nvchecker - Debian Package Tracker

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source: nvchecker (main)
version: 2.19-1
maintainer: Afif Elghraoui (DMD) (LowNMU)
arch: all
std-ver: 4.3.0
VCS: Git (Browse, QA)

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

[pool directory]

unstable: 2.19-1

versioned links

2.19-1: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]

binaries

nvchecker
python-nvchecker-doc
python3-nvchecker

action needed

A new upstream version is available: 2.20 high

A new upstream version 2.20 is available, you should consider packaging it.

Created: 2025-12-20 Last update: 2026-05-27 22:00

Debci reports failed tests high

unstable: fail (log)
The tests ran in 0:01:30
Last run: 2026-05-27T13:52:42.000Z
Previous status: unknown

Created: 2026-04-20 Last update: 2026-05-27 21:30

The package has not entered testing even though the delay is over normal

The package has not entered testing even though the 5-day delay is over. Check why.

Created: 2026-04-13 Last update: 2026-05-27 21:03

version in VCS is newer than in repository, is it time to upload? normal

vcswatch reports that this package seems to have a new changelog entry (version 2.20-1, distribution UNRELEASED) and new commits in its VCS. You should consider whether it's time to make an upload.

Here are the relevant commit messages:

commit edd352efe615eaf631734d3ec9cfc338b2de4c2f
Author: Tianyu Chen <billchenchina2001@gmail.com>
Date:   Fri May 15 20:16:50 2026 +0800

    Drop extraneous Priority: optional and R³: no.

commit 774a9c72c359171f23be807bb01df8a1132de355
Author: Tianyu Chen <billchenchina2001@gmail.com>
Date:   Fri May 15 20:13:30 2026 +0800

    Move package under DPT, and set myself and Afif as Uploaders.

commit 0b996ca81ac3ae67dd90f9c8f1e95e33bc196814
Author: Tianyu Chen <billchenchina2001@gmail.com>
Date:   Fri May 8 02:20:19 2026 +0800

    Disable test_container_with_tag

commit df4aa01a975394f66d6b0e74f7ba82ed8a0797b4
Author: Tianyu Chen <billchenchina2001@gmail.com>
Date:   Fri May 8 01:21:30 2026 +0800

    Bump expected test versions

commit 04a1e8deb18c7cbe7768d4aaf5218c54e55c97e5
Author: Tianyu Chen <billchenchina2001@gmail.com>
Date:   Fri May 8 03:23:00 2026 +0800

    Update standards version to 4.7.4, no changes needed.
    
    Upgrade checklist verified:
     4.3.0 → 4.4.0:
      * package uses debhelper
     4.4.0 → 4.4.1:
      * package has only one Vcs-<type> field
      * Files entries in debian/copyright don't refer to directories
     4.4.1 → 4.5.0:
      * Package does not create users
      * Package does not ship init files
     4.5.0 → 4.5.1:
      * Package does not ship any non-default series files
     4.5.1 → 4.6.0:
      * Package does not contain any references to lib64
     4.6.1 → 4.6.2:
      * Package does not provide x-window-manager alternative
     4.6.2 → 4.7.0:
      * Package does not use dpkg-divert
     4.7.0 → 4.7.1:
      * Package does not install to non-/usr paths
     4.7.3 → 4.7.4:
      * Package is not in non-free-firmware
    
    Changes-By: lintian-brush
    Fixes: lintian: ancient-standards-version
    See-also: https://lintian.debian.org/tags/ancient-standards-version.html

commit a656025284584e2c63db4a322fd58d93429ee756
Author: Tianyu Chen <billchenchina2001@gmail.com>
Date:   Fri May 8 03:22:42 2026 +0800

    Use GitHub template in watch file instead of explicit Source/Matching-Pattern.
    
    Changes-By: lintian-brush

commit 025941d5c31f76ce327014d8244f265c8e9ce8c1
Author: Tianyu Chen <billchenchina2001@gmail.com>
Date:   Fri May 8 03:22:41 2026 +0800

    Update watch file format version to 5.
    
