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  • source: media-types (main)
  • version: 14.0.0
  • maintainer: Mime-Support Packagers (DMD)
  • uploaders: Charles Plessy [DMD]
  • arch: all
  • std-ver: 4.7.2
  • VCS: Git (Browse, QA)
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commit 5818396c14f621b7a7e3ab51cc5a41b0f55b1806
Merge: ace80ef 34fdd09
Author: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
Date:   Sat Sep 26 23:11:53 2026 +0000

    Merge branch 'order' into 'master'
    
    Use file extension order from media type definition
    
    See merge request debian/media-types!17

commit ace80ef166e0dcb758433227a67c4f20c1f8c75b
Merge: fb50fd1 2e6a37f
Author: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
Date:   Sat Sep 26 23:11:09 2026 +0000

    Merge branch 'lowercase' into 'master'
    
    Use only lowercase file extensions
    
    See merge request debian/media-types!18

commit 2e6a37f9ef4067ef73c2c28d35855a1d50672ac9
Author: Benjamin Drung <bdrung@debian.org>
Date:   Thu Sep 24 15:16:28 2026 +0200

    Use only lowercase file extensions
    
    https://github.com/media-types/media-types creates a `mime.types` files
    where the file extensions are lowercase. Do the same here to reduce the
    delta.
    
    See also https://bugs.debian.org/979554

commit 34fdd09a9c54b278200316a426a1b98b93be8e7f
Author: Benjamin Drung <bdrung@debian.org>
Date:   Thu Sep 24 15:11:04 2026 +0200

    Use file extension order from media type definition
    
    Order the file extensions by the order they are mentioned in their
    corresponding media type definition files. Place additional file
    extensions last.

commit fb50fd1a9f41b3915a0122e792122f1be4edf36a
Merge: 852fa2c 867653c
Author: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
Date:   Thu Sep 24 12:04:37 2026 +0000

    Merge branch 'obsolete' into 'master'
    
    Remove obsolete application/vnd.gov.sk.e-form+xml and message/s-http
    
    See merge request debian/media-types!9

commit 852fa2c6c79ad1b5b5ff95ee7a623bbdbf615506
Merge: 34f87ae 304a02e
Author: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
Date:   Thu Sep 24 12:04:18 2026 +0000

    Merge branch 'latest-imscc' into 'master'
    
    Use latest application/vnd.ims.imsccv1p3 for imscc
    
    See merge request debian/media-types!10

commit 34f87ae44fe7d5b8d1521bdc2b624efe100caf70
Merge: fc94046 edc9a7c
Author: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
Date:   Thu Sep 24 12:00:17 2026 +0000

    Merge branch 'latest-pbd' into 'master'
    
    Use latest PowerBuilder version for pbd extension
    
    See merge request debian/media-types!11

commit fc94046d0e56d3d369450dfe5fd7e5d633e22493
Merge: c2fae30 a93a549
Author: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
Date:   Thu Sep 24 11:58:40 2026 +0000

    Merge branch 'fujifilm-rename' into 'master'
    
    Use application/vnd.fujifilm.fb.docuworks* for xdw, xbd, and xct
    
    See merge request debian/media-types!12

commit c2fae305063a1879a1774271febb62a212c69d7e
Merge: 368f280 4824461
Author: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
Date:   Thu Sep 24 11:56:35 2026 +0000

    Merge branch 'use-fints' into 'master'
    
    Update application/vnd.hbci to application/vnd.fints
    
    See merge request debian/media-types!13

commit 368f2801229f0f133973aa5bd49bbf763527a53d
Merge: 0d3efbf 29c034e
Author: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
Date:   Thu Sep 24 11:54:59 2026 +0000

    Merge branch 'fix-tab-stops' into 'master'
    
    Fix amount of tab stops
    
    See merge request debian/media-types!14

commit 0d3efbf60edd5d4a724af6df4c3505cfa69ff664
Merge: e8982bf a1196bc
Author: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
Date:   Thu Sep 24 11:54:00 2026 +0000

    Merge branch 'debian-copyright' into 'master'
    
