writer2latex - Debian Package Tracker

general

source: writer2latex (main)
version: 1.4-11
maintainer: Debian LibreOffice Maintainers (archive) (DMD)
uploaders: Chris Halls [DMD] – Rene Engelhard [DMD]
arch: all
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: 1.4-10
oldstable: 1.4-11
stable: 1.4-11
testing: 1.4-11
unstable: 1.4-11

versioned links

1.4-10: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
1.4-11: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]

binaries

libreoffice-writer2latex
libreoffice-writer2xhtml (1 bugs: 0, 1, 0, 0)
libwriter2latex-java
libwriter2latex-java-doc
writer2latex (1 bugs: 0, 1, 0, 0)
writer2latex-manual

action needed

lintian reports 1 error and 17 warnings high

Lintian reports 1 error and 17 warnings about this package. You should make the package lintian clean getting rid of them.

Created: 2021-10-23 Last update: 2024-10-05 09:34

Does not build reproducibly during 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: 2018-09-11 Last update: 2025-10-30 08:32

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 1.6.1-1, 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 b622b3729a2c6c70ee5bda41dc798bedf205b799
Author: Rene Engelhard <rene@debian.org>
Date:   Mon Oct 27 09:37:55 2025 +0100

    fix tar comand in README.source

commit 691e86f4f7da8e43f5dbba778a52efe7b3696fb8
Author: Rene Engelhard <rene@debian.org>
Date:   Sun Oct 26 00:00:26 2025 +0200

    jh_depends: -Xlibbatik-java -Xlibsurefire-java

commit fe4b2c1ed2bdc99ce6121bc1e7a3f9e5c4455e78
Author: Rene Engelhard <rene@debian.org>
Date:   Sat Oct 25 20:48:20 2025 +0200

    fix copyright/README.source
    
    it was downloaded from svn, ihttp://www.hj-gym.dk/~hj/writer2latex/ is
    long gone

commit b9d523f79a8e753ec1119454d0af710122c98d60
Author: Rene Engelhard <rene@debian.org>
Date:   Sat Oct 25 20:36:53 2025 +0200

    fix bug scripts

commit 56802fcc95880bcb524d28714d3bba2916588d7b
Author: Rene Engelhard <rene@debian.org>
Date:   Sat Oct 25 19:31:18 2025 +0200

    fix -writer2latex javaX-runtime depends

commit 6584b4c581691364ef469e2fbd9bd7b3a7d856a6
Author: Rene Engelhard <rene@debian.org>
Date:   Sat Oct 25 13:11:01 2025 +0200

    merge 1.4-12 UNRELEASED changelog into 1.6.1-1; there probably won't be a 1.4-12

commit d423704fd46dc4f91250fac4f94fa39f45323453
Author: Rene Engelhard <rene@debian.org>
Date:   Sat Oct 25 13:10:01 2025 +0200

    remove apparently obsolete (Build-)Depends on xalan and xerces

commit f009e5ee993343a6c253f878cc865ea60d6981f5
Merge: bacec2c 57291f6
Author: Rene Engelhard <rene@debian.org>
Date:   Sat Oct 25 11:44:46 2025 +0200

    Merge remote-tracking branch 'origin/master' into experimental

commit bacec2c33ed714fe573c9b9464c793a63bf17a43
Author: Rene Engelhard <rene@debian.org>
Date:   Sat Oct 25 11:37:35 2025 +0200

    update no-built-by.diff

commit 2974fc9e727dfadc4d13c034d13f6934e8874b43
Author: Rene Engelhard <rene@debian.org>
Date:   Sat Oct 25 11:37:21 2025 +0200

    update jaxp-api.diff and jbibtex.diff

commit 0c4056f4595186be075b5451f12e1e33f7f16f4e
Author: Rene Engelhard <rene@debian.org>
Date:   Sat Oct 25 11:36:41 2025 +0200

