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general

source: chessx (main)
version: 1.6.2-2
maintainer: Debian Games Team (archive) (DMD)
uploaders: Andreas Tille [DMD] – Niklas Fiekas [DMD]
arch: any
std-ver: 4.7.3
VCS: Git (Browse, QA)

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

[pool directory]

o-o-stable: 1.4.6-2
oldstable: 1.4.6-2
testing: 1.6.2-2
unstable: 1.6.2-2

versioned links

1.4.6-2: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
1.6.2-2: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]

binaries

chessx (3 bugs: 1, 2, 0, 0)

action needed

A new upstream version is available: 1.6.10 high

A new upstream version 1.6.10 is available, you should consider packaging it.

Created: 2026-09-04 Last update: 2026-10-13 01:00

lintian reports 1 warning high

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

Created: 2020-09-21 Last update: 2026-01-21 16:31

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 1.6.10-1, 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 6993d7a0df56a32471738eb6978110918065fd83
Author: Alexandre Detiste <tchet@debian.org>
Date:   Mon Oct 12 23:08:20 2026 +0200

    add experimental Qt6 patch (disabled)

commit b8bb3d6a21681e13e875c327a06532c9016a1bf9
Author: Alexandre Detiste <tchet@debian.org>
Date:   Mon Oct 12 22:23:43 2026 +0200

    disable one more Salsa CI job

commit 7ebb712e7e2281224beebb7b7df7197b9e5686a5
Author: Alexandre Detiste <tchet@debian.org>
Date:   Mon Oct 12 22:04:09 2026 +0200

    changelog

commit 7838448991e052bfc75bb5d7c242c69146119bd0
Author: Alexandre Detiste <tchet@debian.org>
Date:   Mon Oct 12 22:02:03 2026 +0200

    add patch to force C++17 mode

commit 571a01c224911385b2a9d674fdad07ca3774a3fc
Author: Alexandre Detiste <tchet@debian.org>
Date:   Mon Oct 12 21:24:36 2026 +0200

    refresh patch

commit c7339d4b12fa1e0ce2814bddffedc3540d4af1ff
Author: Alexandre Detiste <tchet@debian.org>
Date:   Mon Oct 12 21:16:05 2026 +0200

    New upstream version 1.6.10

commit 22735d3ba6b05cb1446924d324b2ffbaf6709a1b
Author: Alexandre Detiste <tchet@debian.org>
Date:   Mon Oct 12 20:50:27 2026 +0200

    switch to debhelper-compat 14

commit cad243ad8897ce5509b26dd5018da1a87b3fc64f
Author: Alexandre Detiste <tchet@debian.org>
Date:   Mon Oct 12 20:36:39 2026 +0200

    add debian/salsa-ci.yml

commit db4c04fd929ff5542152ba3bcaa995077674ca38
Author: Alexandre Detiste <tchet@debian.org>
Date:   Mon Oct 12 20:36:02 2026 +0200

    wrap-and-sort -ast

Created: 2026-10-12 Last update: 2026-10-12 22:32

AppStream hints: 1 warning normal

AppStream found metadata issues for packages:

chessx: 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

debian/patches: 3 patches to forward upstream low

Among the 3 debian patches available in version 1.6.2-2 of the package, we noticed the following issues:

3 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: 2026-04-14 07:31

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 4.7.3).

Created: 2026-03-31 Last update: 2026-04-13 21:17

news

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[2026-04-20] chessx 1.6.2-2 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2026-04-13] Accepted chessx 1.6.2-2 (source) into unstable (Bastian Germann) (signed by: bage@debian.org)
[2026-01-14] chessx 1.6.2-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2026-01-08] Accepted chessx 1.6.2-1 (source) into unstable (Andreas Tille)
[2024-08-10] chessx REMOVED from testing (Debian testing watch)
[2018-09-11] chessx 1.4.6-2 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2018-09-06] Accepted chessx 1.4.6-2 (source) into unstable (Niklas Fiekas) (signed by: John Paul Adrian Glaubitz)
[2017-06-30] chessx 1.4.6-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2017-06-20] Accepted chessx 1.4.6-1 (source amd64) into unstable (Niklas Fiekas) (signed by: John Paul Adrian Glaubitz)
[2017-06-14] Accepted chessx 1.4.4-1 (source amd64) into unstable (Niklas Fiekas) (signed by: John Paul Adrian Glaubitz)
[2016-04-09] chessx 1.4.0-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2016-03-29] Accepted chessx 1.4.0-1 (source amd64) into unstable (Niklas Fiekas) (signed by: John Paul Adrian Glaubitz)
[2015-11-30] chessx 1.3.2-2 MIGRATED to testing (Britney)
[2015-11-19] Accepted chessx 1.3.2-2 (source amd64) into unstable (Niklas Fiekas) (signed by: John Paul Adrian Glaubitz)
[2015-05-18] chessx 1.3.2-1 MIGRATED to testing (Britney)
[2015-05-07] Accepted chessx 1.3.2-1 (source amd64) into unstable (Niklas Fiekas) (signed by: John Paul Adrian Glaubitz)
[2015-05-02] chessx 1.3.0-1 MIGRATED to testing (Britney)
[2015-04-21] Accepted chessx 1.3.0-1 (source amd64) into unstable (Niklas Fiekas) (signed by: John Paul Adrian Glaubitz)
[2014-10-18] chessx 1.2.2-1 MIGRATED to testing (Britney)
[2014-10-07] Accepted chessx 1.2.2-1 (source amd64) into unstable (Niklas Fiekas) (signed by: John Paul Adrian Glaubitz)
[2014-09-28] Accepted chessx 1.2.0-2 (source amd64) into unstable (Niklas Fiekas) (signed by: John Paul Adrian Glaubitz)
[2014-08-10] chessx 1.2.0-1 MIGRATED to testing (Britney)
[2014-07-30] Accepted chessx 1.2.0-1 (source amd64) into unstable (Niklas Fiekas) (signed by: John Paul Adrian Glaubitz)
[2014-03-29] chessx 1.1.0-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2014-03-18] Accepted chessx 1.1.0-1 (source amd64) (Niklas Fiekas) (signed by: John Paul Adrian Glaubitz)
[2014-02-20] chessx 1.0.0-3 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2014-02-09] Accepted chessx 1.0.0-3 (source amd64) (Niklas Fiekas) (signed by: John Paul Adrian Glaubitz)
[2013-12-12] chessx 1.0.0-2 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2013-12-01] Accepted chessx 1.0.0-2 (source amd64) (Niklas Fiekas) (signed by: John Paul Adrian Glaubitz)
[2013-11-29] Accepted chessx 1.0.0-1 (source amd64) (Niklas Fiekas) (signed by: John Paul Adrian Glaubitz)

bugs [bug history graph]

all: 3
RC: 1
I&N: 2
M&W: 0
F&P: 0
patch: 0

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