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general

source: samtools (main)
version: 1.22.1-1
maintainer: Debian Med Packaging Team (archive) (DMD) (LowNMU)
uploaders: Andreas Tille [DMD] – Charles Plessy [DMD] – Étienne Mollier [DMD]
arch: all any
std-ver: 4.7.2
VCS: Git (Browse, QA)

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

[pool directory]

o-o-stable: 1.11-1
oldstable: 1.16.1-1
stable: 1.21-1
testing: 1.22.1-1
unstable: 1.22.1-1
exp: 1.24-1

versioned links

1.11-1: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
1.16.1-1: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
1.21-1: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
1.22.1-1: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
1.24-1: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]

binaries

samtools
samtools-test

action needed

A new upstream version is available: 1.24 high

A new upstream version 1.24 is available, you should consider packaging it.

Created: 2025-12-17 Last update: 2026-09-17 07:02

Does not build reproducibly during testing normal

A package building reproducibly enables third parties to verify that the source matches the distributed binaries. It has been identified that this source package produced different results, failed to build or had other issues in a test environment. Please read about how to improve the situation!

Created: 2025-11-09 Last update: 2026-09-17 07:30

14 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 88370199e7adcd809bc25cf2c70fed720b348e5e
Author: Andreas Tille <tille@debian.org>
Date:   Wed Sep 16 16:02:32 2026 +0200

    Another script-with-language-extension lintian-overrides

commit b1f7396cf1dea8c3035e6eae4a22a1c63c580c0c
Author: Andreas Tille <tille@debian.org>
Date:   Wed Sep 16 16:02:01 2026 +0200

    Upload to experimental

commit bd377100c6cbfb67aca0ba3ff857abe3d44ffb6a
Author: Andreas Tille <tille@debian.org>
Date:   Wed Sep 16 15:51:37 2026 +0200

    Depends: python3

commit 5b71392562b42cd689a767e80b1196357b58f3d4
Author: Andreas Tille <tille@debian.org>
Date:   Wed Sep 16 15:42:34 2026 +0200

    Bump versioned Build-Depends: libhts-dev (>= 1.24~)

commit 021c6dfe093a532b42ea9a05624622ad720858ca
Author: Andreas Tille <tille@debian.org>
Date:   Wed Sep 16 15:41:59 2026 +0200

    Remove automake from Build-Depends

commit 197bd534dd1d13119149780008ab869a432722c6
Merge: 985fb23 816f54a
Author: Andreas Tille <tille@debian.org>
Date:   Wed Sep 16 15:12:37 2026 +0200

    Update upstream source from tag 'upstream/1.24'
    
    Update to upstream version '1.24'
    with Debian dir 38bb84c16bc2a6eba5b3668f493dcca71b510232

commit 816f54adcf5ae599506f03a083a97b032965761e
Author: Andreas Tille <tille@debian.org>
Date:   Wed Sep 16 15:12:20 2026 +0200

    New upstream version 1.24

commit 985fb235b4b8216ba1eeefa1c5c8735db08895fb
Author: Andreas Tille <tille@debian.org>
Date:   Wed Sep 16 15:12:19 2026 +0200

    New upstream version

commit fcf9fe1da871e07e9044e1920763871fce31979e
Author: Andreas Tille <tille@debian.org>
Date:   Wed Sep 16 15:11:16 2026 +0200

    cme fix dpkg-control

commit 93014a150948c5f1d34a069e2682b302144e98e2
Author: Andreas Tille <tille@debian.org>
Date:   Wed Sep 16 14:59:37 2026 +0200

    Update changelog

commit 5e3a6ce9156d24496c6466d99d7e6aada5348db9
Author: Andreas Tille <tille@debian.org>
Date:   Wed Sep 16 13:55:06 2026 +0100

    Update standards version to 4.7.4, no changes needed.
    
