Bug#796994: vistrails: changelog file wasn't updated

Package: vistrails Version: 2.2-1 Severity: normal Dear Maintainer, It seems that the copyright file hasn't been updated in the new 2.2-1 release and still mentions "Copyright (c) 2006-2011, University of Utah". Please note that VisTrails is now being developed by New York University, and this is

Bug#784362: tar: Radical change in --keep-old-files behavior since Wheezy

Package: tar Version: 1.27.1-2+b1 Severity: normal Tags: upstream Dear Maintainer, I noticed a major change in behavior between Wheezy (GNU tar 1.26) and Jessie (GNU tar 1.27.1), using the --keep-old-files option. On the previous version, where --skip-old-files is *not* available, --keep-old-fil

Bug#776096: bsdmainutils: hexdump fails if format_string contains backslash

Package: bsdmainutils Version: 9.0.6 Severity: important Tags: upstream Dear Maintainer, I was trying to get hexdump to output a C-string with hexadecimal escapes, like "\x68\x65\x6C\x6C\x6F\x0A". Not only did I never reach that result, but I also run into error messages that don't appear to make

Bug#748692: vistrails: although stated in changelog, package auto-installation is NOT disabled

Package: vistrails Version: 2.1.1-1 Severity: normal Dear Maintainer, Package auto-installation is not disabled in the new package for vistrails (2.1.1-1) contrary to what was stated in the changelog. The patch message in "run.patch" lists "Don't call apt, etc. in distribution packages", but the