tk8.6 - Debian Package Tracker

general

source: tk8.6 (main)
version: 8.6.18-1
maintainer: Debian Tcl/Tk Packagers (archive) (DMD)
uploaders: Sergei Golovan [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: 8.6.11-2
oldstable: 8.6.13-2
stable: 8.6.16-1
testing: 8.6.18-1
unstable: 8.6.18-1

versioned links

8.6.11-2: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
8.6.13-2: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
8.6.16-1: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
8.6.18-1: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]

binaries

libtk8.6 (1 bugs: 0, 0, 1, 0)
tk8.6 (4 bugs: 0, 3, 1, 0)
tk8.6-dev
tk8.6-doc

action needed

Problems while searching for a new upstream version high

uscan had problems while searching for a new upstream version:

In watchfile debian/watch, reading webpage
  https://qa.debian.org/watch/sf.php/tcl/ failed: 400 SourceForge HTTP Error: Bad Request

Created: 2026-08-26 Last update: 2026-09-06 19:32

1 bug tagged patch in the BTS normal

The BTS contains patches fixing 1 bug, consider including or untagging them.

Created: 2026-09-02 Last update: 2026-09-06 22:30

2 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 23d1c56462b824dc39fa21da717b4b72cf07bdd8
Merge: 53aff97 2ae934e
Author: Alexandre Detiste <alexandre.detiste@gmail.com>
Date:   Wed Aug 12 13:54:49 2026 +0200

    Merge branch 'multiarch-fixes' into 'master'
    
    Apply multi-arch hints
    
    See merge request tcltk-team/tk8.6!1

commit 2ae934e602549f4e53bb1c5a1cad88341fc6b26b
Author: Debian Janitor <janitor@jelmer.uk>
Date:   Tue Mar 14 08:38:24 2023 +0000

    Apply multi-arch hints.
    + tk8.6-doc: Add Multi-Arch: foreign.
    
    Changes-By: apply-multiarch-hints

https://salsa.debian.org/api/v4/projects/tcltk-team%2Ftk8.6 API request failed: 401 Unauthorized at /srv/qa.debian.org/data/vcswatch/vcswatch line 410.

Created: 2026-08-12 Last update: 2026-09-02 19:32

lintian reports 19 warnings normal

Lintian reports 19 warnings about this package. You should make the package lintian clean getting rid of them.

Created: 2026-05-14 Last update: 2026-05-14 19:30

Multiarch hinter reports 1 issue(s) low

There are issues with the multiarch metadata for this package.

tk8.6-doc could be marked Multi-Arch: foreign

Created: 2016-09-14 Last update: 2026-09-06 23:30

debian/patches: 2 patches to forward upstream low

Among the 2 debian patches available in version 8.6.18-1 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: 2026-05-14 15:30

news

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[2026-05-23] tk8.6 8.6.18-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2026-05-14] Accepted tk8.6 8.6.18-1 (source) into unstable (Sergei Golovan)
[2025-08-24] tk8.6 8.6.17-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2025-08-18] Accepted tk8.6 8.6.17-1 (source) into unstable (Sergei Golovan)
[2025-01-14] tk8.6 8.6.16-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2025-01-09] Accepted tk8.6 8.6.16-1 (source) into unstable (Sergei Golovan)
[2024-09-28] tk8.6 8.6.15-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2024-09-23] Accepted tk8.6 8.6.15-1 (source) into unstable (Sergei Golovan)
[2024-03-11] tk8.6 8.6.14-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2024-03-02] Accepted tk8.6 8.6.14-1 (source) into unstable (Sergei Golovan)
[2023-02-06] tk8.6 8.6.13-2 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2023-02-01] Accepted tk8.6 8.6.13-2 (source) into unstable (Sergei Golovan)
[2022-12-01] tk8.6 8.6.13-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2022-11-25] Accepted tk8.6 8.6.13-1 (source) into unstable (Sergei Golovan)
[2021-11-12] tk8.6 8.6.12-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2021-11-06] Accepted tk8.6 8.6.12-1 (source) into unstable (Sergei Golovan)
[2021-09-11] tk8.6 8.6.11.1-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2021-09-06] Accepted tk8.6 8.6.11.1-1 (source) into unstable (Sergei Golovan)
[2021-02-07] tk8.6 8.6.11-2 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2021-02-02] Accepted tk8.6 8.6.11-2 (source) into unstable (Sergei Golovan)
[2021-01-10] tk8.6 8.6.11-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2021-01-04] Accepted tk8.6 8.6.11-1 (source) into unstable (Sergei Golovan)
[2019-11-30] tk8.6 8.6.10-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2019-11-25] Accepted tk8.6 8.6.10-1 (source) into unstable (Sergei Golovan)
[2019-03-06] tk8.6 8.6.9-2 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2019-02-23] Accepted tk8.6 8.6.9-2 (source amd64 all) into unstable (Sergei Golovan)
[2018-12-18] tk8.6 8.6.9-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2018-12-12] Accepted tk8.6 8.6.9-1 (source amd64 all) into unstable (Sergei Golovan)
[2018-03-30] tk8.6 8.6.8-4 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2018-03-24] Accepted tk8.6 8.6.8-4 (source amd64 all) into unstable (Sergei Golovan)

bugs [bug history graph]

all: 5
RC: 0
I&N: 3
M&W: 2
F&P: 0
patch: 1

links

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lintian (0, 19)
buildd: logs, reproducibility, cross
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ubuntu

[Information about Ubuntu for Debian Developers]

version: 8.6.18-1
6 bugs