mgetty - Debian Package Tracker

general

source: mgetty (main)
version: 1.2.1-7
maintainer: Package Salvaging Team (DMD)
uploaders: Andreas Barth [DMD]
arch: all any
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: 1.2.1-1.1
oldstable: 1.2.1-1.2
stable: 1.2.1-2
testing: 1.2.1-7
unstable: 1.2.1-7

versioned links

1.2.1-1.1: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
1.2.1-1.2: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
1.2.1-2: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
1.2.1-7: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]

binaries

mgetty (12 bugs: 0, 9, 3, 0)
mgetty-docs (1 bugs: 0, 0, 1, 0)
mgetty-fax (6 bugs: 0, 4, 2, 0)
mgetty-pvftools (1 bugs: 0, 1, 0, 0)
mgetty-viewfax (3 bugs: 0, 2, 1, 0)
mgetty-voice (4 bugs: 0, 3, 1, 0)

action needed

Problems while searching for a new upstream version high

uscan had problems while searching for a new upstream version:

In debian/watch no matching files for watch source
  ftp://mgetty.greenie.net/pub/mgetty/source/1.2/

Created: 2025-11-26 Last update: 2026-05-01 07:30

1 bug tagged help in the BTS normal

The BTS contains 1 bug tagged help, please consider helping the maintainer in dealing with it.

Created: 2019-03-21 Last update: 2026-05-01 08:00

2 bugs tagged patch in the BTS normal

The BTS contains patches fixing 2 bugs, consider including or untagging them.

Created: 2026-04-06 Last update: 2026-05-01 08:00

1 new commit 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 c8c67eef135812a3436cc67f6cd456dcdbafdde3
Author: Alexandre Detiste <alexandre.detiste@gmail.com>
Date:   Sat Apr 25 15:52:24 2026 +0200

    replace Depends: "cron" with "cron | cron-daemon"

Created: 2026-04-25 Last update: 2026-04-25 15:32

lintian reports 10 warnings normal

Lintian reports 10 warnings about this package. You should make the package lintian clean getting rid of them.

Created: 2026-04-23 Last update: 2026-04-23 03:00

debian/patches: 33 patches to forward upstream low

Among the 33 debian patches available in version 1.2.1-7 of the package, we noticed the following issues:

33 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: 2026-04-23 06:02

Issues found with some translations low

Automatic checks made by the Debian l10n team found some issues with the translations contained in this package. You should check the l10n status report for more information.

Issues can be things such as missing translations, problematic translated strings, outdated PO files, unknown languages, etc.

Created: 2026-03-21 Last update: 2026-03-21 11:30

news

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[2026-04-28] mgetty 1.2.1-7 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2026-04-22] Accepted mgetty 1.2.1-7 (source) into unstable (Alexandre Detiste)
[2026-03-26] mgetty 1.2.1-6 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2026-03-20] Accepted mgetty 1.2.1-6 (source) into unstable (Alexandre Detiste)
[2026-01-07] mgetty 1.2.1-5 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2026-01-02] Accepted mgetty 1.2.1-5 (source) into unstable (наб)
[2025-11-04] mgetty 1.2.1-4 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2025-10-29] Accepted mgetty 1.2.1-4 (source) into unstable (наб)
[2025-09-02] mgetty 1.2.1-3 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2025-08-27] Accepted mgetty 1.2.1-3 (source) into unstable (наб)
[2024-12-25] mgetty 1.2.1-2 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2024-12-20] Accepted mgetty 1.2.1-2 (source) into unstable (наб) (signed by: Andreas Tille)
[2024-11-12] mgetty 1.2.1-1.4 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2024-11-07] Accepted mgetty 1.2.1-1.4 (source) into unstable (Christoph Biedl)
[2024-08-10] mgetty REMOVED from testing (Debian testing watch)
[2024-05-30] mgetty 1.2.1-1.3 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2024-05-24] Accepted mgetty 1.2.1-1.3 (source) into unstable (Chris Hofstaedtler) (signed by: Christian Hofstaedtler)
[2022-04-20] mgetty 1.2.1-1.2 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2022-04-14] Accepted mgetty 1.2.1-1.2 (source) into unstable (Lucas Nussbaum)
[2021-01-10] mgetty 1.2.1-1.1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2021-01-02] Accepted mgetty 1.2.1-1.1 (source) into unstable (Holger Levsen)
[2018-11-09] mgetty 1.2.1-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2018-11-03] Accepted mgetty 1.2.1-1 (source all) into unstable (Andreas Barth)
[2018-10-02] Accepted mgetty 1.1.36-3+deb9u1 (source) into proposed-updates->stable-new, proposed-updates (Andreas Barth) (signed by: Hilko Bengen)
[2018-09-11] Accepted mgetty 1.1.36-3+deb9u1 (source) into stable->embargoed, stable (Andreas Barth) (signed by: Hilko Bengen)
[2018-09-10] Accepted mgetty 1.1.36-2.1+deb8u1 (source all amd64) into oldstable (Andreas Barth) (signed by: Hilko Bengen)
[2017-10-02] mgetty 1.1.36-3.1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2017-09-27] Accepted mgetty 1.1.36-3.1 (source) into unstable (Adrian Bunk)
[2016-07-23] mgetty 1.1.36-3 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2016-07-17] Accepted mgetty 1.1.36-3 (source all mips64el) into unstable (Andreas Barth) (signed by: Hilko Bengen)

bugs [bug history graph]

all: 28
RC: 0
I&N: 19
M&W: 9
F&P: 0
patch: 2
help: 1

links

homepage
lintian (0, 10)
buildd: logs, reproducibility, cross
popcon
browse source code
other distros
security tracker
l10n (100, -)
debian patches

ubuntu

[Information about Ubuntu for Debian Developers]

version: 1.2.1-5
5 bugs (1 patch)