libnfc - Debian Package Tracker

general

source: libnfc (main)
version: 1.8.0-3.1
maintainer: Nobuhiro Iwamatsu (DMD)
uploaders: Ludovic Rousseau [DMD]
arch: any
std-ver: 4.6.2
VCS: Git (Browse, QA)

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

[pool directory]

o-o-stable: 1.8.0-2
oldstable: 1.8.0-2
stable: 1.8.0-3.1
testing: 1.8.0-3.1
unstable: 1.8.0-3.1

versioned links

1.8.0-2: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
1.8.0-3.1: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]

binaries

libnfc-bin (2 bugs: 0, 2, 0, 0)
libnfc-dev
libnfc-examples
libnfc-pn53x-examples
libnfc6

action needed

Marked for autoremoval on 12 January: #810438 high

Version 1.8.0-3.1 of libnfc is marked for autoremoval from testing on Mon 12 Jan 2026. It is affected by #810438. The removal of libnfc will also cause the removal of (transitive) reverse dependencies: libfreefare, mfcuk, mfoc, mrtdreader, ruby-nfc, smartleia, vsmartcard. You should try to prevent the removal by fixing these RC bugs.

Created: 2025-12-13 Last update: 2026-01-12 13:00

lintian reports 1 error and 3 warnings high

Lintian reports 1 error and 3 warnings about this package. You should make the package lintian clean getting rid of them.

Created: 2024-03-01 Last update: 2025-09-10 10:33

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: 2026-01-12 13:30

3 new commits since last upload, is it time to release? normal

vcswatch reports that this package seems to have new commits in its VCS but has not yet updated debian/changelog. You should consider updating the Debian changelog and uploading this new version into the archive.

Here are the relevant commit logs:

commit 22b9670ff716b0512ce90855eff37eb33be380b3
Author: Alexandre Detiste <tchet@debian.org>
Date:   Sun Jan 11 17:58:17 2026 +0100

    replace obsolete pkg-config build-dep with pkgconf

commit 46e92ef9937517c93e7308b9fbc253774ebf8f87
Author: Alexandre Detiste <tchet@debian.org>
Date:   Sun Jan 11 17:47:19 2026 +0100

    drop "Rules-Requires-Root: no": it is the default now

commit c08f352bcc75e45cdb86d3b25276904733a75f54
Author: Alexandre Detiste <tchet@debian.org>
Date:   Sun Jan 11 17:46:37 2026 +0100

    add debian/salsa-ci.yml

Created: 2023-12-14 Last update: 2026-01-11 19:30

Standards version of the package is outdated. wishlist

The package should be updated to follow the last version of Debian Policy (Standards-Version 4.7.3 instead of 4.6.2).

Created: 2024-04-07 Last update: 2025-12-23 20:00

news

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[2023-12-19] libnfc 1.8.0-3.1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2023-12-14] Accepted libnfc 1.8.0-3.1 (source) into unstable (Chris Hofstaedtler) (signed by: Christian Hofstaedtler)
[2023-11-24] Accepted libnfc 1.8.0-3 (source) into experimental (Utkarsh Gupta)
[2020-08-21] libnfc 1.8.0-2 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2020-08-16] Accepted libnfc 1.8.0-2 (source) into unstable (Ludovic Rousseau)
[2020-08-11] Accepted libnfc 1.8.0-1 (source amd64) into unstable, unstable (Debian FTP Masters) (signed by: Ludovic Rousseau)
[2015-10-13] libnfc 1.7.1-4 MIGRATED to testing (Britney)
[2015-10-07] Accepted libnfc 1.7.1-4 (source amd64) into unstable (Nobuhiro Iwamatsu)
[2015-06-10] libnfc 1.7.1-3 MIGRATED to testing (Britney)
[2014-09-12] libnfc 1.7.1-2 MIGRATED to testing (Britney)
[2014-09-06] Accepted libnfc 1.7.1-2 (source amd64) into unstable (Nobuhiro Iwamatsu)
[2014-03-20] libnfc 1.7.1-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2014-03-10] Accepted libnfc 1.7.1-1 (source amd64) (Nobuhiro Iwamatsu)
[2013-11-07] libnfc 1.7.0-3 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2013-10-28] Accepted libnfc 1.7.0-3 (source amd64) (Nobuhiro Iwamatsu)
[2013-09-29] libnfc 1.7.0-2 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2013-09-19] Accepted libnfc 1.7.0-2 (source amd64) (Nobuhiro Iwamatsu)
[2013-09-10] Accepted libnfc 1.7.0-1 (source amd64) (Nobuhiro Iwamatsu)
[2013-09-06] Accepted libnfc 1.7.0~rc7-1 (source amd64) (Nobuhiro Iwamatsu)

bugs [bug history graph]

all: 4
RC: 1
I&N: 3
M&W: 0
F&P: 0
patch: 1

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