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general
  • 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
versioned links
  • 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 watchfile debian/watch, reading webpage
  https://www.unicom.com/sw/xtail failed: 403 Forbidden
Created: 2025-11-26 Last update: 2026-08-27 21:31
2 new commits since last upload, is it time to release? normal
vcswatch reports that this package seems to have new commits in its VCS but has not yet updated debian/changelog. You should consider updating the Debian changelog and uploading this new version into the archive.

Here are the relevant commit logs:
commit 15a95f5aee84b9ece59f845fb211643c171e87b0
Author: Alexandre Detiste <tchet@debian.org>
Date:   Fri Aug 14 11:43:56 2026 +0200

    drop 'Rules-Requires-Root: no': it is now the default

commit d5360811b8129d9cef644a8e38046e94faa6fdcd
Author: Alexandre Detiste <tchet@debian.org>
Date:   Fri Aug 14 11:43:26 2026 +0200

    bump Standards-Version to 4.7.4, drop Priority: tag


https://salsa.debian.org/api/v4/projects/debian%2Fxtail API request failed: 401 Unauthorized at /srv/qa.debian.org/data/vcswatch/vcswatch line 410.
Created: 2026-08-14 Last update: 2026-08-26 07:34
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
Standards version of the package is outdated. wishlist
The package should be updated to follow the last version of Debian Policy (Standards-Version 4.7.4 instead of 4.7.2).
Created: 2025-12-23 Last update: 2026-03-31 15:01
news
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  • [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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