mingetty - Debian Package Tracker

general

source: mingetty (main)
version: 1.08-7
maintainer: Debian QA Group (DMD)
arch: any
std-ver: 4.7.0
VCS: Git (Browse, QA)

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

[pool directory]

o-o-stable: 1.08-4
oldstable: 1.08-4
stable: 1.08-7
testing: 1.08-7
unstable: 1.08-7

versioned links

1.08-4: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
1.08-7: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]

binaries

mingetty (6 bugs: 0, 5, 1, 0)

action needed

lintian reports 1 error and 1 warning high

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

Created: 2024-06-23 Last update: 2025-09-11 00:03

2 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 7837d7425f94a7e4530293f09903f765af3788b0
Author: Chris Hofstaedtler <zeha@debian.org>
Date:   Sun Jun 23 11:38:45 2024 +0200

    Update changelog for 1.08-7 release

commit 69d33d2809b769e703460fd1e8269fcfc397ac51
Author: Chris Hofstaedtler <zeha@debian.org>
Date:   Sun Jun 23 11:38:30 2024 +0200

    Assume users installing custom gettys also want login
    
    Closes: #1074096

Created: 2024-06-23 Last update: 2025-10-26 15:30

O: This package has been orphaned and needs a maintainer. normal

This package has been orphaned. This means that it does not have a real maintainer at the moment. Please consider adopting this package if you are interested in it. Please see bug number #889312 for more information.

Created: 2018-02-03 Last update: 2018-02-03 19:50

debian/patches: 7 patches to forward upstream low

Among the 7 debian patches available in version 1.08-7 of the package, we noticed the following issues:

7 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: 2024-06-23 21:02

Standards version of the package is outdated. wishlist

The package should be updated to follow the last version of Debian Policy (Standards-Version 4.7.2 instead of 4.7.0).

Created: 2025-02-21 Last update: 2025-02-27 13:25

news

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[2024-06-25] mingetty 1.08-7 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2024-06-23] Accepted mingetty 1.08-7 (source) into unstable (Chris Hofstaedtler) (signed by: Christian Hofstaedtler)
[2024-04-29] mingetty 1.08-6 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2024-04-26] Accepted mingetty 1.08-6 (source) into unstable (Petter Reinholdtsen)
[2023-11-29] mingetty 1.08-5 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2023-11-27] Accepted mingetty 1.08-5 (source) into unstable (Chris Hofstaedtler) (signed by: Christian Hofstaedtler)
[2020-05-26] mingetty 1.08-4 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2020-05-23] Accepted mingetty 1.08-4 (source) into unstable (Delci Silva Junior) (signed by: Giovani Augusto Ferreira)
[2020-05-16] mingetty 1.08-3 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2020-05-10] Accepted mingetty 1.08-3 (source) into unstable (Delci Silva Junior) (signed by: Marcio de Souza Oliveira)
[2012-05-28] mingetty 1.08-2 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2012-05-17] Accepted mingetty 1.08-2 (source amd64) (Paul Martin)
[2012-05-12] mingetty 1.08-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2012-05-01] Accepted mingetty 1.08-1 (source amd64) (Paul Martin)
[2010-09-29] mingetty 1.07-3 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2010-09-25] Accepted mingetty 1.07-3 (source i386) (Paul Martin)
[2010-09-25] Accepted mingetty 1.07-2 (source i386) (Paul Martin)
[2005-04-02] Accepted mingetty 1.07-1 (i386 source) (Paul Martin)
[2004-08-18] Accepted mingetty 1.06-3 (i386 source) (Paul Martin)
[2003-09-10] Accepted mingetty 1.06-2 (i386 source) (Paul Martin)
[2003-08-19] Accepted mingetty 1.06-1 (i386 source) (Paul Martin)
[2002-09-30] Accepted mingetty 0.9.4-9 (i386 source) (Paul Martin)
[2001-11-16] Installed mingetty 0.9.4-8 (i386 source) (Paul Martin)
[2001-04-14] Installed mingetty 0.9.4-7.2 (i386 source) (Marcelo E. Magallon)
[2001-04-14] Installed mingetty 0.9.4-7.1 (i386 source) (Marcelo E. Magallon)
[1999-09-17] Installed mingetty 0.9.4-7 (source i386) (Michael Alan Dorman)
[1999-03-28] Installed mingetty 0.9.4-5 (source i386) (Michael Alan Dorman)

bugs [bug history graph]

all: 7
RC: 0
I&N: 5
M&W: 2
F&P: 0
patch: 0

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version: 1.08-7
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