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general

source: r-base (main)
version: 4.6.2-2
maintainer: Dirk Eddelbuettel (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: 4.0.4-1
oldstable: 4.2.2.20221110-2
stable: 4.5.0-3
testing: 4.6.1-9
unstable: 4.6.2-2

versioned links

4.0.4-1: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
4.2.2.20221110-2: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
4.5.0-3: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
4.6.1-9: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
4.6.2-2: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]

binaries

r-base (4 bugs: 0, 1, 3, 0)
r-base-core (3 bugs: 0, 2, 1, 0)
r-base-dev
r-base-html
r-doc-html
r-doc-info
r-doc-pdf
r-mathlib
r-recommended

action needed

lintian reports 2 errors and 197 warnings high

Lintian reports 2 errors and 197 warnings about this package. You should make the package lintian clean getting rid of them.

Created: 2026-10-28 Last update: 2026-11-12 04:00

Depends on packages which need a new maintainer normal

The packages that r-base depends on which need a new maintainer are:

ess (#1094222)
- Suggests: elpa-ess elpa-ess
mpack (#996492)
- Build-Depends: mpack

Created: 2021-10-14 Last update: 2026-11-13 18:00

piuparts found (un)installation error(s) normal

Piuparts stresses package installation, uninstallation, upgrade, ... While doing such tests, one or more errors were found for the following suites:

sid - piuparts

You should fix them.

Created: 2026-11-12 Last update: 2026-11-12 02:30

AppStream hints: 1 warning normal

AppStream found metadata issues for packages:

r-base-core: 1 warning

You should get rid of them to provide more metadata about this software.

Created: 2020-06-01 Last update: 2021-08-16 12:39

Multiarch hinter reports 1 issue(s) low

There are issues with the multiarch metadata for this package.

r-doc-info could be marked Multi-Arch: foreign

Created: 2016-09-14 Last update: 2026-11-13 16:30

debian/patches: 8 patches to forward upstream low

Among the 9 debian patches available in version 4.6.2-2 of the package, we noticed the following issues:

8 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: 2026-08-05 Last update: 2026-11-12 09:01

testing migrations

excuses:
- Migration status for r-base (4.6.1-9 to 4.6.2-2): BLOCKED: Rejected/violates migration policy/introduces a regression
- Issues preventing migration:
- ∙ ∙ Piuparts regression - https://piuparts.debian.org/sid/source/r/r-base.html
- ∙ ∙ Autopkgtest for r-cran-factominer/2.17-1: loong64: Pass ♻ (reference ♻)
- ∙ ∙ Autopkgtest for r-cran-gdtools/0.5.2-1: loong64: Pass ♻ (reference ♻)
- ∙ ∙ Autopkgtest for r-cran-xts/0.14.2-4: amd64: Regression ♻ (reference ♻), arm64: Pass, armhf: Pass, i386: Pass, loong64: Pass, ppc64el: Pass, riscv64: Pass, s390x: Pass
- ∙ ∙ Too young, only 2 of 5 days old
- Additional info (not blocking):
- ∙ ∙ Reproduced on amd64 - info
- ∙ ∙ Reproduced on arm64 - info
- ∙ ∙ Reproduced on armhf - info
- ∙ ∙ Reproduced on i386 - info
- Not considered

news

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[2026-11-11] Accepted r-base 4.6.2-2 (source) into unstable (Dirk Eddelbuettel)
[2026-10-29] Accepted r-base 4.6.2-1 (source) into unstable (Dirk Eddelbuettel)
[2026-10-28] Accepted r-base 4.6.1-11 (source) into unstable (Dirk Eddelbuettel)
[2026-10-27] Accepted r-base 4.6.1-10 (source) into unstable (Dirk Eddelbuettel)
[2026-10-22] r-base 4.6.1-9 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2026-10-16] Accepted r-base 4.6.1-9 (source) into unstable (Dirk Eddelbuettel)
[2026-10-15] Accepted r-base 4.6.1-8 (source) into unstable (Dirk Eddelbuettel)
[2026-10-14] Accepted r-base 4.6.1-7 (source) into unstable (Dirk Eddelbuettel)
[2026-09-03] r-base 4.6.1-6 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2026-08-22] Accepted r-base 4.6.1-6 (source) into unstable (Dirk Eddelbuettel)
[2026-08-17] Accepted r-base 4.6.1-5 (source) into unstable (Dirk Eddelbuettel)
[2026-08-08] Accepted r-base 4.6.1-4 (source) into unstable (Dirk Eddelbuettel)
[2026-08-07] Accepted r-base 4.6.1-3 (source) into unstable (Dirk Eddelbuettel)
[2026-08-05] Accepted r-base 4.6.1-2 (source) into unstable (Dirk Eddelbuettel)
[2026-06-29] r-base 4.6.1-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2026-06-24] Accepted r-base 4.6.1-1 (source) into unstable (Dirk Eddelbuettel)
[2026-06-01] r-base 4.6.0-5 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2026-05-20] Accepted r-base 4.6.0-5 (source) into unstable (Dirk Eddelbuettel)
[2026-05-17] Accepted r-base 4.6.0-4 (source) into unstable (Dirk Eddelbuettel)
[2026-05-07] Accepted r-base 4.6.0-3 (source) into unstable (Dirk Eddelbuettel)
[2026-04-27] Accepted r-base 4.6.0-2 (source) into unstable (Dirk Eddelbuettel)
[2026-04-24] Accepted r-base 4.6.0-1 (source) into unstable (Dirk Eddelbuettel)
[2026-04-17] Accepted r-base 4.5.3.20260417-1 (source) into unstable (Dirk Eddelbuettel)
[2026-04-10] Accepted r-base 4.5.3.20260410-1 (source) into unstable (Dirk Eddelbuettel)
[2026-04-04] Accepted r-base 4.5.3.20260404-1 (source) into unstable (Dirk Eddelbuettel)
[2026-03-26] r-base 4.5.3-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2026-03-11] Accepted r-base 4.5.3-1 (source) into unstable (Dirk Eddelbuettel)
[2025-11-20] r-base 4.5.2-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2025-10-31] Accepted r-base 4.5.2-1 (source) into unstable (Dirk Eddelbuettel)
[2025-08-13] r-base 4.5.1-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)

bugs [bug history graph]

all: 8
RC: 0
I&N: 3
M&W: 5
F&P: 0
patch: 0

links

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version: 4.6.1-9
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