arb - Debian Package Tracker

general

source: arb (non-free)
version: 6.0.6-8
maintainer: Debian Med Packaging Team (archive) (DMD) (LowNMU)
uploaders: Andreas Tille [DMD] – Elmar Pruesse [DMD]
arch: all any
std-ver: 4.6.2
VCS: Git (Browse, QA)

versions [more versions can be listed by madison] [old versions available from snapshot.debian.org]

[pool directory]

o-o-stable: 6.0.6-4
oldstable: 6.0.6-5
stable: 6.0.6-8
unstable: 6.0.6-8

versioned links

6.0.6-4: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
6.0.6-5: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
6.0.6-8: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]

binaries

arb (3 bugs: 0, 0, 3, 0)
arb-common
arb-doc
libarb
libarb-dev

action needed

A new upstream version is available: 7.0 high

A new upstream version 7.0 is available, you should consider packaging it.

Created: 2026-03-14 Last update: 2026-08-20 09:02

lintian reports 38 errors and 1 warning high

Lintian reports 38 errors and 1 warning about this package. You should make the package lintian clean getting rid of them.

Created: 2025-07-21 Last update: 2026-01-20 22:35

The package has not entered testing even though the delay is over normal

The package has not entered testing even though the 5-day delay is over. Check why.

Created: 2026-04-13 Last update: 2026-08-20 12:19

4 bugs tagged patch in the BTS normal

The BTS contains patches fixing 4 bugs, consider including or untagging them.

Created: 2026-08-15 Last update: 2026-08-20 11:00

version in VCS is newer than in repository, is it time to upload? normal

vcswatch reports that this package seems to have a new changelog entry (version 6.0.6-9, distribution UNRELEASED) and new commits in its VCS. You should consider whether it's time to make an upload.

Here are the relevant commit messages:

commit 95a82e6a02ebc0c4ce4e484c65e3f2d2ff2b7e2e
Author: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
Date:   Fri Aug 7 16:20:19 2026 +0900

    Give up.

commit cb2c88d8bcb2da582e05f9f32a71ddfdd107bc82
Author: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
Date:   Fri Aug 7 15:49:57 2026 +0900

    More fixes but it still fails to build.

commit bf2a6de4fb802191f5e77c65da0137dada8e61b0
Author: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
Date:   Fri Aug 7 14:15:41 2026 +0900

    Run debconf-updatepo after template changes.
    
    Changes-By: lintian-brush
    Fixes: lintian: newer-debconf-templates
    See-also: https://lintian.debian.org/tags/newer-debconf-templates.html

commit 5420aedfaa0520ea32d60fffe34a0bc9f561cbbe
Author: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
Date:   Fri Aug 7 14:15:28 2026 +0900

    Reorder Files paragraphs in debian/copyright by directory depth.
    
    Changes-By: lintian-brush
    Fixes: lintian: globbing-patterns-out-of-order
    See-also: https://lintian.debian.org/tags/globbing-patterns-out-of-order.html
    Fixes: lintian: globbing-patterns-out-of-order
    See-also: https://lintian.debian.org/tags/globbing-patterns-out-of-order.html
    Fixes: lintian: globbing-patterns-out-of-order
    See-also: https://lintian.debian.org/tags/globbing-patterns-out-of-order.html
    Fixes: lintian: globbing-patterns-out-of-order
    See-also: https://lintian.debian.org/tags/globbing-patterns-out-of-order.html
    Fixes: lintian: globbing-patterns-out-of-order
    See-also: https://lintian.debian.org/tags/globbing-patterns-out-of-order.html
    Fixes: lintian: globbing-patterns-out-of-order
    See-also: https://lintian.debian.org/tags/globbing-patterns-out-of-order.html
    Fixes: lintian: globbing-patterns-out-of-order
    See-also: https://lintian.debian.org/tags/globbing-patterns-out-of-order.html

commit 1225f3b7ee5f531675069936ee43fd041a2de8c2
Author: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
Date:   Fri Aug 7 14:14:56 2026 +0900

    Drop 'Rules-Requires-Root: no' from d/control (routine-update)

commit a79231a896b7373a0f2d35cec23742f2d5da1a84
Author: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
Date:   Fri Aug 7 14:14:50 2026 +0900

    Changes made by cme

commit 6c4772174816577b9d3a715e90287080f372b8a3
Author: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
Date:   Fri Aug 7 14:12:35 2026 +0900

    debhelper-compat 13 (routine-update)

commit ceb1d07580d403d1aa5728bb7f6c8ac03c1408ea
Author: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
Date:   Fri Aug 7 14:12:34 2026 +0900

    Standards-Version: 4.7.4 (routine-update)

commit 56628b563b8f2de05954cb7a9f6c673baf4d8799
Author: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
Date:   Fri Aug 7 14:11:37 2026 +0900

    Add perl-xs-dev to Build-Depends.
    