    Upgrade checklist verified:
     4.7.3 → 4.7.4:
      * Package is not in non-free-firmware
    
    Changes-By: lintian-brush
    Fixes: lintian: source: out-of-date-standards-version 4.7.2 (released 2025-02-27) (current is 4.7.4.1)
    See-also: https://lintian.debian.org/tags/out-of-date-standards-version.html

commit d5c2997e112abe8ae25529c57f554a7b8e19426b
Author: Andreas Tille <tille@debian.org>
Date:   Wed Sep 16 13:55:06 2026 +0100

    Remove redundant Priority: optional from source stanza.
    
    Changes-By: lintian-brush
    Fixes: lintian: source: redundant-priority-optional-field
    See-also: https://lintian.debian.org/tags/redundant-priority-optional-field.html

commit 9c996e8bd43aa4fef9b9d1aaa03f1fe0d26a610b
Author: Andreas Tille <tille@debian.org>
Date:   Wed Sep 16 14:54:48 2026 +0200

    d/copyright: review; Add d/lrc.config

commit dd843e921324dae82a23743016d4d79f92f31cd9
Author: Andreas Tille <tille@debian.org>
Date:   Wed Sep 16 14:47:39 2026 +0200

    d/watch: version=5

https://salsa.debian.org/api/v4/projects/med-team%2Fsamtools API request failed: 401 Unauthorized at /srv/qa.debian.org/data/vcswatch/vcswatch line 410.

Created: 2026-09-16 Last update: 2026-09-16 22:02

lintian reports 18 warnings normal

Lintian reports 18 warnings about this package. You should make the package lintian clean getting rid of them.

Created: 2024-05-31 Last update: 2025-08-27 14:01

debian/patches: 1 patch to forward upstream low

Among the 1 debian patch available in version 1.22.1-1 of the package, we noticed the following issues:

1 patch 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: 2025-08-18 09:05

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 4.7.2).

Created: 2025-12-23 Last update: 2026-03-31 15:01

news

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[2026-09-16] Accepted samtools 1.24-1 (source) into experimental (Andreas Tille)
[2025-09-08] samtools 1.22.1-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2025-08-17] Accepted samtools 1.22.1-1 (source) into unstable (Steffen Moeller)
[2025-02-13] samtools 1.21-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2025-02-06] Accepted samtools 1.21-1 (source) into unstable (Étienne Mollier)
[2024-11-14] Accepted samtools 1.21-0+exp1 (source) into experimental (Michael R. Crusoe)
[2024-06-02] samtools 1.20-3 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2024-05-30] Accepted samtools 1.20-3 (source) into unstable (Étienne Mollier)
[2024-05-30] Accepted samtools 1.20-2 (source) into unstable (Étienne Mollier)
[2024-05-29] Accepted samtools 1.20-1 (source) into unstable (Étienne Mollier)
[2024-02-20] samtools 1.19.2-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2024-02-18] Accepted samtools 1.19.2-1 (source) into unstable (Étienne Mollier)
[2023-12-18] samtools 1.19-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2023-12-15] Accepted samtools 1.19-1 (source) into unstable (Étienne Mollier)
[2023-11-10] samtools 1.18-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2023-11-08] Accepted samtools 1.18-1 (source) into unstable (Andreas Tille)
[2023-06-25] samtools 1.17-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2023-06-22] Accepted samtools 1.17-1 (source) into unstable (Étienne Mollier)
[2023-06-18] Accepted samtools 1.17-0+exp1 (source) into experimental (Étienne Mollier)
[2022-10-06] samtools 1.16.1-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2022-09-30] Accepted samtools 1.16.1-1 (source) into unstable (Andreas Tille)
[2021-12-08] Accepted samtools 1.14-1~exp2 (source) into experimental (Andreas Tille)
[2021-12-07] Accepted samtools 1.14-1~exp1 (source) into experimental (Andreas Tille)
[2021-10-28] samtools 1.13-4 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2021-10-25] Accepted samtools 1.13-4 (source) into unstable (Étienne Mollier)
[2021-10-24] Accepted samtools 1.13-3 (source) into unstable (Étienne Mollier)
[2021-09-02] samtools 1.13-2 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2021-08-30] Accepted samtools 1.13-2 (source) into unstable (Andreas Tille)
[2021-08-27] Accepted samtools 1.13-1 (source) into unstable (Étienne Mollier)
[2020-10-07] samtools 1.11-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)

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