    move do-not-zip-third-party-libs.diff up in series and adapt

commit d76d705e325ae4fb34256579eb8d88a51ea8e994
Author: Rene Engelhard <rene@debian.org>
Date:   Sat Oct 25 11:06:49 2025 +0200

    add /usr/share/java/jbibtex.jar to Class-Path

commit acad61e4c4ea8651ff4cc1d55dbbbbea0d07ef58
Author: Rene Engelhard <rene@debian.org>
Date:   Sat Oct 25 10:39:09 2025 +0200

    actually only the LO extension needs libjbibtex-java

commit 2153a2936c1cb42ca64ae210ce1628d9352579a2
Author: Rene Engelhard <rene@debian.org>
Date:   Sat Oct 25 10:35:18 2025 +0200

    also make libwriter2latex-java depend on libjbibtex-java

commit 3f390424143417564e0cba3e7a5122db9308b3e2
Author: Rene Engelhard <rene@debian.org>
Date:   Sat Oct 25 10:31:34 2025 +0200

    add B-D on libjbibtex-java

commit 57291f6165b9e868ace6d57acd29ae3a01b43d5a
Merge: 7fa47da 6f2584c
Author: Rene Engelhard <rene@debian.org>
Date:   Sun Oct 23 10:11:46 2022 +0000

    Merge branch 'lintian-fixes' into 'master'
    
    Fix some issues reported by lintian
    
    See merge request libreoffice-team/extensions/writer2latex!5

commit 6f2584c46c189277d746fb1eead64a6839fbb640
Author: Debian Janitor <janitor@jelmer.uk>
Date:   Sat Oct 22 23:59:24 2022 +0000

    Update standards version to 4.6.1, no changes needed.
    
    Changes-By: lintian-brush
    Fixes: lintian: out-of-date-standards-version
    See-also: https://lintian.debian.org/tags/out-of-date-standards-version.html

commit 4302a1a870186752f10312f09bb79329728fef82
Author: Debian Janitor <janitor@jelmer.uk>
Date:   Sat Oct 22 23:59:15 2022 +0000

    Use secure URI in Homepage field.
    
    Changes-By: lintian-brush
    Fixes: lintian: homepage-field-uses-insecure-uri
    See-also: https://lintian.debian.org/tags/homepage-field-uses-insecure-uri.html

commit 8a1e92baf8a6adbacf3ce71abd58846f42fca2ef
Author: Rene Engelhard <rene@debian.org>
Date:   Thu Jan 24 21:57:25 2019 +0000

    close 920354

commit 7d4b3a8efa2d5c4c06648295d286abcf1939d0fc
Author: Rene Engelhard <rene@rene-engelhard.de>
Date:   Sun Nov 4 23:35:51 2018 +0100

    w2l 1.6.1 requires Java >= 8

commit 31e8255806d0d7f593cd89669dada2bf0c4194de
Author: Rene Engelhard <rene@rene-engelhard.de>
Date:   Sun Nov 4 23:13:05 2018 +0100

    make patches apply...

commit 70486ab6bec2db9706dfd12eecd0b70b8f70e6c5
Author: Rene Engelhard <rene@rene-engelhard.de>
Date:   Sun Nov 4 23:05:45 2018 +0100

    actually commit series...

commit 31aafca4574231a5194adc795eca4b02880d4fa1
Author: Rene Engelhard <rene@rene-engelhard.de>
Date:   Sun Nov 4 21:51:03 2018 +0000

    update changelog

commit 9ef7842c859396d139a183207c8837a57936d969
Author: Rene Engelhard <rene@rene-engelhard.de>
Date:   Sun Nov 4 21:49:25 2018 +0000

    remove no_JSON.diff again

commit fb7e63238235410e7edb3146535d3b6de4940eed
Author: Rene Engelhard <rene@rene-engelhard.de>
Date:   Sun Nov 4 21:47:16 2018 +0000

    point jbibtex to short versionless name

commit eb480e1189f91fb0e10f256c8d339681a50da3be
Author: Rene Engelhard <rene@rene-engelhard.de>
Date:   Sun Nov 4 21:41:35 2018 +0000

    update patches; do not zip third party libs into jar

commit ef0813b12c46c4db3d982e1e12f373bf74fa2f54
Merge: 7f9780e caba640
Author: Rene Engelhard <rene@rene-engelhard.de>
Date:   Sun Nov 4 21:05:51 2018 +0000

