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general

source: gcab (main)
version: 1.6-2
maintainer: Stephen Kitt (DMD)
arch: all any
std-ver: 4.7.2
VCS: Git (Browse, QA)

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

[pool directory]

o-o-stable: 1.4-3
oldstable: 1.5-1
stable: 1.6-1
testing: 1.6-2
unstable: 1.6-2

versioned links

1.4-3: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
1.5-1: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
1.6-1: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
1.6-2: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]

binaries

gcab
gir1.2-gcab-1.0
libgcab-1.0-0
libgcab-dev
libgcab-doc
libgcab-tests

action needed

2 new commits 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 b495f76d3b974479ba81d433ac4627ba41819e8d
Author: Jeremy Bícha <jbicha@ubuntu.com>
Date:   Wed Dec 3 20:54:29 2025 -0500

    Remove obsolete Pre-Depends
    
    not needed since the early days of Multi-Arch

commit e30c72fe73acfe8692591cd6c79189d515cd9325
Author: Jeremy Bícha <jbicha@ubuntu.com>
Date:   Wed Dec 3 20:53:10 2025 -0500

    Remove Suggests: devhelp
    
    devhelp is being removed from Debian and will be replaced
    by the new GNOME manuals app
    
    but this suggestion is unnecessary anyway

Created: 2026-05-24 Last update: 2026-05-24 14:31

lintian reports 12 warnings normal

Lintian reports 12 warnings about this package. You should make the package lintian clean getting rid of them.

Created: 2025-10-27 Last update: 2026-02-28 11:00

debian/patches: 3 patches to forward upstream low

Among the 3 debian patches available in version 1.6-2 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: 2025-10-27 10:02

Standards version of the package is outdated.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 4.7.2).

Created: 2025-12-23 Last update: 2026-03-31 15:01

news

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[2025-10-30] gcab 1.6-2 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2025-10-26] Accepted gcab 1.6-2 (source) into unstable (Stephen Kitt)
[2023-07-09] gcab 1.6-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2023-07-06] Accepted gcab 1.6-1 (source) into unstable (Stephen Kitt)
[2022-08-10] gcab 1.5-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2022-08-07] Accepted gcab 1.5-1 (source) into unstable (Stephen Kitt)
[2021-01-19] gcab 1.4-3 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2021-01-17] Accepted gcab 1.4-3 (source) into unstable (Stephen Kitt)
[2020-04-25] gcab 1.4-2 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2020-04-22] Accepted gcab 1.4-2 (source) into unstable (Stephen Kitt)
[2020-01-12] gcab 1.4-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2020-01-09] Accepted gcab 1.4-1 (source) into unstable (Stephen Kitt)
[2019-10-14] gcab 1.3-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2019-10-12] Accepted gcab 1.3-1 (source) into unstable (Stephen Kitt)
[2019-09-10] gcab 1.2-5 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2019-09-07] Accepted gcab 1.2-5 (source) into unstable (Stephen Kitt)
[2019-09-04] Accepted gcab 1.2-4 (source amd64 all) into unstable, unstable (Stephen Kitt)
[2019-08-25] Accepted gcab 1.2-3~deb10u1 (source) into proposed-updates->stable-new, proposed-updates (Stephen Kitt)
[2019-07-13] gcab 1.2-3 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2019-07-07] Accepted gcab 1.2-3 (source) into unstable (Stephen Kitt)
[2018-12-27] gcab 1.2-2 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2018-12-22] Accepted gcab 1.2-2 (source) into unstable (Stephen Kitt)
[2018-12-17] gcab 1.2-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2018-12-11] Accepted gcab 1.2-1 (source) into unstable (Stephen Kitt)
[2018-11-11] gcab 1.1-4 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2018-11-05] Accepted gcab 1.1-4 (source) into unstable (Stephen Kitt)
[2018-05-08] gcab 1.1-3 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2018-05-02] Accepted gcab 1.1-3 (source) into unstable (Stephen Kitt)
[2018-02-17] gcab 1.1-2 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2018-02-11] Accepted gcab 1.1-2 (source) into unstable (Stephen Kitt)

bugs [bug history graph]

all: 0

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