    Closes: #1102816

commit 2a6b970ea2f3d27f04d571007ba4ceb0f2907b4a
Author: Carles Pina i Estany <carles@pina.cat>
Date:   Sat Feb 22 06:27:09 2025 +0000

    Update po-debconf Catalan translation

https://salsa.debian.org/api/v4/projects/med-team%2Farb API request failed: 401 Unauthorized at /srv/qa.debian.org/data/vcswatch/vcswatch line 410.

Created: 2025-05-18 Last update: 2026-08-15 11:03

AppStream hints: 1 warning normal

AppStream found metadata issues for packages:

arb: 1 warning

You should get rid of them to provide more metadata about this software.

Created: 2020-06-01 Last update: 2020-06-01 01:12

Issues found with some translations low

Automatic checks made by the Debian l10n team found some issues with the translations contained in this package. You should check the l10n status report for more information.

Issues can be things such as missing translations, problematic translated strings, outdated PO files, unknown languages, etc.

Created: 2025-10-16 Last update: 2025-10-16 20:31

debian/patches: 12 patches to forward upstream low

Among the 12 debian patches available in version 6.0.6-8 of the package, we noticed the following issues:

12 patches where the metadata indicates that the patch has not yet been forwarded upstream. You should either forward the patch upstream or update the metadata to document its real status.

Created: 2023-02-26 Last update: 2024-08-24 19:49

Standards version of the package is outdated. wishlist

The package should be updated to follow the last version of Debian Policy (Standards-Version 4.7.4 instead of 4.6.2).

Created: 2024-04-07 Last update: 2026-03-31 15:01

testing migrations

excuses:
- Migrates after: mrbayes
- Migration status for arb (- to 6.0.6-8): BLOCKED: Rejected/violates migration policy/introduces a regression
- Issues preventing migration:
- ∙ ∙ Updating arb would introduce bugs in testing: #1102816, #1114476, #1120614
- ∙ ∙ Depends: arb mrbayes (not considered)
- Additional info (not blocking):
- ∙ ∙ Piuparts can't test arb (not a blocker) - (no link yet)
- ∙ ∙ 726 days old (needed 5 days)
- Not considered

news

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[2025-10-06] arb REMOVED from testing (Debian testing watch)
[2024-09-13] arb 6.0.6-8 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2024-08-24] Accepted arb 6.0.6-8 (source) into unstable (Étienne Mollier)
[2024-04-28] arb REMOVED from testing (Debian testing watch)
[2023-08-23] arb 6.0.6-7 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2023-08-18] Accepted arb 6.0.6-7 (source) into unstable (Michael R. Crusoe) (signed by: Michael Robin Crusoe)
[2023-08-17] Accepted arb 6.0.6-6 (source) into unstable (Michael R. Crusoe) (signed by: Michael Robin Crusoe)
[2021-11-11] arb 6.0.6-5 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2021-11-05] Accepted arb 6.0.6-5 (source) into unstable (Nilesh Patra)
[2021-02-10] arb 6.0.6-4 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2020-07-14] arb REMOVED from testing (Debian testing watch)
[2018-07-23] arb 6.0.6-4 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2018-07-17] Accepted arb 6.0.6-4 (source) into unstable (Andreas Tille)
[2017-12-24] arb 6.0.6-3 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2017-12-19] Accepted arb 6.0.6-3 (source) into unstable (Andreas Tille)
[2017-09-18] arb 6.0.6-2 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2017-09-13] Accepted arb 6.0.6-2 (source all amd64) into unstable (Fabian Klötzl) (signed by: Andreas Tille)
[2016-12-18] arb 6.0.6-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2016-12-07] Accepted arb 6.0.6-1 (source all amd64) into unstable (Andreas Tille)
[2016-09-23] arb 6.0.3-2 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2016-09-17] Accepted arb 6.0.3-2 (source all amd64) into unstable (Sascha Steinbiss)
[2015-12-16] arb 6.0.3-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2015-12-13] Accepted arb 6.0.2-1+deb8u1 (source amd64 all) into proposed-updates->stable-new, proposed-updates (Andreas Tille)
[2015-12-10] Accepted arb 6.0.3-1 (source all amd64) into unstable (Andreas Tille)
[2015-07-28] arb 6.0.2-2 MIGRATED to testing (Britney)
[2015-07-22] Accepted arb 6.0.2-2 (source all amd64) into unstable (Andreas Tille)
[2014-10-02] arb 6.0.2-1 MIGRATED to testing (Britney)
[2014-09-11] Accepted arb 6.0.2-1 (source amd64 all) into unstable, unstable (Elmar Pruesse) (signed by: Andreas Tille)
[2013-12-22] arb 5.5-5 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2013-12-04] Accepted arb 5.5-5 (source amd64 all) (Andreas Tille)

bugs [bug history graph]

all: 7
RC: 2
I&N: 1
M&W: 3
F&P: 1
patch: 4

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