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general

source: gem (main)
version: 1:0.94-10
maintainer: Debian Multimedia Maintainers (archive) (DMD)
uploaders: Paul Brossier [DMD] – IOhannes m zmölnig (Debian/GNU) [DMD]
arch: all 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: 1:0.94-3
oldstable: 1:0.94-8
stable: 1:0.94-8
testing: 1:0.94-10
unstable: 1:0.94-10

versioned links

1:0.94-3: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
1:0.94-8: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
1:0.94-10: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]

binaries

gem
gem-dev
gem-doc
gem-extra
gem-plugin-assimp
gem-plugin-dc1394
gem-plugin-dv4l
gem-plugin-glfw3
gem-plugin-glut
gem-plugin-gmerlin
gem-plugin-jpeg
gem-plugin-lqt
gem-plugin-magick
gem-plugin-mpeg3
gem-plugin-sdl
gem-plugin-sgi
gem-plugin-tiff
gem-plugin-unicap
gem-plugin-v4l2
gem-plugin-vlc
gem-plugin-vnc

action needed

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 1:0.95-1, 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 3e82d568d8f7641484b54429d757e6944e9dc59e
Author: IOhannes m zmölnig (Debian/GNU) <umlaeute@debian.org>
Date:   Tue Jul 7 10:46:03 2026 +0200

    Apply 'wrap-and-sort -ast'

commit eb7b180d60ce11024afb0ce6bc640cfc263c569d
Author: IOhannes m zmölnig (Debian/GNU) <umlaeute@debian.org>
Date:   Tue Jul 7 10:45:54 2026 +0200

    Fix typo in d/control
    
    Gbp-Dch: ignore

commit c579c4f44f7ee71c90b721c825fc6f48f600ff52
Author: IOhannes m zmölnig (Debian/GNU) <umlaeute@debian.org>
Date:   Tue Jul 7 10:40:53 2026 +0200

    Drop more obsolete (Build-)Depends

commit 347a27adf47cdce751131be81aa27337ed008efe
Author: IOhannes m zmölnig (Debian/GNU) <umlaeute@debian.org>
Date:   Tue Jul 7 10:40:37 2026 +0200

    Install [gem*window] helppatches in the gem-plugin-* packages
    
    rather than the main package

commit 1513753793a3e708a4ce3c2da358c4a9082bcd1d
Author: IOhannes m zmölnig (Debian/GNU) <umlaeute@debian.org>
Date:   Tue Jul 7 10:39:31 2026 +0200

    Use dh_installalternatives

commit 89ed7858d906922c1491e50c0347eac3ab4a82e5
Author: IOhannes m zmölnig (Debian/GNU) <umlaeute@debian.org>
Date:   Tue Jul 7 10:17:06 2026 +0200

    indentation for list
    
    Gbp-Dch: ignore

commit db9f7f80fcdb7a8bf247b2400bc1ae1ecaf374d8
Author: IOhannes m zmölnig (Debian/GNU) <umlaeute@debian.org>
Date:   Tue Jul 7 10:15:49 2026 +0200

    More Breaks/Replaces
    
    Gbp-Dch: ignore

commit 471c5c2cffba2781bb3f9516727bc9dad8e7ac31
Author: IOhannes m zmölnig (Debian/GNU) <umlaeute@debian.org>
Date:   Tue Jul 7 10:07:27 2026 +0200

    more fix for the blhc regexp
    
    Gbp-Dch: ignore

commit d8ff0b8366abe8a0a482432cf03d74829530b3b8
Author: IOhannes m zmölnig (Debian/GNU) <umlaeute@debian.org>
Date:   Tue Jul 7 09:26:50 2026 +0200

    blhc: for ignore-regex
    
    Gbp-Dch: ignore

commit 902b9f59a8e61fd4444dc407dc4f3c70e9ae5ce8
Author: IOhannes m zmölnig (Debian/GNU) <umlaeute@debian.org>
Date:   Tue Jul 7 09:16:33 2026 +0200

    blhc: ignore lines emitted by configure script
    
    we only want to check the actual compiler invocation when building Gem.
    
    besides, blhc really triggers a false positive...

commit 34a968a607e43e3a3a3fdbe201af29c7b89ff59b
Author: IOhannes m zmölnig (Debian/GNU) <umlaeute@debian.org>
Date:   Tue Jul 7 08:54:57 2026 +0200

    Do not install gemglfw2window-help

commit c64bb582489a62acec9055cb8fcbf24385bd537f
Author: IOhannes m zmölnig (Debian/GNU) <umlaeute@debian.org>
Date:   Tue Jul 7 08:53:10 2026 +0200