    Remove copyright from text/vnd.debian.copyright
    
    See merge request debian/media-types!15

commit e8982bf8314db40225dccebf6d30e765249c2ecf
Merge: d63ba3a d0e7b99
Author: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
Date:   Thu Sep 24 11:53:42 2026 +0000

    Merge branch 'hif' into 'master'
    
    Map hif file extension to image/heif
    
    See merge request debian/media-types!16

commit d0e7b99aae96a6a96a4db2568cd909e3533a5cd5
Author: Benjamin Drung <bdrung@debian.org>
Date:   Wed Sep 23 23:28:17 2026 +0200

    Map hif file extension to image/heif
    
    The file extension `hif` is mentioned first in `image/heif` and first
    registered there. `image/heif` is the more generic media type for it.

commit a1196bcacf73abc647241871ef790d1c861bf677
Author: Benjamin Drung <bdrung@debian.org>
Date:   Wed Sep 23 23:23:29 2026 +0200

    Remove copyright from text/vnd.debian.copyright
    
    `debian/copyright` has no file extension. `copyright` is the full file
    name.

commit 29c034edfd43e3493ef033d4c869a1ea36671c6f
Author: Benjamin Drung <bdrung@debian.org>
Date:   Wed Sep 23 23:19:09 2026 +0200

    Fix amount of tab stops
    
    Fix the amount of tab stops (each tab stop is 8 characters wide). In
    case the first column exceeds the column width, use only one tab stop.

commit 4824461cbc95cd77773dd4f4675768af210fcfb3
Author: Benjamin Drung <bdrung@debian.org>
Date:   Wed Sep 23 23:16:42 2026 +0200

    Update application/vnd.hbci to application/vnd.fints
    
    FinTS is successor of HBCI. So use `application/vnd.fints` for the file
    extensions.

commit a93a5490860a97fead7eea5b90ce5a3196e0f29a
Author: Benjamin Drung <bdrung@debian.org>
Date:   Wed Sep 23 23:13:38 2026 +0200

    Use application/vnd.fujifilm.fb.docuworks* for xdw, xbd, and xct
    
    Fuji Xerox was renamed to Fujifilm Business Innovation in 2021. Use the
    new name for the file extensions `xdw`, `xbd`, and `xct`.

commit edc9a7c6c643f545462445a77ec55749e5cd395a
Author: Benjamin Drung <bdrung@debian.org>
Date:   Wed Sep 23 23:10:48 2026 +0200

    Use latest PowerBuilder version for pbd extension
    
    The media types `application/vnd.powerbuilder6`,
    `application/vnd.powerbuilder7`, and `application/vnd.powerbuilder75`
    use the same file extension `pbd`. Use the PowerBuilder version for it.

commit 304a02e28160d87e210af0182b2721bc93617c5d
Author: Benjamin Drung <bdrung@debian.org>
Date:   Wed Sep 23 23:09:44 2026 +0200

    Use latest application/vnd.ims.imsccv1p3 for imscc
    
    The media types `application/vnd.ims.imsccv1p1`,
    `application/vnd.ims.imsccv1p2`, and `application/vnd.ims.imsccv1p3` use
    the same file extension `imscc`. Use the latest version for it.

commit 867653c6164a150241e53734c898f018bd165f40
Author: Benjamin Drung <bdrung@debian.org>
Date:   Wed Sep 23 12:40:19 2026 +0200

    Remove obsolete message/s-http
    
    The media type `message/s-http` is marked as obsolete and has no file
    extension. So remove it.

commit c0e2420baba8d53e41573dc5151c0c05eae19f8a
Author: Benjamin Drung <bdrung@debian.org>
Date:   Wed Sep 23 12:40:14 2026 +0200

    Remove obsolete application/vnd.gov.sk.e-form+xml
    
    The media type `application/vnd.gov.sk.e-form+xml` was obsoleted by
    request and has no file extension.

commit d63ba3a812e1937ae7bae2b7aa3686e1d0ed29c4
Merge: c8f45ea 044ccbd
Author: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
Date:   Wed Sep 23 10:26:06 2026 +0000

    Merge branch 'fix-rxr' into 'master'
    
