bitlbee - Debian Package Tracker

general

source: bitlbee (main)
version: 3.6-4
maintainer: Debian QA Group (DMD)
arch: any
std-ver: 4.7.4
VCS: Git (Browse, QA)

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

[pool directory]

o-o-stable: 3.6-1.2
oldstable: 3.6-1.3
stable: 3.6-1.5
unstable: 3.6-4

versioned links

3.6-1.2: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
3.6-1.3: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
3.6-1.5: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
3.6-4: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]

binaries

bitlbee (12 bugs: 0, 4, 8, 0)
bitlbee-common
bitlbee-dev
bitlbee-libpurple (4 bugs: 0, 4, 0, 0)
bitlbee-plugin-otr

action needed

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: 2026-06-01 Last update: 2026-06-07 00:31

1 new commit since last upload, is it time to release? normal

vcswatch reports that this package seems to have new commits in its VCS but has not yet updated debian/changelog. You should consider updating the Debian changelog and uploading this new version into the archive.

Here are the relevant commit logs:

commit 0a1a543a62cf4393122aeee1f5b07ad46340aa74
Author: Alexandre Detiste <alexandre.detiste@gmail.com>
Date:   Wed May 27 11:05:07 2026 +0200

    add debian/salsa-ci.yml

Created: 2026-05-27 Last update: 2026-06-03 08:31

lintian reports 3 warnings normal

Lintian reports 3 warnings about this package. You should make the package lintian clean getting rid of them.

Created: 2026-05-27 Last update: 2026-05-27 21:01

O: This package has been orphaned and needs a maintainer. normal

This package has been orphaned. This means that it does not have a real maintainer at the moment. Please consider adopting this package if you are interested in it. Please see bug number #1123072 for more information.

Created: 2025-12-16 Last update: 2025-12-16 18:30

debian/patches: 2 patches to forward upstream low

Among the 2 debian patches available in version 3.6-4 of the package, we noticed the following issues:

2 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: 2025-02-19 Last update: 2026-05-27 22:01

testing migrations

excuses:
- Migration status for bitlbee (- to 3.6-4): BLOCKED: Rejected/violates migration policy/introduces a regression
- Issues preventing migration:
- ∙ ∙ Updating bitlbee would introduce bugs in testing: #1125057
- Additional info (not blocking):
- ∙ ∙ Piuparts tested OK - https://piuparts.debian.org/sid/source/b/bitlbee.html
- ∙ ∙ Reproduced on amd64 - info
- ∙ ∙ Reproduced on arm64 - info
- ∙ ∙ Reproduced on armhf - info
- ∙ ∙ Reproduced on i386 - info
- ∙ ∙ 11 days old (needed 5 days)
- Not considered

news

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[2026-05-27] Accepted bitlbee 3.6-4 (source) into unstable (Alexandre Detiste)
[2026-05-13] Accepted bitlbee 3.6-3 (source) into unstable (Alexandre Detiste)
[2026-02-23] bitlbee REMOVED from testing (Debian testing watch)
[2025-10-26] bitlbee 3.6-2 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2025-10-21] Accepted bitlbee 3.6-2 (source) into unstable (Andreas Tille)
[2025-02-24] bitlbee 3.6-1.5 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2025-02-19] Accepted bitlbee 3.6-1.5 (source) into unstable (Jochen Sprickerhof)
[2024-08-24] bitlbee REMOVED from testing (Debian testing watch)
[2024-05-03] bitlbee 3.6-1.4 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2024-04-02] Accepted bitlbee 3.6-1.4 (source) into unstable (Bastian Germann) (signed by: bage@debian.org)
[2022-04-14] bitlbee 3.6-1.3 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2022-04-07] Accepted bitlbee 3.6-1.3 (source) into unstable (Marcos Talau) (signed by: Joao Eriberto Mota Filho)
[2022-01-13] bitlbee REMOVED from testing (Debian testing watch)
[2020-09-08] bitlbee 3.6-1.2 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2020-09-03] Accepted bitlbee 3.6-1.2 (source) into unstable (Gunnar Wolf)
[2019-08-20] bitlbee 3.6-1.1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2019-04-24] bitlbee 3.5.1-1.3 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2019-04-22] Accepted bitlbee 3.5.1-1.3 (source all amd64) into testing-proposed-updates (Andreas Tille)
[2019-04-18] Accepted bitlbee 3.6-1.1 (source amd64) into unstable (Andreas Tille)
[2019-03-02] Accepted bitlbee 3.6-1 (source amd64) into unstable (Wilmer van der Gaast)
[2019-02-25] bitlbee 3.5.1-1.2 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2019-02-15] Accepted bitlbee 3.5.1-1.2 (all amd64 source) into unstable (Sean Whitton)
[2017-06-07] Accepted bitlbee 3.2.2-2+deb8u1 (source all amd64) into proposed-updates->stable-new, proposed-updates (Sebastien Delafond)
[2017-02-20] Accepted bitlbee 3.0.5-1.2+deb7u1 (source all amd64) into oldstable (Thorsten Alteholz)
[2017-02-19] bitlbee 3.5.1-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2017-02-09] Accepted bitlbee 3.5.1-1 (source all amd64) into unstable, unstable (Wilmer van der Gaast)
[2017-01-28] Accepted bitlbee 3.5-2 (source all amd64) into unstable (Wilmer van der Gaast)
[2017-01-28] Accepted bitlbee 3.5-1.1 (source all amd64) into unstable (dequis) (signed by: Wilmer van der Gaast)
[2017-01-25] Accepted bitlbee 3.5-1 (source all amd64) into unstable, unstable (Wilmer van der Gaast)
[2016-07-30] bitlbee 3.4.2-1.1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)

bugs [bug history graph]

all: 19
RC: 1
I&N: 9
M&W: 9
F&P: 0
patch: 0

links

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ubuntu

[Information about Ubuntu for Debian Developers]

version: 3.6-4
1 bug