You should get rid of them to provide more metadata about this software.
debian/patches: 16 patches to forward upstream
low
Among the 16 debian patches
available in version 7.1.8-dfsg-3 of the package,
we noticed the following issues:
16 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.
testing migrations
This package will soon be part of the auto-libxml2 transition. You might want to ensure that your package is ready for it.
You can probably find supplementary information in the
debian-release
archives or in the corresponding
release.debian.org
bug.
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