    Fix application/vnd.medicalholodeck.recordxr extension to rxr
    
    See merge request debian/media-types!3

commit c8f45ea6e3c0c83b3aaae152f0daf9ee02f33423
Merge: c96e779 ee2b721
Author: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
Date:   Wed Sep 23 10:25:27 2026 +0000

    Merge branch 'lowercase' into 'master'
    
    Use lowercase for application/vnd.eln+zip extension
    
    See merge request debian/media-types!4

commit c96e7798b3ec21fb4be52fad4f9de9b2b51db3ec
Merge: d874f9e c117a71
Author: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
Date:   Wed Sep 23 10:24:24 2026 +0000

    Merge branch 'fix-facti' into 'master'
    
    Fix image/vnd.blockfact.facti extension to facti
    
    See merge request debian/media-types!5

commit d874f9e8bd94ca762941aaa244a83558584efc96
Merge: 119cf51 febc02c
Author: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
Date:   Wed Sep 23 10:22:58 2026 +0000

    Merge branch 'patch-1' into 'master'
    
    Fix typo in mime.types overview: instead -> instead of
    
    See merge request debian/media-types!6

commit 119cf51e5962a858efab8216a5e01c33a264fafa
Merge: 0c4a770 f980086
Author: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
Date:   Wed Sep 23 10:18:10 2026 +0000

    Merge branch 'exe' into 'master'
    
    Use application/vnd.microsoft.portable-executable for exe and dll
    
    See merge request debian/media-types!7

commit 0c4a7706b64104756e11a6059744b153fa5548f9
Merge: 1110677 c060e1b
Author: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
Date:   Wed Sep 23 10:17:40 2026 +0000

    Merge branch 'hdf' into 'master'
    
    Replace application/x-hdf by application/vnd.hdfgroup.hdf4
    
    See merge request debian/media-types!8

commit c060e1b47f6a62db0148e325c66c5e65bc44d59b
Author: Benjamin Drung <bdrung@debian.org>
Date:   Mon Aug 24 00:50:04 2026 +0200

    Replace application/x-hdf by application/vnd.hdfgroup.hdf4
    
    HDF4 was officially registered on 2026-03-17.

commit f980086a2f719c4560e161267c1be46d60fea98b
Author: Benjamin Drung <bdrung@debian.org>
Date:   Mon Aug 24 00:47:01 2026 +0200

    Use application/vnd.microsoft.portable-executable for exe and dll
    
    Microsoft registered `application/vnd.microsoft.portable-executable` for
    `*.exe` and `*.dll` on 2015-04-23. Use this official media type instead
    of `application/x-msdos-program`.

commit febc02c0721e2b0f81cf1c8c55729ff0a0450cab
Author: Nikolas Nyby <nikolas@gnu.org>
Date:   Tue Aug 11 21:20:20 2026 -0400

    Fix typo in mime.types overview: instead -> instead of

commit c117a71f8bb529a682394f215a292bf34d18dcdb
Author: Benjamin Drung <bdrung@debian.org>
Date:   Sun Aug 9 23:13:21 2026 +0200

    Fix image/vnd.blockfact.facti extension to facti
    
    Commit 25b22a950b08 ("text/vnd.typst (typ)") changed the extension
    `fact` to `facti` without explanation. The template for
    image/vnd.blockfact.facti [1] says:
    
    > File extension(s): .facti
    
    [1] https://www.iana.org/assignments/media-types/image/vnd.blockfact.facti

commit ee2b721c00dbca05479cfda2bb384185cbf185dc
Author: Benjamin Drung <bdrung@debian.org>
Date:   Sun Aug 9 23:07:03 2026 +0200

    Use lowercase for application/vnd.eln+zip extension
    
    The template for application/vnd.eln+zip [1] says:
    
    > File extension(s): ELN files are identified with .eln extension.
    
    So convert the file extension to lowercase.
    
