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  • source: towncrier (main)
  • version: 24.8.0-2
  • maintainer: Ben Finney (DMD)
  • arch: all
  • std-ver: 4.7.0
  • VCS: Git (Browse, QA)
versions [more versions can be listed by madison] [old versions available from snapshot.debian.org]
[pool directory]
  • oldstable: 22.12.0-1
  • stable: 24.8.0-2
  • testing: 24.8.0-2
  • unstable: 24.8.0-2
versioned links
  • 22.12.0-1: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
  • 24.8.0-2: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
  • 25.8.0-1: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
binaries
  • towncrier
action needed
A new upstream version is available: 25.8.0 high
A new upstream version 25.8.0 is available, you should consider packaging it.
Created: 2025-11-27 Last update: 2026-05-30 21:30
27 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 b6dea4cc22acbd44614ef5e328e9703c2cefdc0a
Merge: 7b19028 2391872
Author: Ben Finney <bignose@debian.org>
Date:   Wed May 13 15:41:33 2026 +1000

    Merge packaging for release “25.8.0-1”.

commit 23918726036cce9f0d12f01619ad19bcd0eeca5c
Author: Ben Finney <bignose@debian.org>
Date:   Wed May 13 11:00:04 2026 +1000

    Finalise this release.

commit 70d32dbc6d1d7bef2af1810ba44163995cb0c0ca
Author: Ben Finney <bignose@debian.org>
Date:   Wed May 6 06:02:03 2026 +1000

    Build documentation package ‘towncrier-doc’.

commit d0b11ec2c4440aea0298d15aed1b6d445fb9e116
Author: Ben Finney <bignose@debian.org>
Date:   Tue May 12 16:52:23 2026 +1000

    Add “Recommends:” for the VCS packages that Towncrier works with.

commit 014e6b05d3a232350da8706670eeb2bcfe7351b2
Author: Ben Finney <bignose@debian.org>
Date:   Mon Apr 27 12:36:36 2026 +1000

    Add “Build-Depends: mercurial”.

commit 5678740676bab58a32cc8357d7a5cf2b7163a465
Author: Ben Finney <bignose@debian.org>
Date:   Mon Apr 27 12:39:24 2026 +1000

    Update upstream years of publication in copyright statement.

commit b6415e20683abbdd9a5cbd75d3225ef19ee38d2a
Author: Ben Finney <bignose@debian.org>
Date:   Tue May 12 16:48:57 2026 +1000

    Document bug reports closed by the new upstream version.

commit 3d1a279fa74708cadbcad26c7eca04445d271030
Author: Ben Finney <bignose@debian.org>
Date:   Mon Apr 27 12:35:54 2026 +1000

    Begin packaging upstream version “25.8.0”.

commit 7b19028bdca973dc19c819e1849abd2ef6039859
Author: Ben Finney <bignose@debian.org>
Date:   Wed May 13 10:16:00 2026 +1000

    Explicitly “Breaks: towncrier (<= 24.8.0-2)”.
    
    The earlier package must first be purged to allow the library files to be
    installed.

commit 65277479e9d1fdfdbc4463e6097bb90dbd3eee87
Author: Ben Finney <bignose@debian.org>
Date:   Wed May 6 05:59:09 2026 +1000

    Build separate library package ‘python3-towncrier’.

commit 5f72f2f010d2c59a2fe566212c355998e7bdfb36
Author: Ben Finney <bignose@debian.org>
Date:   Wed May 6 06:00:20 2026 +1000

    Extract configurable environment variable for ‘rm’ command.

commit e6a0b5de0041a8ce9de0edc1f012c87dd53657a6
Author: Ben Finney <bignose@debian.org>
Date:   Wed May 13 09:46:56 2026 +1000

    Add “Work on changes in a branch or fork” section to developer read-me.

commit 363877b6b17ccbcb378fd1b4712c83557b77d7d5
Author: Ben Finney <bignose@debian.org>
Date:   Mon Apr 27 12:40:10 2026 +1000

    Update packaging years of publication in copyright statement.

commit ae45b320cbcda1eb57b0ac962495bd5bdd380050
Author: Ben Finney <bignose@debian.org>
Date:   Wed May 6 09:45:10 2026 +1000

    Update years of publication in copyright statements.

commit 421c73842f085ef3587ef1c26a17aa4443ad67d2
Author: Ben Finney <bignose@debian.org>
Date:   Mon Apr 27 12:00:34 2026 +1000

    Correct roff formatting in manual page.

commit 3814634723144b252606eb5873e7144b6fd87598
Author: Ben Finney <bignose@debian.org>
Date:   Mon Apr 27 11:22:43 2026 +1000

    Revert UScan configuration back to version 4.
    
