#1144231 Please package wdiff-1.2.3 or later

Package:
wdiff
Source:
wdiff
Description:
Compares two files word by word
Submitter:
Simon Josefsson
Date:
2026-08-12 19:09:02 UTC
Severity:
normal
#1144231#5
Date:
2026-08-12 19:08:12 UTC
From:
To:
Hi!

It would be nice if wdiff in Debian could be updated to latest upstream
version, see release announcement below.

As temporary new upstream maintainer, I will go through all Debian wdiff
bug reports and see if anything applies upstream, and I could assist
with Debian packaging too if you want.

Consider using upstream git instead of tarballs as the source, for
better supply-chain auditability, although doing so requires a bit of
work (compare e.g., libntlm or libidn2 packaging for gnulib magic).

/Simon

Simon Josefsson via Bug reports for and general discussion about GNU
wdiff <wdiff-bugs@gnu.org> writes: