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

Andrey Rakhmatullin <[email protected]> Wed, 8 Jul 2026 18:02:12 +0500
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On Wed, Jul 08, 2026 at 09:50:14AM +0300, Martin-=C3=89ric Racine wrote:
>The Debian archive seemingly has many packages that are hopelessly outdate=
d 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.=20

Hopefully the lack of such emails is not the main reason for having=20
hopelessly outdated packages, as new releases are easily seen on a=20
maintainer's DDPO page, which I would expect every active maintainer=20
to regularly visit.

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WBR, wRAR

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