    [1] https://www.iana.org/assignments/media-types/application/vnd.eln+zip

commit 044ccbd836bd6553529a803e694be94a8c7e05d0
Author: Benjamin Drung <bdrung@debian.org>
Date:   Sun Aug 9 22:57:09 2026 +0200

    Fix application/vnd.medicalholodeck.recordxr extension to rxr
    
    The template for application/vnd.medicalholodeck.recordxr [1] says:
    
    > File extension(s): .rxr
    
    [1] https://www.iana.org/assignments/media-types/application/vnd.medicalholodeck.recordxr

commit 1110677ec7d5d76d65b0943779614009eccb434a
Author: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
Date:   Sat Jan 10 20:07:02 2026 +0900

    Editorial changes

commit 5086f25f90e22e7087baa92d495e3864d6e11733
Author: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
Date:   Mon Nov 3 20:36:13 2025 +0900

    Latest changelog

commit ada8c5953d34973411d3094f1140f625c16fc599
Author: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
Date:   Mon Nov 3 20:34:52 2025 +0900

    Add a regression test that the media types are properly sorted

commit 31a9c29ee5bfb7119d4a5a5b385eba7f30c0fb83
Author: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
Date:   Mon Nov 3 20:34:09 2025 +0900

    Changelog for new media types

commit 355e1542213437430202667a88529d3d152a9cb5
Author: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
Date:   Sat Oct 25 10:04:13 2025 +0900

    add application/3gpp-mbs-object-manifest+json application/3gpp-mbs-user-service-descriptions+json (no exts)
    
    MBS stands for Multicast Broadcast Service

commit da18b32fe63469ab7c3721778ff2cd5f6e204988
Author: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
Date:   Sat Oct 25 09:52:41 2025 +0900

    Editorial change


https://salsa.debian.org/api/v4/projects/debian%2Fmedia-types API request failed: 401 Unauthorized at /srv/qa.debian.org/data/vcswatch/vcswatch line 410.
Created: 2025-10-25 Last update: 2026-09-27 00:32
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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  • [2025-10-17] media-types 14.0.0 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2025-10-14] Accepted media-types 14.0.0 (source) into unstable (Charles Plessy)
  • [2025-03-11] media-types 13.0.0 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2025-03-08] Accepted media-types 13.0.0 (source) into unstable (Charles Plessy)
  • [2025-02-27] media-types 12.0.0 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2025-02-22] Accepted media-types 12.0.0 (source) into unstable (Charles Plessy)
  • [2025-02-06] Accepted media-types 11.0.0 (source) into unstable (Charles Plessy)
  • [2023-07-19] media-types 10.1.0 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2023-07-13] Accepted media-types 10.1.0 (source) into unstable (Charles Plessy)
  • [2023-02-22] media-types 10.0.0 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2023-02-11] Accepted media-types 10.0.0 (source) into unstable (Charles Plessy)
  • [2023-02-03] Accepted media-types 9.0.0 (source) into unstable (Charles Plessy)
  • [2022-05-20] media-types 8.0.0 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2022-05-15] Accepted media-types 8.0.0 (source) into unstable (Charles Plessy)
  • [2022-04-14] media-types 7.1.0 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2022-04-09] Accepted media-types 7.1.0 (source) into unstable (Charles Plessy)
  • [2022-03-26] media-types 7.0.0 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2022-03-21] Accepted media-types 7.0.0 (source) into unstable (Charles Plessy)
  • [2022-03-11] media-types 6.0.0 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2022-03-06] Accepted media-types 6.0.0 (source) into unstable (Charles Plessy)
  • [2022-01-29] media-types 5.0.0 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2022-01-23] Accepted media-types 5.0.0 (source) into unstable (Charles Plessy)
  • [2021-01-21] media-types 4.0.0 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2021-01-15] Accepted media-types 4.0.0 (source) into unstable (Charles Plessy)
  • [2021-01-07] Accepted media-types 3.0.0 (source) into unstable (Charles Plessy)
  • [2021-01-07] media-types 1.1.0 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2021-01-06] Accepted media-types 2.0.0 (source) into unstable (Charles Plessy)
  • [2021-01-02] Accepted media-types 1.1.0 (source) into unstable (Charles Plessy)
  • [2020-11-18] media-types 1.0.1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2020-11-12] Accepted media-types 1.0.1 (source) into unstable (Charles Plessy)
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  • RC: 0
  • I&N: 2
  • M&W: 1
  • F&P: 0
  • patch: 0
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