The watch file is still invalid. It recognize release candidates (suffix
"-rc2"). This should not be the case.

It was mentioned in the past by Fabio but ignored:

    <https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1091714#15>

Regards,
Christian Buhtz
upstream maintainer

Il 07/02/2026 20:19, Christian Buhtz ha scritto:
backintime (1.5.3-1) unstable; urgency=medium

   * d/watch: correct sorting prerelease versions (Closes: #1087686)

In 1.5.3-1 I had improved/fixed the watch for correctly sorting
prerelease replacing - with ~

before was wrong, for example 1.6.0-rc2 > 1.6.0, with that commit
1.6.0~rc2 < 1.6.0

on commit description I wrote "d/watch: improve excluding pre-release
versions" but is not correct, because I have not excluded the
prerelease, I wrote correctly in the changelog

it had correct the bug you opened
(https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1087686):

We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
imanx, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive.

A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
attached.

Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed.  If you
have further comments please address them to 1127388@bugs.debian.org,
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.

Debian distribution maintenance software
pp.
Alastair McKinstry <mckinstry@debian.org> (supplier of updated imanx package)

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Format: 1.8
Date: Sun, 29 Mar 2026 07:22:32 +0100
Source: imanx
Architecture: source
Version: 0.50-19
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: medium
Maintainer: Alastair McKinstry <mckinstry@debian.org>
Changed-By: Alastair McKinstry <mckinstry@debian.org>
Closes: 1127388
Changes:
 imanx (0.50-19) unstable; urgency=medium
 .
   * Catalan translation ca.po thanks to Poc Senderi. Closes: #1127388
   * d/control: cleanup obsolete dependencies
   * Standards-Version: 4.7.3
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Upstream maintainer here.
The issue with the WATCH file is still present.
The "2.0.0-rc" version is recognized by the tracker and announced as a
"new upstream version".

Il 17/08/2026 08:47, c.buhtz@posteo.jp ha scritto:

The bug closure appears to have been done by mistake by another package

As wrote before the important part is fixed:

I don't think it's necessary to remove pre-releases unless they are not
used in any case and it's certain that in the meantime there will be
several bugfix versions to be released (is still possible import
existing bugfix versions even if d/watch shows a higher rc)

Am 17.08.2026 10:37 schrieb Fabio Fantoni:

They are not intended do be used by Debian.

Exactly that is the point. With BIT there is a high "risk" that bugfixes
for the last stable branch (1.6) may appear upstream. And no one will
notice it because the last stable version is "overwritten" in the
tracker by the rc-version.

I suggest to fix the WATCH file.