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general

source: newt (main)
version: 0.52.25-2
maintainer: Alastair McKinstry (DMD)
arch: any
std-ver: 4.7.3
VCS: Git (Browse, QA)

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

[pool directory]

o-o-stable: 0.52.21-4
oldstable: 0.52.23-1
stable: 0.52.25-1
testing: 0.52.25-2
unstable: 0.52.25-2

versioned links

0.52.21-4: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
0.52.23-1: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
0.52.25-1: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
0.52.25-2: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]

binaries

libnewt-dev
libnewt-pic
libnewt0.52 (3 bugs: 0, 2, 1, 0)
libnewt0.52-udeb
newt-tcl
python3-newt
whiptail (30 bugs: 0, 18, 12, 0)

action needed

3 bugs tagged patch in the BTS normal

The BTS contains patches fixing 3 bugs, consider including or untagging them.

Created: 2025-01-06 Last update: 2026-03-17 04:47

8 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 0657f976c9e0c3280b5c3512b2fbeb0f2e804037
Author: Alastair McKinstry <mckinstry@debian.org>
Date:   Wed Dec 24 19:19:59 2025 +0000

    Drop Priority: optional from source in d/control per new policy

commit 05541c0be23439a3b992f869de7a27861ec305b4
Author: Alastair McKinstry <mckinstry@debian.org>
Date:   Wed Dec 24 18:09:09 2025 +0000

    Standards-Version: 4.7.3

commit afaefcdd1dc7086b7022e5f805e279728b51d354
Author: Alastair McKinstry <mckinstry@debian.org>
Date:   Mon Dec 15 13:10:00 2025 +0000

    Use pre-computed DEB_HOST_MULTIARCH

commit de9265a4c545a2f980005aca1f018743ef3aba9f
Author: Alastair McKinstry <alastair@mckinstry.ie>
Date:   Fri Feb 13 06:34:54 2026 +0000

    Push  to unstable to fix VCS

commit 831c3a37a3d13f282a67190ff40965dd3d8a06a8
Author: Alastair McKinstry <alastair@mckinstry.ie>
Date:   Fri Feb 13 06:33:08 2026 +0000

    * Drop leading / in install files debian/*.install
    * Change http: to https: in debian/patches/*
    * d/control: remove obsolete versioning dependencies
    * Updated Kazakh patch. Closes: #1126118

commit 74423b2fe84522507f0351fc7b298b754e05ead9
Author: Alastair McKinstry <alastair@mckinstry.ie>
Date:   Fri Feb 13 06:24:35 2026 +0000

    Drop leading / in install files debian/*.install
     * Change http: to https: in debian/patches/*
      * d/control: remove obsolete versioning dependencies

commit 566c1ad2ac70a19ac131d1643942b5ae17d15a4e
Author: Alastair McKinstry <alastair@mckinstry.ie>
Date:   Fri Feb 13 06:16:50 2026 +0000

    * Drop priority: optional
    * Standards-Version: 4.7.3

commit aee2b74abedf1fc39185b9165f08a6520a61cf1b
Author: Alastair McKinstry <alastair@mckinstry.ie>
Date:   Fri Feb 13 06:15:35 2026 +0000

    Update VCS after repo move

Created: 2026-02-13 Last update: 2026-03-15 20:30

lintian reports 2 warnings normal

Lintian reports 2 warnings about this package. You should make the package lintian clean getting rid of them.

Created: 2026-02-16 Last update: 2026-02-16 10:49

debian/patches: 17 patches to forward upstream low

Among the 20 debian patches available in version 0.52.25-2 of the package, we noticed the following issues:

17 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: 2026-02-16 10:55

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: 2026-02-16 Last update: 2026-02-16 10:55

news

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[2026-02-20] newt 0.52.25-2 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2026-02-13] Accepted newt 0.52.25-2 (source) into unstable (Alastair McKinstry)
[2025-04-07] newt 0.52.25-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2025-04-01] Accepted newt 0.52.25-1 (source) into unstable (Alastair McKinstry)
[2024-11-19] newt 0.52.24-4 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2024-11-13] Accepted newt 0.52.24-4 (source) into unstable (Alastair McKinstry)
[2024-11-09] newt 0.52.24-3 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2024-11-03] Accepted newt 0.52.24-3 (source) into unstable (Alastair McKinstry)
[2024-01-21] newt 0.52.24-2 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2024-01-15] Accepted newt 0.52.24-2 (source) into unstable (Alastair McKinstry)
[2023-11-02] newt 0.52.24-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2023-10-28] Accepted newt 0.52.24-1 (source) into unstable (Alastair McKinstry)
[2022-12-05] newt 0.52.23-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2022-11-30] Accepted newt 0.52.23-1 (source) into unstable (Alastair McKinstry)
[2022-11-27] newt 0.52.22-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2022-11-27] newt 0.52.22-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2022-11-22] Accepted newt 0.52.22-1 (source) into unstable (Alastair McKinstry)
[2022-09-24] newt 0.52.21-6 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2022-09-18] Accepted newt 0.52.21-6 (source) into unstable (Alastair McKinstry)
[2021-09-13] newt 0.52.21-5 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2021-09-07] Accepted newt 0.52.21-5 (source) into unstable (Alastair McKinstry)
[2019-12-23] newt 0.52.21-4 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2019-12-18] Accepted newt 0.52.21-4 (source) into unstable (Alastair McKinstry)
[2019-09-07] newt 0.52.21-3 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2019-09-01] Accepted newt 0.52.21-3 (source) into unstable (Alastair McKinstry)
[2019-07-19] newt 0.52.21-2 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2019-07-14] Accepted newt 0.52.21-2 (source) into unstable (Alastair McKinstry)
[2019-07-13] newt 0.52.21-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2019-06-16] Accepted newt 0.52.21-1 (source) into unstable (Alastair McKinstry)
[2018-10-02] newt 0.52.20-8 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)

bugs [bug history graph]

all: 43
RC: 0
I&N: 27
M&W: 16
F&P: 0
patch: 3

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ubuntu

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version: 0.52.25-1ubuntu2
19 bugs
patches for 0.52.25-1ubuntu2