    Changes-By: lintian-brush
    Fixes: lintian: older-debian-watch-file-standard
    See-also: https://lintian.debian.org/tags/older-debian-watch-file-standard.html

commit e6a3a316003284b01dbf191173a169b6a8c276a7
Author: Tianyu Chen <billchenchina2001@gmail.com>
Date:   Fri May 8 03:22:37 2026 +0800

    debian/copyright: use spaces rather than tabs to start continuation lines.
    
    Changes-By: lintian-brush
    Fixes: lintian: tab-in-license-text
    See-also: https://lintian.debian.org/tags/tab-in-license-text.html

commit 775d1f04174faaa53d05cb99e6c2a0a4b14988fb
Author: Tianyu Chen <billchenchina2001@gmail.com>
Date:   Fri May 8 01:25:41 2026 +0800

    Create 2.20-1 changelog entry

commit 6f3ad9a35d894eeb0cc84838835f74b45605e836
Merge: eb051ba 68c904c
Author: Tianyu Chen <billchenchina2001@gmail.com>
Date:   Fri May 8 01:20:14 2026 +0800

    Update upstream source from tag 'upstream/2.20'
    
    Update to upstream version '2.20'
    with Debian dir 98eb3e1b7fec6ce6b2eaf340ff111ef85d7de6fb

commit 68c904ca85810f4f76cd4bdaa64c24373351590f
Author: Tianyu Chen <billchenchina2001@gmail.com>
Date:   Fri May 8 01:20:14 2026 +0800

    New upstream version 2.20

Created: 2026-05-15 Last update: 2026-05-20 22:01

lintian reports 17 warnings normal

Lintian reports 17 warnings about this package. You should make the package lintian clean getting rid of them.

Created: 2025-09-22 Last update: 2025-09-23 00:02

debian/patches: 2 patches to forward upstream low

Among the 2 debian patches available in version 2.19-1 of the package, we noticed the following issues:

2 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: 2024-09-23 Last update: 2025-09-22 18:26

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 4.3.0).

Created: 2019-07-08 Last update: 2026-03-31 15:01

testing migrations

excuses:
- Migration status for nvchecker (- to 2.19-1): BLOCKED: Rejected/violates migration policy/introduces a regression
- Issues preventing migration:
- ∙ ∙ Autopkgtest for nvchecker/2.19-1: amd64: Failed ♻, arm64: Failed ♻, i386: Failed ♻, ppc64el: Failed ♻, riscv64: Failed ♻, s390x: Failed ♻
- Additional info (not blocking):
- ∙ ∙ Piuparts tested OK - https://piuparts.debian.org/sid/source/n/nvchecker.html
- ∙ ∙ Reproduced on amd64 - info
- ∙ ∙ Reproduced on arm64 - info
- ∙ ∙ Reproduced on armhf - info
- ∙ ∙ Reproduced on i386 - info
- ∙ ∙ 248 days old (needed 5 days)
- Not considered

news

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[2025-09-22] Accepted nvchecker 2.19-1 (source) into unstable (Tianyu Chen) (signed by: Afif Elghraoui)
[2025-05-18] Accepted nvchecker 2.17-1 (source) into unstable (Alexandre Detiste)
[2024-09-22] Accepted nvchecker 2.15.1-0.1 (source) into unstable (Alexandre Detiste)
[2021-10-03] Accepted nvchecker 2.5-1 (source) into unstable (Afif Elghraoui)
[2020-11-29] nvchecker REMOVED from testing (Debian testing watch)
[2019-07-09] nvchecker 1.4.3-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2019-03-31] Accepted nvchecker 1.4.3-1 (source) into unstable (Afif Elghraoui)
[2019-02-11] nvchecker 1.3-2 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2019-02-09] Accepted nvchecker 1.3-2 (source) into unstable (Afif Elghraoui)
[2019-01-25] nvchecker 1.3-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2019-01-19] Accepted nvchecker 1.3-1 (source all) into unstable, unstable (Afif Elghraoui)

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