    Merge branch 'master' into experimental

commit 7f9780e5eb87fcb90642e1d047ed9d8e8933d6bf
Merge: 22af68d ec71e69
Author: Rene Engelhard <rene@rene-engelhard.de>
Date:   Sun Nov 4 19:56:28 2018 +0100

    Update upstream source from tag 'upstream/1.6.1'
    
    Update to upstream version '1.6.1'
    with Debian dir 340e91f80d0243038a4adc4e01632ff78a5f65fc

commit ec71e697c2573b5d49575e837ebb6fa5848cdb27
Author: Rene Engelhard <rene@rene-engelhard.de>
Date:   Sun Nov 4 19:56:21 2018 +0100

    New upstream version 1.6.1

Created: 2022-10-23 Last update: 2025-10-27 10:47

debian/patches: 8 patches to forward upstream low

Among the 8 debian patches available in version 1.4-11 of the package, we noticed the following issues:

8 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: 2023-02-26 15:54

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: 2025-02-27 13:25

news

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[2021-09-29] writer2latex 1.4-11 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2021-09-24] Accepted writer2latex 1.4-11 (source) into unstable (Mattia Rizzolo)
[2020-07-27] writer2latex 1.4-10 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2020-07-21] Accepted writer2latex 1.4-10 (source) into unstable (Rene Engelhard)
[2020-07-19] writer2latex 1.4-9 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2020-07-13] Accepted writer2latex 1.4-9 (source) into unstable (Rene Engelhard)
[2018-11-10] writer2latex 1.4-8 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2018-11-04] Accepted writer2latex 1.4-8 (source) into unstable (Rene Engelhard)
[2018-11-04] Accepted writer2latex 1.4-7 (source) into unstable (Rene Engelhard)
[2018-11-04] Accepted writer2latex 1.4-6 (source) into unstable (Rene Engelhard)
[2018-04-28] writer2latex 1.4-5 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2018-04-23] Accepted writer2latex 1.4-5 (source all) into unstable (Rene Engelhard)
[2018-04-22] Accepted writer2latex 1.4-4 (source all) into unstable (Rene Engelhard)
[2017-09-01] writer2latex 1.4-3 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2017-08-26] Accepted writer2latex 1.4-3 (source all) into unstable (Rene Engelhard)
[2017-06-21] writer2latex 1.4-2 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2017-06-15] Accepted writer2latex 1.4-2 (source) into unstable (Rene Engelhard)
[2015-12-30] writer2latex 1.4-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2015-12-24] Accepted writer2latex 1.4-1 (source all) into unstable (Rene Engelhard)
[2015-10-25] writer2latex 1.0.2-11 MIGRATED to testing (Britney)
[2015-10-19] Accepted writer2latex 1.0.2-11 (source all) into unstable (Rene Engelhard)
[2013-05-15] writer2latex 1.0.2-10 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2013-05-04] Accepted writer2latex 1.0.2-10 (source all) (Rene Engelhard)
[2013-04-01] Accepted writer2latex 1.0.2-9 (source all) (Rene Engelhard)
[2012-05-05] writer2latex 1.0.2-8 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2012-04-19] Accepted writer2latex 1.0.2-8 (source all) (Rene Engelhard)
[2012-02-03] writer2latex 1.0.2-7 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2012-01-23] Accepted writer2latex 1.0.2-7 (source all) (Rene Engelhard)
[2011-09-15] writer2latex 1.0.2-6 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2011-09-12] Accepted writer2latex 1.0.2-6 (source all) (Rene Engelhard)

bugs [bug history graph]

all: 4
RC: 0
I&N: 2
M&W: 0
F&P: 2
patch: 0

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