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general

source: towncrier (main)
version: 25.8.0-3
maintainer: Ben Finney (DMD)
arch: all
std-ver: 4.7.4
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: 25.8.0-3

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]
25.8.0-3: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]

binaries

python3-towncrier
towncrier
towncrier-doc

action needed

Marked for autoremoval on 19 September: #1143428 high

Created: 2026-08-08 Last update: 2026-09-01 12:03

Fails to build during reproducibility 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: 2026-08-02 Last update: 2026-09-01 12:30

1 bug tagged patch in the BTS normal

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

Created: 2026-08-15 Last update: 2026-09-01 12:00

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 25.8.0-4~pre1, 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 7ae5ad3b24b521445dd75a26161c3a1bd5e46e34
Author: Ben Finney <bignose@debian.org>
Date:   Tue Sep 1 12:58:43 2026 +1000

    Refine explanation of policy on Generative AI.

commit 591d8ccc9f02a07ecfba659254125648ccd19146
Author: Ben Finney <bignose@debian.org>
Date:   Tue Sep 1 12:58:23 2026 +1000

    Correct malformed version string.

commit 46a46b26e15f386b368b2e733f0346855be3982f
Author: Ben Finney <bignose@debian.org>
Date:   Tue Sep 1 09:32:18 2026 +1000

    Document policy on use of Generative AI.

https://salsa.debian.org/api/v4/projects/debian%2Fpkg-towncrier API request failed: 401 Unauthorized at /srv/qa.debian.org/data/vcswatch/vcswatch line 410.

Created: 2026-09-01 Last update: 2026-09-01 04:32

testing migrations

excuses:
- Migration status for towncrier (24.8.0-2 to 25.8.0-3): Waiting for test results or another package, or too young (no action required now - check later)
- Issues preventing migration:
- ∙ ∙ Autopkgtest for sphinxcontrib-towncrier/0.4.0a0-5: amd64: Pass, arm64: Pass, armhf: Pass, i386: Test triggered, ppc64el: Pass, riscv64: Test triggered
- ∙ ∙ Autopkgtest for towncrier/25.8.0-3: amd64: No tests, superficial or marked flaky ♻ (reference ♻), arm64: No tests, superficial or marked flaky ♻, armhf: No tests, superficial or marked flaky ♻ (reference ♻), i386: Test triggered, ppc64el: No tests, superficial or marked flaky ♻ (reference ♻), riscv64: Test triggered
- ∙ ∙ Too young, only 1 of 5 days old
- Additional info (not blocking):
- ∙ ∙ Updating towncrier will fix bugs in testing: #1143428
- ∙ ∙ Piuparts tested OK - https://piuparts.debian.org/sid/source/t/towncrier.html
- ∙ ∙ Reproduced on amd64 - info
- ∙ ∙ Reproduced on arm64 - info
- ∙ ∙ Reproduced on armhf - info
- ∙ ∙ Reproduced on i386 - info
- Not considered

news

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[2026-08-31] Accepted towncrier 25.8.0-3 (source) into unstable (Ben Finney)
[2026-08-18] Accepted towncrier 25.8.0-2 (source all) into unstable (Ben Finney)
[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: 2
RC: 0
I&N: 0
M&W: 2
F&P: 0
patch: 1

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