    Use execute_{after|before}_dh_* instead of override_dh_* where appropriate

commit 7fd594215c1710ec4f8a1c3558717db735d59e98
Author: IOhannes m zmölnig (Debian/GNU) <umlaeute@debian.org>
Date:   Tue Jul 7 08:49:59 2026 +0200

    Remove all Pd-patches installed by plugins from the main package

commit 678563e37217652ecbd6c9b28819676f6aeda694
Author: IOhannes m zmölnig (Debian/GNU) <umlaeute@debian.org>
Date:   Tue Jul 7 08:46:18 2026 +0200

    Fix short description of gem-plugin-sdl
    
    It's now SDL2 support now...

commit cdcfa77bcbffdf7e897eed1fb4d75d149f4e3b09
Author: IOhannes m zmölnig (Debian/GNU) <umlaeute@debian.org>
Date:   Tue Jul 7 08:45:54 2026 +0200

    Add Breaks/Replaces

commit 22cd9df303e92173da7d538d4027de3cd61cff55
Author: IOhannes m zmölnig (Debian/GNU) <umlaeute@debian.org>
Date:   Tue Jul 7 08:44:36 2026 +0200

    Merge "bad" plugins

commit 966ef71eb68bad08bbc7a589451c98c96c6c43fc
Author: IOhannes m zmölnig (Debian/GNU) <umlaeute@debian.org>
Date:   Tue Jul 7 08:38:59 2026 +0200

    Rename gem-plugin-extra to gem-plugin-ugly

commit 6145f950390b26469cb4d436c00daa4f42638e11
Author: IOhannes m zmölnig (Debian/GNU) <umlaeute@debian.org>
Date:   Tue Jul 7 00:20:02 2026 +0200

    Bump d/changelog

commit e2a4e3aaadcfdebd72fb40dfd2df6cb5ef5e20cd
Author: IOhannes m zmölnig (Debian/GNU) <umlaeute@debian.org>
Date:   Tue Jul 7 00:11:38 2026 +0200

    Install recordPNM into 'gem' package

commit cab9f4e9b4cf1db7a7cd60fc450be889f88714bb
Author: IOhannes m zmölnig (Debian/GNU) <umlaeute@debian.org>
Date:   Tue Jul 7 00:08:14 2026 +0200

    Fix install files

commit 90a89be3031224d5ae7e6d74ccf5b15f5e6f50f9
Author: IOhannes m zmölnig (Debian/GNU) <umlaeute@debian.org>
Date:   Mon Jul 6 23:49:30 2026 +0200

    Remove stray help-files for plugins

commit 60f0acc6f1c1ad3d3dfa170c96d2cb0b53edd07a
Author: IOhannes m zmölnig (Debian/GNU) <umlaeute@debian.org>
Date:   Mon Jul 6 23:30:45 2026 +0200

    gem-plugin-extra Breaks/Replaces old gem

commit 28bee49f0930491330aa82a749e3dd42fef9faf8
Author: IOhannes m zmölnig (Debian/GNU) <umlaeute@debian.org>
Date:   Mon Jul 6 23:26:16 2026 +0200

    Drop pd64 patch

commit eaf0c3a703e1069f8e661da18a0231bbbfe50436
Author: IOhannes m zmölnig (Debian/GNU) <umlaeute@debian.org>
Date:   Mon Jul 6 23:23:45 2026 +0200

    Build with SDL2, STB, FFMPEG and PipeWire

commit 59d62c97f02e5af6cef49d9c0d42ab03a96cf610
Author: IOhannes m zmölnig (Debian/GNU) <umlaeute@debian.org>
Date:   Mon Jul 6 23:23:24 2026 +0200

    B-D on libstdb-dev

commit 2d5a023b4e3acdbb36077ff76d6a0ca4a2ed5cb7
Author: IOhannes m zmölnig (Debian/GNU) <umlaeute@debian.org>
Date:   Mon Jul 6 23:23:15 2026 +0200

    B-D on libsdl2
    
    Closes: #1038360

commit 15c3bb74c409df4fb3ebcc3dfa058d3d94ebcc9d
Author: IOhannes m zmölnig (Debian/GNU) <umlaeute@debian.org>
Date:   Mon Jul 6 22:39:50 2026 +0200

    Add B-D on ffmpeg and pipewire

commit 8e671aa23219a9c01c6fd1aac7379f8cd5fa24ae
Author: IOhannes m zmölnig (Debian/GNU) <umlaeute@debian.org>
Date:   Mon Jul 6 22:02:04 2026 +0200

