-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2022-04-25] Accepted inform6-library 6.12.6+dfsg1-1 (source) into unstable (Ben Finney)
[2021-01-12] inform6-library 6.12.2+dfsg.1-1.1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2021-01-06] Accepted inform6-library 6.12.2+dfsg.1-1.1 (source) into unstable (Holger Levsen)
[2019-02-08] inform6-library 6.12.2+dfsg.1-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2019-02-03] Accepted inform6-library 6.12.2+dfsg.1-1 (source all) into unstable (Ben Finney)
[2016-04-18] Accepted inform6-library 6.12~dfsg.1-1 (source all) into unstable, unstable (Ben Finney) (signed by: Stephen Kitt)

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