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general

source: texinfo (main)
version: 7.2-5
maintainer: Debian TeX Task Force (archive) (DMD)
uploaders: Frank Küster [DMD] – Norbert Preining [DMD] – Hilmar Preuße [DMD]
arch: all 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: 6.7.0.dfsg.2-6
oldstable: 6.8-6
stable: 7.1.1-1
testing: 7.2-5
unstable: 7.2-5
exp: 7.3-1

versioned links

6.7.0.dfsg.2-6: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
6.8-6: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
7.1.1-1: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
7.2-5: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
7.2.91-1: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
7.3-1: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]

binaries

info (3 bugs: 0, 1, 2, 0)
install-info (4 bugs: 0, 2, 2, 0)
texinfo (13 bugs: 0, 7, 6, 0)
texinfo-lib

action needed

A new upstream version is available: 7.3 high

A new upstream version 7.3 is available, you should consider packaging it.

Created: 2026-03-03 Last update: 2026-03-23 00:32

debian/patches: 1 patch with invalid metadata, 1 patch to forward upstream high

Among the 3 debian patches available in version 7.2-5 of the package, we noticed the following issues:

1 patch with invalid metadata that ought to be fixed.
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: 2023-02-26 Last update: 2025-10-25 06:01

1 bug tagged patch in the BTS normal

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

Created: 2025-01-06 Last update: 2026-03-23 00:30

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 7.3-2, 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 e8a6118c5c372c9794bcbff17af70fdc1fac5e87
Author: Hilmar Preuße <hille42@web.de>
Date:   Sun Mar 22 23:30:50 2026 +0100

    [skip-ci] W: syntax-error-in-dep5-copyright.

commit 8507c496d512467595cdfffb6b9529efce039d57
Author: Hilmar Preuße <hille42@web.de>
Date:   Sun Mar 22 23:24:11 2026 +0100

    [skip-ci] License cleanup #4.

commit fd7ad03337b4a5ff53ecb320f4b397154a3177c4
Author: Hilmar Preuße <hille42@web.de>
Date:   Sun Mar 22 11:06:09 2026 +0100

    [skip-ci] W: texinfo source: globbing-patterns-out-of-order.

commit 20e19b597107009a6f893e884b09e9b66dac0131
Author: Hilmar Preuße <hille42@web.de>
Date:   Sun Mar 22 00:08:18 2026 +0100

    {skip-ci] License cleanup #3.

commit 5bfe5732c04c0f5a24bba0631e61fa6d9654ea56
Author: Hilmar Preuße <hille42@web.de>
Date:   Sat Mar 21 16:49:13 2026 +0100

    {skip-ci] License cleanup #2.

commit 4c9e4944ca2518cdf24e055e2fe2d5b9f12c50f3
Author: Hilmar Preuße <hille42@web.de>
Date:   Sat Mar 21 01:00:04 2026 +0100

    {skip-ci] License cleanup #1.

commit d107d25b66da94b1205313eb2c502b0f3bcc232c
Author: Hilmar Preuße <hille42@web.de>
Date:   Fri Mar 20 23:29:49 2026 +0100

    Patch for #1128912.

commit 510bbf83d4b56f7f7b9ef018240986a2a99f2505
Author: Hilmar Preuße <hille42@web.de>
Date:   Wed Mar 4 22:46:18 2026 +0100

    Lintian stuff.

Created: 2026-03-05 Last update: 2026-03-22 23:02

Standards version of the package is outdated. wishlist

The package should be updated to follow the last version of Debian Policy (Standards-Version 4.7.3 instead of 4.7.2).

Created: 2025-12-23 Last update: 2025-12-23 20:00

news

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[2026-03-04] Accepted texinfo 7.3-1 (source arm64 all) into experimental (Debian FTP Masters) (signed by: Hilmar Preuße)
[2026-02-22] Accepted texinfo 7.2.92-1 (source) into experimental (Hilmar Preuße)
[2026-02-09] Accepted texinfo 7.2.91-1 (source) into experimental (Hilmar Preuße)
[2026-02-08] Accepted texinfo 7.2.90-2 (source) into experimental (Hilmar Preuße)
[2026-02-05] Accepted texinfo 7.2.90-1 (source) into experimental (Hilmar Preuße)
[2025-10-31] texinfo 7.2-5 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2025-10-24] Accepted texinfo 7.2-5 (source) into unstable (Hilmar Preuße)
[2025-08-21] texinfo 7.2-4 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2025-08-19] Accepted texinfo 7.2-4 (source) into unstable (Hilmar Preuße)
[2025-08-19] Accepted texinfo 7.2-3 (source) into unstable (Hilmar Preuße)
[2025-01-18] Accepted texinfo 7.2-2 (source) into experimental (Hilmar Preuße)
[2025-01-08] Accepted texinfo 7.2-1 (source) into experimental (Hilmar Preuße)
[2024-09-16] texinfo 7.1.1-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2024-09-13] Accepted texinfo 7.1.1-1 (source) into unstable (Hilmar Preuße)
[2024-01-20] texinfo 7.1-3 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2024-01-13] Accepted texinfo 7.1-3 (source) into unstable (Hilmar Preusse)
[2023-11-22] texinfo 7.1-2 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2023-11-19] Accepted texinfo 7.1-2 (source) into unstable (Hilmar Preusse)
[2023-11-10] texinfo 7.1-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2023-10-29] Accepted texinfo 7.1-1 (source) into unstable (Hilmar Preusse)
[2023-07-13] texinfo 7.0.3-2 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2023-07-10] Accepted texinfo 7.0.3-2 (source) into unstable (Hilmar Preusse)
[2023-03-30] Accepted texinfo 7.0.3-1 (source) into experimental (Hilmar Preusse)
[2023-01-25] Accepted texinfo 7.0.2-1 (source) into experimental (Hilmar Preusse)
[2023-01-08] Accepted texinfo 7.0.1-3 (source amd64 all) into experimental (Debian FTP Masters) (signed by: bage@debian.org)
[2022-12-20] Accepted texinfo 7.0.1-2 (source) into experimental (Hilmar Preusse)
[2022-12-02] Accepted texinfo 7.0.1-1 (source) into experimental (Hilmar Preusse)
[2022-11-12] Accepted texinfo 7.0-1 (source) into experimental (Hilmar Preusse)
[2022-06-30] texinfo 6.8-6 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2022-06-26] Accepted texinfo 6.8-6 (source) into unstable (Hilmar Preusse)

bugs [bug history graph]

all: 22
RC: 0
I&N: 12
M&W: 10
F&P: 0
patch: 1

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version: 7.2-5ubuntu1
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