it appears the official code repo doesnt have the latest version.
root@prozac:~/git/binwalk/debian# cat watch
version=3
https://code.google.com/p/binwalk/downloads/list ./binwalk-(\d[\d.]).(?:zip|tgz|tbz2|txz|tar.gz|tar.bz2|tar.xz)
root@prozac:~/git/binwalk/debian#
root@prozac:~/git/binwalk/debian# uscan --no-download --verbose ..
-- Scanning for watchfiles in ..
-- Found watchfile in ../debian
-- In debian/watch, processing watchfile line:
https://code.google.com/p/binwalk/downloads/list ./binwalk-(\d[\d.]).(?:zip|tgz|tbz2|txz|tar.gz|tar.bz2|tar.xz)
-- Found the following matching hrefs:
//binwalk.googlecode.com/files/binwalk-1.2.1.tar.gz
//binwalk.googlecode.com/files/binwalk-1.2.tar.gz
//binwalk.googlecode.com/files/binwalk-1.1.tar.gz
//binwalk.googlecode.com/files/binwalk-1.0.tar.gz
//binwalk.googlecode.com/files/binwalk-0.5.0.tar.gz
//binwalk.googlecode.com/files/binwalk-0.4.5.tar.gz
//binwalk.googlecode.com/files/binwalk-0.4.4.tar.gz
//binwalk.googlecode.com/files/binwalk-0.4.3.tar.gz
//binwalk.googlecode.com/files/binwalk-0.4.1.tar.gz
//binwalk.googlecode.com/files/binwalk-0.4.0.tar.gz
//binwalk.googlecode.com/files/binwalk-0.3.10.tar.gz
//binwalk.googlecode.com/files/binwalk-0.3.9.tar.gz
//binwalk.googlecode.com/files/binwalk-0.3.8.tar.gz
//binwalk.googlecode.com/files/binwalk-0.3.7.tar.gz
//binwalk.googlecode.com/files/binwalk-0.3.6.tar.gz
//binwalk.googlecode.com/files/binwalk-0.3.5.tar.gz
//binwalk.googlecode.com/files/binwalk-0.3.4.tar.gz
//binwalk.googlecode.com/files/binwalk-0.3.3.tar.gz
//binwalk.googlecode.com/files/binwalk-0.3.2.tar.gz
//binwalk.googlecode.com/files/binwalk-0.3.1.tar.gz
//binwalk.googlecode.com/files/binwalk-0.3.0.tar.gz
//binwalk.googlecode.com/files/binwalk-0.2.1.tar.gz
//binwalk.googlecode.com/files/binwalk-0.2.0.tar.gz
//binwalk.googlecode.com/files/binwalk-0.1.4.tar.gz
//binwalk.googlecode.com/files/binwalk-0.1.3.tar.gz
//binwalk.googlecode.com/files/binwalk-0.1.2.tar.gz
Newest version on remote site is 1.2.1, local version is 1.2.2-1
=> remote site does not even have current version
-- Scan finished
root@prozac:~/git/binwalk/debian# |