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source: ants (main)
version: 2.6.4+dfsg-1
maintainer: Debian Med Packaging Team (archive) (DMD) (LowNMU)
uploaders: Yaroslav Halchenko [DMD] – Michael Hanke [DMD] – Pierre Gruet [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]

stable: 2.5.4+dfsg-1
testing: 2.6.4+dfsg-1
unstable: 2.6.4+dfsg-1

versioned links

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

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ants (7 bugs: 0, 5, 2, 0)

action needed

Marked for autoremoval on 20 September: #1145120 high

Version 2.6.4+dfsg-1 of ants is marked for autoremoval from testing on Sun 20 Sep 2026. It is affected by #1145120. You should try to prevent the removal by fixing these RC bugs.

Created: 2026-08-30 Last update: 2026-09-13 18:00

A new upstream version is available: 2.6.5 high

A new upstream version 2.6.5 is available, you should consider packaging it.

Created: 2026-01-16 Last update: 2026-09-13 13:30

Fails to build during reproducibility 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: 2026-01-03 Last update: 2026-09-13 14:00

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 2.6.5+dfsg-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 1389e9974bedc320fecafd24ea75d5d88412d60e
Author: Andreas Tille <tille@debian.org>
Date:   Wed Sep 2 15:33:53 2026 +0100

    Set upstream metadata fields: Bug-Database, Repository-Browse.
    
    Changes-By: lintian-brush
    Fixes: lintian: source: upstream-metadata-file-is-missing
    See-also: https://lintian.debian.org/tags/upstream-metadata-file-is-missing.html

commit cae48d837373fbdd3bb693fa85e0dc1fb56e8aa0
Author: Andreas Tille <tille@debian.org>
Date:   Wed Sep 2 16:33:36 2026 +0200

    Changes made by cme

commit 10014ede48168080c09449a723811b9ef3eb1b11
Author: Andreas Tille <tille@debian.org>
Date:   Wed Sep 2 16:31:47 2026 +0200

    Standards-Version: 4.7.4 (routine-update)

commit 2fa59415b768278c6f6e8671488c0f51198cf618
Merge: f2e3b1c 299c98e
Author: Andreas Tille <tille@debian.org>
Date:   Wed Sep 2 16:31:47 2026 +0200

    Update upstream source from tag 'upstream/2.6.5+dfsg'
    
    Update to upstream version '2.6.5+dfsg'
    with Debian dir efe0a3996674ce0c842bdcfad22780a7ce9afce7

commit f2e3b1ceb7f5114fd2a863a8347136ca41ab04b0
Author: Andreas Tille <tille@debian.org>
Date:   Wed Sep 2 16:31:45 2026 +0200

    New upstream version

commit 299c98e2cb111919cc44fdafb00cc9dc7768cf69
Author: Andreas Tille <tille@debian.org>
Date:   Wed Sep 2 16:31:45 2026 +0200

    New upstream version 2.6.5+dfsg

commit d115556ef9c5b04e9fc8180c90e22d0cce6e65dd
Author: Andreas Tille <tille@debian.org>
Date:   Wed Sep 2 16:28:19 2026 +0200

    d/watch: version=5

commit 02663a3c14caca4793d2f841a9badf8372d40931
Author: Andreas Tille <tille@debian.org>
Date:   Wed Sep 2 16:27:41 2026 +0200

    Update Homepage

commit 226d20b0d60dd280c17fa8e29361e3234b93eee5
Author: Andreas Tille <tille@debian.org>
Date:   Wed Sep 2 16:27:04 2026 +0200

    d/copyright: Update Source

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

Created: 2026-09-02 Last update: 2026-09-08 18:02

lintian reports 14 warnings normal

Lintian reports 14 warnings about this package. You should make the package lintian clean getting rid of them.

Created: 2025-02-12 Last update: 2026-05-27 12:01

debian/patches: 2 patches to forward upstream low

Among the 5 debian patches available in version 2.6.4+dfsg-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: 2023-02-26 Last update: 2025-12-27 08:33

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 4.7.3).

Created: 2026-03-31 Last update: 2026-03-31 15:01

news

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[2026-01-01] ants 2.6.4+dfsg-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2026-01-01] ants 2.6.4+dfsg-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2025-12-26] Accepted ants 2.6.4+dfsg-1 (source) into unstable (Pierre Gruet)
[2025-02-17] ants 2.5.4+dfsg-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2025-02-12] Accepted ants 2.5.4+dfsg-1 (source) into unstable (Steve M. Robbins)
[2024-09-09] ants 2.4.3+dfsg-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2024-09-03] Accepted ants 2.4.3+dfsg-1 (source) into unstable (Pierre Gruet)
[2017-09-20] ants REMOVED from testing (Debian testing watch)
[2017-05-24] Accepted ants 2.2.0-1 (source amd64) into experimental (Yaroslav Halchenko)
[2017-03-14] ants 2.1.0-5 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2017-03-09] Accepted ants 2.1.0-5 (source amd64) into unstable (Yaroslav Halchenko)
[2016-08-18] ants 2.1.0-4.3 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2016-08-12] Accepted ants 2.1.0+git635-g0752c29-1.1 (source) into experimental (Mattia Rizzolo)
[2016-08-12] Accepted ants 2.1.0-4.3 (source) into unstable (Mattia Rizzolo)
[2016-07-25] ants REMOVED from testing (Debian testing watch)
[2016-06-13] Accepted ants 2.1.0+git635-g0752c29-1 (source amd64) into experimental (Yaroslav Halchenko)
[2016-04-22] ants 2.1.0-4.2 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2016-04-16] Accepted ants 2.1.0-4.2 (source) into unstable (Gianfranco Costamagna)
[2016-04-14] Accepted ants 2.1.0-4.1 (source) into unstable (Gianfranco Costamagna)
[2016-01-10] Accepted ants 2.1.0-4 (source amd64) into unstable (Yaroslav Halchenko)
[2016-01-08] Accepted ants 2.1.0-3 (source amd64) into unstable (Yaroslav Halchenko)
[2015-10-30] Accepted ants 2.1.0-2 (source amd64) into unstable (Yaroslav Halchenko)
[2015-07-11] ants REMOVED from testing (Britney)
[2014-11-30] ants 2.1.0~rc2+git3-g9103999-4 MIGRATED to testing (Britney)
[2014-11-24] Accepted ants 2.1.0~rc2+git3-g9103999-4 (source amd64) into unstable (Yaroslav Halchenko)
[2014-11-06] Accepted ants 2.1.0~rc2+git3-g9103999-3 (source amd64) into unstable (Yaroslav Halchenko)
[2014-08-26] ants 2.1.0~rc2+git3-g9103999-2 MIGRATED to testing (Britney)
[2014-08-19] Accepted ants 2.1.0~rc2+git3-g9103999-2 (source amd64) into unstable (Yaroslav Halchenko)
[2014-08-15] Accepted ants 2.1.0~rc2+git3-g9103999-1 (source amd64) into unstable (Yaroslav Halchenko)
[2014-06-07] ants 2.0.0-2 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)

bugs [bug history graph]

all: 8
RC: 1
I&N: 5
M&W: 2
F&P: 0
patch: 0

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