jacal - Debian Package Tracker

general

source: jacal (main)
version: 2a1+ds-1
maintainer: Barak A. Pearlmutter (DMD) (LowNMU)
arch: all
std-ver: 4.7.4
VCS: Git (Browse, QA)

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

[pool directory]

o-o-stable: 1c7-2
oldstable: 1c8-1
stable: 1c8-1
testing: 1c8-1
unstable: 2a1+ds-1

versioned links

1c7-2: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
1c8-1: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
2a1+ds-1: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]

binaries

jacal

action needed

Marked for autoremoval on 09 October due to mit-scheme: #1145694 high

Version 1c8-1 of jacal is marked for autoremoval from testing on Fri 09 Oct 2026. It depends (transitively) on mit-scheme, affected by #1145694. You should try to prevent the removal by fixing these RC bugs.

Created: 2026-09-02 Last update: 2026-09-09 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 2a1+ds-2, 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 cd8774f3a4c0952bfe04bac9376e1607c71e1f14
Author: Barak A. Pearlmutter <barak+git@pearlmutter.net>
Date:   Sat Sep 5 14:40:54 2026 +0100

    clean and latex

commit 36fd540a32145a81045ae56b054ddf4b884033a7
Author: Barak A. Pearlmutter <barak+git@pearlmutter.net>
Date:   Sat Sep 5 12:48:26 2026 +0100

    remove unnecessary error ignoring options

commit 9b593de14f4ee902533eb943008a225d60a67cf4
Author: Barak A. Pearlmutter <barak+git@pearlmutter.net>
Date:   Sat Sep 5 11:44:14 2026 +0000

    Remove listed license files (COPYING) from copyright.
    
    Changes-By: lintian-brush
    Fixes: lintian: source: license-file-listed-in-debian-copyright COPYING [debian/copyright]
    See-also: https://lintian.debian.org/tags/license-file-listed-in-debian-copyright.html

commit 0683f3e66d74900cd3a092e77acdc3e28e5fa3df
Author: Barak A. Pearlmutter <barak+git@pearlmutter.net>
Date:   Sat Sep 5 12:26:35 2026 +0100

    local ratint sources

https://salsa.debian.org/api/v4/projects/debian%2Fjacal API request failed: 401 Unauthorized at /srv/qa.debian.org/data/vcswatch/vcswatch line 410.

Created: 2026-09-05 Last update: 2026-09-05 15:03

lintian reports 1 warning normal

Lintian reports 1 warning about this package. You should make the package lintian clean getting rid of them.

Created: 2026-09-05 Last update: 2026-09-05 06:01

debian/patches: 2 patches to forward upstream low

Among the 2 debian patches available in version 2a1+ds-1 of the package, we noticed the following issues:

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: 2026-09-05 10:19

testing migrations

excuses:
- Migration status for jacal (1c8-1 to 2a1+ds-1): Waiting for test results or another package, or too young (no action required now - check later)
- Issues preventing migration:
- ∙ ∙ Too young, only 4 of 5 days old
- Additional info (not blocking):
- ∙ ∙ Piuparts tested OK - https://piuparts.debian.org/sid/source/j/jacal.html
- ∙ ∙ Reproduced on amd64 - info
- ∙ ∙ Reproduced on arm64 - info
- ∙ ∙ Reproduced on armhf - info
- ∙ ∙ Reproduced on i386 - info
- Not considered

news

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[2026-09-04] Accepted jacal 2a1+ds-1 (source) into unstable (Barak A. Pearlmutter)
[2025-01-21] jacal 1c8-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2024-01-19] jacal REMOVED from testing (Debian testing watch)
[2023-01-17] jacal 1c8-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2023-01-11] Accepted jacal 1c8-1 (source) into unstable (Barak A. Pearlmutter)
[2022-12-25] jacal 1c7-3 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2022-03-19] jacal REMOVED from testing (Debian testing watch)
[2021-12-06] jacal 1c7-3 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2021-12-01] Accepted jacal 1c7-3 (source) into unstable (Barak A. Pearlmutter)
[2021-02-06] jacal 1c7-2 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2021-01-31] Accepted jacal 1c7-2 (source) into unstable (Barak A. Pearlmutter)
[2021-01-12] jacal 1c7-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2021-01-06] Accepted jacal 1c7-1 (source) into unstable (Barak A. Pearlmutter)
[2021-01-05] Accepted jacal 1b9-7.1 (source) into unstable (Holger Levsen)
[2016-02-27] jacal 1b9-7 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2016-02-20] Accepted jacal 1b9-7 (source all) into unstable (Barak A. Pearlmutter)
[2015-12-18] jacal 1b9-6 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2015-12-12] Accepted jacal 1b9-6 (source all) into unstable (Barak A. Pearlmutter)
[2014-11-19] jacal 1b9-5 MIGRATED to testing (Britney)
[2014-11-14] Accepted jacal 1b9-5 (source all) into unstable (Barak A. Pearlmutter)
[2013-12-18] jacal 1b9-4 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2013-12-12] Accepted jacal 1b9-4 (source all) (Barak A. Pearlmutter)
[2013-12-10] Accepted jacal 1b9-3 (source all) (Barak A. Pearlmutter)
[2013-07-08] jacal REMOVED from testing (Debian testing watch)
[2008-07-17] jacal 1b9-2.1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2008-07-12] Accepted jacal 1b9-2.1 (source all) (Chris Lamb) (signed by: Daniel Baumann)
[2008-03-06] jacal 1b9-2 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2008-02-24] Accepted jacal 1b9-2 (source all) (Thomas Bushnell, BSG)
[2008-02-21] jacal 1b9-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2008-02-11] Accepted jacal 1b9-1 (source all) (Thomas Bushnell, BSG)

bugs [bug history graph]

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

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