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Bug#1141657: tracker.debian.org: e-mail a package's maintainer whenever uscan detects a new upstream

From Andrey Rakhmatullin <wrar@debian.org>
Newsgroups linux.debian.bugs.dist, linux.debian.devel.qa
Subject Bug#1141657: tracker.debian.org: e-mail a package's maintainer whenever uscan detects a new upstream
Date 2026-07-08 15:10 +0200
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On Wed, Jul 08, 2026 at 09:50:14AM +0300, Martin-Éric Racine wrote:
>The Debian archive seemingly has many packages that are hopelessly outdated by several upstream releases. While tracker.d.o/package does mention if a new upstream version has appeared, it doesn't e-mail the maintainer. 

Hopefully the lack of such emails is not the main reason for having 
hopelessly outdated packages, as new releases are easily seen on a 
maintainer's DDPO page, which I would expect every active maintainer 
to regularly visit.

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WBR, wRAR

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Bug#1141657: tracker.debian.org: e-mail a package's maintainer whenever uscan detects a new upstream Martin-Éric Racine <martin-eric.racine@iki.fi> - 2026-07-08 09:00 +0200
  Bug#1141657: tracker.debian.org: e-mail a package's maintainer whenever uscan detects a new upstream Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org> - 2026-07-08 15:00 +0200
  Bug#1141657: tracker.debian.org: e-mail a package's maintainer whenever uscan detects a new upstream Andrey Rakhmatullin <wrar@debian.org> - 2026-07-08 15:10 +0200

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