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general

source: task (main)
version: 2.6.2+dfsg-2
maintainer: Debian Tasktools Team (DMD)
uploaders: Gordon Ball [DMD] – Sebastien Badia [DMD]
arch: any
std-ver: 4.6.0
VCS: Git (Browse, QA)

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

[pool directory]

o-o-stable: 2.5.3+dfsg-4
oldstable: 2.6.2+dfsg-1
stable: 2.6.2+dfsg-1
testing: 2.6.2+dfsg-1
unstable: 2.6.2+dfsg-2

versioned links

2.5.3+dfsg-4: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
2.6.2+dfsg-1: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
2.6.2+dfsg-2: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]

binaries

taskwarrior (8 bugs: 0, 5, 3, 0)

action needed

Marked for autoremoval on 06 October: #1097970 high

Version 2.6.2+dfsg-1 of task is marked for autoremoval from testing on Mon 06 Oct 2025. It is affected by #1097970. The removal of task will also cause the removal of (transitive) reverse dependencies: bugwarrior, powerline-taskwarrior, ptask, python-tasklib, tasksh, taskw, vit. You should try to prevent the removal by fixing these RC bugs.

Created: 2025-09-04 Last update: 2025-09-08 10:32

A new upstream version is available: 3.4.1 high

A new upstream version 3.4.1 is available, you should consider packaging it.

Created: 2024-03-26 Last update: 2025-09-08 10:01

debian/patches: 1 patch with invalid metadata, 4 patches to forward upstream high

Among the 10 debian patches available in version 2.6.2+dfsg-2 of the package, we noticed the following issues:

1 patch with invalid metadata that ought to be fixed.
4 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: 2025-09-07 00:57

lintian reports 1 warning normal

Lintian reports 1 warning about this package. You should make the package lintian clean getting rid of them.

Created: 2021-10-13 Last update: 2024-01-16 20:43

Standards version of the package is outdated. wishlist

The package should be updated to follow the last version of Debian Policy (Standards-Version 4.7.2 instead of 4.6.0).

Created: 2022-05-11 Last update: 2025-09-07 01:05

testing migrations

excuses:
- Migration status for task (2.6.2+dfsg-1 to 2.6.2+dfsg-2): Waiting for test results or another package, or too young (no action required now - check later)
- Issues preventing migration:
- ∙ ∙ autopkgtest for python-tasklib/2.5.1-3: amd64: Pass, arm64: Pass, i386: Pass, ppc64el: Test triggered, riscv64: Pass, s390x: Pass
- ∙ ∙ autopkgtest for task/2.6.2+dfsg-2: amd64: Pass, arm64: Pass, i386: Pass, ppc64el: Test triggered, riscv64: Pass, s390x: Pass
- ∙ ∙ autopkgtest for taskw/2.0.0-3: amd64: Pass, arm64: Pass, i386: Pass, ppc64el: Test triggered, riscv64: Pass, s390x: Pass
- ∙ ∙ Too young, only 2 of 5 days old
- Additional info:
- ∙ ∙ Updating task will fix bugs in testing: #1097970
- ∙ ∙ Piuparts tested OK - https://piuparts.debian.org/sid/source/t/task.html
- ∙ ∙ Reproducible on amd64 - info ♻
- ∙ ∙ Reproducible on arm64 - info ♻
- Not considered

news

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[2025-09-06] Accepted task 2.6.2+dfsg-2 (source) into unstable (Jochen Sprickerhof)
[2022-04-05] task 2.6.2+dfsg-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2022-04-01] Accepted task 2.6.2+dfsg-1 (source) into unstable (Gordon Ball)
[2021-10-23] task 2.6.1+dfsg-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2021-10-21] Accepted task 2.6.1+dfsg-1 (source) into unstable (Gordon Ball)
[2021-10-12] task 2.6.0+dfsg-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2021-10-05] Accepted task 2.6.0+dfsg-1 (source) into unstable (Gordon Ball)
[2021-06-18] task 2.5.3+dfsg-4 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2021-05-28] Accepted task 2.5.3+dfsg-4 (source) into unstable (Gordon Ball)
[2021-02-11] task 2.5.3+dfsg-3 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2021-02-08] Accepted task 2.5.3+dfsg-3 (source) into unstable (Gordon Ball)
[2021-01-28] task 2.5.3+dfsg-2 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2021-01-25] Accepted task 2.5.3+dfsg-2 (source) into unstable (Gordon Ball)
[2021-01-08] task 2.5.3+dfsg-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2021-01-08] task 2.5.3+dfsg-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2021-01-04] Accepted task 2.5.3+dfsg-1 (source) into unstable (Gordon Ball)
[2020-12-15] Accepted task 2.5.2+dfsg-1 (source) into unstable (Gordon Ball)
[2020-10-18] task 2.5.1+dfsg-11 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2020-10-15] Accepted task 2.5.1+dfsg-11 (source) into unstable (Gordon Ball)
[2020-08-22] task 2.5.1+dfsg-10 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2020-08-19] Accepted task 2.5.1+dfsg-10 (source) into unstable (Gordon Ball)
[2020-03-08] task 2.5.1+dfsg-9 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2020-03-05] Accepted task 2.5.1+dfsg-9 (source) into unstable (Gordon Ball)
[2019-09-28] task 2.5.1+dfsg-8 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2019-09-26] Accepted task 2.5.1+dfsg-8 (source) into unstable (Gordon Ball)
[2019-03-05] task 2.5.1+dfsg-7 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2019-02-22] Accepted task 2.5.1+dfsg-7 (source) into unstable (Gordon Ball)
[2017-11-28] task 2.5.1+dfsg-6 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2017-11-25] Accepted task 2.5.1+dfsg-5~bpo9+1 (source amd64) into stretch-backports, stretch-backports (Iain R. Learmonth)
[2017-11-22] Accepted task 2.5.1+dfsg-6 (source) into unstable (Gordon Ball)

bugs [bug history graph]

all: 13
RC: 0
I&N: 7
M&W: 5
F&P: 1
patch: 0

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version: 2.6.2+dfsg-2
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