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source: xtail (main)
version: 2.1-12
maintainer: xiao sheng wen (DMD)
arch: any
std-ver: 4.7.2
VCS: Git (Browse, QA)

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

[pool directory]

o-o-stable: 2.1-8
oldstable: 2.1-9
stable: 2.1-11
testing: 2.1-12
unstable: 2.1-12

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2.1-8: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
2.1-9: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
2.1-11: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
2.1-12: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]

binaries

xtail

action needed

Problems while searching for a new upstream version high

uscan had problems while searching for a new upstream version:

In debian/watch no matching files for watch source
  https://www.unicom.com/sw/xtail

Created: 2021-05-02 Last update: 2025-09-18 14:31

debian/patches: 1 patch to forward upstream low

Among the 6 debian patches available in version 2.1-12 of the package, we noticed the following issues:

1 patch 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: 2025-09-10 Last update: 2025-09-10 13:00

news

[2025-09-12] xtail 2.1-12 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2025-09-10] Accepted xtail 2.1-12 (source) into unstable (xiao sheng wen)
[2025-09-09] Accepted xtail 2.1-11.1 (source) into unstable (Alexandre Detiste)
[2024-12-27] xtail 2.1-11 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2024-12-25] Accepted xtail 2.1-11 (source) into unstable (xiao sheng wen)
[2024-12-24] Accepted xtail 2.1-10 (source) into unstable (xiao sheng wen)
[2023-05-07] xtail 2.1-9 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2023-04-17] Accepted xtail 2.1-9 (source) into unstable (xiao sheng wen) (signed by: 肖盛文)
[2020-05-08] xtail 2.1-8 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2020-05-05] Accepted xtail 2.1-8 (source) into unstable (xiao sheng wen) (signed by: Bart Martens)
[2020-04-14] xtail 2.1-7 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2020-04-09] Accepted xtail 2.1-7 (source) into unstable (Joao Eriberto Mota Filho)
[2017-08-12] xtail 2.1-6 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2017-08-07] Accepted xtail 2.1-6 (source) into unstable (David William Richmond Davies-Jones) (signed by: Adam Borowski)
[2015-12-26] xtail 2.1-5.1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2015-12-20] Accepted xtail 2.1-5.1 (source) into unstable (Joao Eriberto Mota Filho)
[2008-07-05] xtail 2.1-5 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2008-06-24] Accepted xtail 2.1-5 (source i386) (Roderick Schertler)
[2006-11-30] xtail 2.1-4 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2006-11-19] Accepted xtail 2.1-4 (source i386) (Roderick Schertler)
[2006-04-18] xtail 2.1-3 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2006-04-06] Accepted xtail 2.1-3 (source i386) (Roderick Schertler)
[2001-12-07] Installed xtail 2.1-2 (i386 source) (Roderick Schertler)
[2001-09-17] Installed xtail 2.1-1 (i386 source) (Roderick Schertler)

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all: 0

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