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Details about package buildtorrent

Name:	buildtorrent (PTS)
Uploader:	Jason Frans Kregting <jasonkregting@gmail.com> (Debian QA page)
Description:	buildtorrent - command line torrent creation program

Package uploads

Upload #1

Information

Version:	0.9.1-4
Uploaded:	2026-01-10 05:28
Source package:	buildtorrent_0.9.1-4.dsc
Distribution:	unstable
Section:	net
Priority:
Homepage:	https://mathr.co.uk/web/buildtorrent.html
Vcs-Browser:	https://salsa.debian.org/debian/buildtorrent
Vcs-Git:	https://salsa.debian.org/debian/buildtorrent.git
Closes bugs:	#1119040

Changelog

 buildtorrent (0.9.1-4) unstable; urgency=medium
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   * Adoption of package. (Closes: #1119040)
   * 'debian/copyright':
     - Add myself to 'Files: debian/*' section.
   * 'debian/control':
     - Bump Standards-Version to 4.6.3.
     - Remove Priority field from debian/control.

QA information

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Package uses debhelper-compat

Debhelper compatibility level 13

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A watch file is present but doesn't work

Warnings:

debian/watch is an obsolete version 1 watch file;
please upgrade to a higher version
(see uscan(1) for details).
debian/watch is an obsolete version 1 watch file;
please upgrade to a higher version
(see uscan(1) for details).
debian/watch is an obsolete version 1 watch file;
please upgrade to a higher version
(see uscan(1) for details).
there appears to be a version 2 format line in
the version 1 watch file debian/watch;
Have you forgotten a 'version=2' line at the start, perhaps?
Skipping the line: Version: 5

there appears to be a version 2 format line in
the version 1 watch file debian/watch;
Have you forgotten a 'version=2' line at the start, perhaps?
Skipping the line: Source: https://mathr.co.uk/web/buildtorrent/

there appears to be a version 2 format line in
the version 1 watch file debian/watch;
Have you forgotten a 'version=2' line at the start, perhaps?
Skipping the line: Matching-Pattern: buildtorrent(?:[-_]?v?(\d[\-+\.:\~\da-zA-Z]*))(?i)(?:\.(?:tar\.xz|tar\.bz2|tar\.gz|tar\.zstd?|zip|tgz|tbz|txz))

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Package is not native

Format: 3.0 (quilt)
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"Maintainer" email is the same as the uploader
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Package has lintian warnings
buildtorrent source
- W missing-debian-watch-file-standard
  - [debian/watch]
- W recommended-field
  - (in section for source) Priority [debian/control:1]
- P trailing-whitespace
  - [debian/changelog:6]
- X debian-rules-uses-as-needed-linker-flag
  - [debian/rules:5]
- X upstream-metadata-file-is-missing
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Package closes ITA bug
- buildtorrent:
  - #1119040 (Normal, ITA): ITA: buildtorrent -- command line torrent creation utility
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Package is already in Debian
- The package uploader is not currently maintaining buildtorrent in Debian
- Last upload was on the 2025-09-09
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d/copyright is in DEP5 format

Upstream Contact: Claude Heiland-Allen <claude@mathr.co.uk>

Licenses: GPL-2+, Public-Domain

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Upstream Contact:	Claude Heiland-Allen <claude@mathr.co.uk>
Licenses:	GPL-2+, Public-Domain