    The UScan configuration version 5 parser has restrictions we need to
    navigate better, before converting to that format.

commit 455ce20487fed97763e996b4ef5ab6e83d28bd80
Author: Ben Finney <bignose@debian.org>
Date:   Mon Apr 27 10:25:13 2026 +1000

    Remove whitespace that confuses UScan.

commit 61f8199ee7c980a556bad0672f12cd0c058ddec5
Author: Ben Finney <bignose@debian.org>
Date:   Wed Apr 22 12:43:12 2026 +1000

    Convert to version 5 UScan configuration format.

commit fdc1de92d97a634a3038bb07192295993cf2ec8a
Author: Ben Finney <bignose@debian.org>
Date:   Wed Apr 22 10:50:00 2026 +1000

    Declare conformance to “Standards-Version: 4.7.4”.

commit 12390162a91756725a56bf4056830bb749e2dc3a
Author: Ben Finney <bignose@debian.org>
Date:   Wed Apr 22 10:47:21 2026 +1000

    Remove superfluous declaration of “Rules-Requires-Root: no”.
    
    As of dpkg version 1.22.13, this field is set to “no” by default. As such,
    in this case the ‘Rules-Requires-Root’ field is redundant and should be
    removed.

commit 89e6188e97d4c0772438532a6452e1bcc38d31b4
Author: Ben Finney <bignose@debian.org>
Date:   Wed Apr 22 10:46:07 2026 +1000

    Remove superfluous declaration of “Priority: optional”.
    
    As of dpkg version 1.22.13, this field is set to “optional” by default. As
    such, in this case the `Priority` field is redundant and should be removed.

commit f9f4894f9aab3462f64482d4e227df30566ed80e
Author: Ben Finney <bignose@debian.org>
Date:   Wed Apr 22 10:38:51 2026 +1000

    Document removal of obsolete “Build-Depends: python3-tomli”.
    
    As specified in upstream project metadata, the dependency is not needed at
    Python 3.11 and later. The current Debian “oldstable” has ‘python3’ version
    “3.11.2-1”, and all later releases are greater versions.

commit 3100315dff31ed63933010251537858a72e2dfc3
Author: Ben Finney <bignose@debian.org>
Date:   Wed Apr 22 09:57:57 2026 +1000

    Revert accidental change to a metadata URL.

commit 1a30ada526ad0b39312a7307e49403a7bd4c8672
Author: Alexandre Detiste <tchet@debian.org>
Date:   Sat May 17 15:30:24 2025 +0200

    drop python3-tomli from build-dependencies, not needed since Py3.11

commit 164504f97160e2ddd829b6407d36d8cae1a4ffa9
Author: Ben Finney <bignose@debian.org>
Date:   Sun Jan 5 14:36:53 2025 +1100

    Update years of publication in copyright notices.

commit 5c7536bf2143e1b1621ac020a48f5d1477375599
Author: Ben Finney <bignose@debian.org>
Date:   Sun Jan 5 14:36:53 2025 +1100

    Update years of publication in copyright notices.

commit 898a746a59f495cf7b898e511078d96dca85898f
Author: Ben Finney <bignose@debian.org>
Date:   Thu Nov 21 12:04:02 2024 +1100

    Start a new changelog entry for ongoing development.
Created: 2023-01-28 Last update: 2026-05-31 00:02
lintian reports 3 warnings normal
Lintian reports 3 warnings about this package. You should make the package lintian clean getting rid of them.
Created: 2026-05-28 Last update: 2026-05-28 10:32
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 4.7.0).
Created: 2025-02-21 Last update: 2026-03-31 15:01
news
[rss feed]
  • [2026-05-30] Accepted towncrier 25.8.0-1 (source all) into experimental (Debian FTP Masters) (signed by: Ben Finney)
  • [2024-11-25] towncrier 24.8.0-2 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2024-11-20] Accepted towncrier 24.8.0-2 (source) into unstable (Ben Finney)
  • [2024-10-25] towncrier 24.8.0-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2024-10-20] Accepted towncrier 24.8.0-1 (source) into unstable (Ben Finney)
  • [2023-01-18] towncrier 22.12.0-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2023-01-12] Accepted towncrier 22.12.0-1 (source) into unstable (Ben Finney)
  • [2022-11-28] towncrier 21.9.0-2 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2022-11-23] Accepted towncrier 21.9.0-2 (source) into unstable (Ben Finney)
  • [2022-05-02] towncrier 21.9.0-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2022-04-27] Accepted towncrier 21.9.0-1 (source) into unstable (Ben Finney)
  • [2021-04-01] Accepted towncrier 19.2.0-1 (source all) into unstable, unstable (Debian FTP Masters) (signed by: Ben Finney)
bugs [bug history graph]
  • all: 1
  • RC: 0
  • I&N: 0
  • M&W: 1
  • F&P: 0
  • patch: 0
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