    Mark gem-plugins-unicap as experimental

commit f7cd52857887939fa9da580da8862762b758eff4
Author: IOhannes m zmölnig (Debian/GNU) <umlaeute@debian.org>
Date:   Mon Jul 6 22:00:23 2026 +0200

    Drop gem-plugin-stb (as it is built-in)

commit 6d9b710a3801e837bf52ebda737c8f6bb3f649ff
Author: IOhannes m zmölnig (Debian/GNU) <umlaeute@debian.org>
Date:   Mon Jul 6 22:00:03 2026 +0200

    Drop Recommends on obsolete pkg-config

commit bc1a02885ee379e4ccdde7b3d72d8490b9293193
Author: IOhannes m zmölnig (Debian/GNU) <umlaeute@debian.org>
Date:   Mon Jul 6 21:56:29 2026 +0200

    New packages: gem-plugin-{ffmpeg,pipewire,stb,extra)

commit 485ea0f7f16c7a7e3c5531e487c33934b5fef307
Author: IOhannes m zmölnig (Debian/GNU) <umlaeute@debian.org>
Date:   Mon Jul 6 21:55:41 2026 +0200

    Sort gem-plugins-* alphabetically

commit c6accd6025b6bd3974aab2e2e60684a2c3fb2d74
Author: IOhannes m zmölnig (Debian/GNU) <umlaeute@debian.org>
Date:   Mon Jul 6 21:38:33 2026 +0200

    Drop obsolete B-D alternatives

commit 5b7d489d6128a8665aa5470194b8eb537023be41
Author: IOhannes m zmölnig (Debian/GNU) <umlaeute@debian.org>
Date:   Mon Jul 6 21:37:02 2026 +0200

    Bump d/changelog

commit 117d08d6b62c745ed907c5287d3965c0267556bb
Author: IOhannes m zmölnig (Debian/GNU) <umlaeute@debian.org>
Date:   Mon Jul 6 21:34:02 2026 +0200

    update license

commit 28d7698456890793fcbea3bfd994a1d5b8c273c1
Author: IOhannes m zmölnig (Debian/GNU) <umlaeute@debian.org>
Date:   Mon Jul 6 21:33:51 2026 +0200

    files moved

commit e570ae88fe12ba9aa009b69217f4dc29d5886120
Author: IOhannes m zmölnig (Debian/GNU) <umlaeute@debian.org>
Date:   Mon Jul 6 21:33:12 2026 +0200

    Add license for vendored STB

commit f31e3656cba97d09db20316dc66c93397d348adf
Author: IOhannes m zmölnig (Debian/GNU) <umlaeute@debian.org>
Date:   Mon Jul 6 21:32:59 2026 +0200

    add license for vendored NDI

commit ddd130bbcf5f932a34044bfffa22e75f4a12f00d
Author: IOhannes m zmölnig (Debian/GNU) <umlaeute@debian.org>
Date:   Mon Jul 6 21:32:13 2026 +0200

    rearranged licenses some more

commit f69ef45c940907f092988b44648e61ae93c83761
Author: IOhannes m zmölnig (Debian/GNU) <umlaeute@debian.org>
Date:   Mon Jul 6 21:31:20 2026 +0200

    split font from license

commit d8848ab6ff2c9dbf537f0617595bc0993b459db4
Author: IOhannes m zmölnig (Debian/GNU) <umlaeute@debian.org>
Date:   Mon Jul 6 21:29:30 2026 +0200

    rearranged file clauses

commit 65049cd06766fdc65f1c70308bb305c64d54bfa9
Author: IOhannes m zmölnig (Debian/GNU) <umlaeute@debian.org>
Date:   Mon Jul 6 21:26:53 2026 +0200

    Rename license identifier to BSD-3-clause

commit f06005ae892de19388f4dafa09e2893ca1f3e0b3
Author: IOhannes m zmölnig (Debian/GNU) <umlaeute@debian.org>
Date:   Mon Jul 6 21:25:28 2026 +0200

    copyright: Drop superfluous file patterns

commit 18cd87bb8a728e9db9aab750cb644768d4f96673
Author: IOhannes m zmölnig (Debian/GNU) <umlaeute@debian.org>
Date:   Mon Jul 6 21:24:50 2026 +0200

    re-indent license

commit 56449efaa5bce035deb5988a68e7fa023ff5b78c
Author: IOhannes m zmölnig (Debian/GNU) <umlaeute@debian.org>
Date:   Mon Jul 6 21:24:23 2026 +0200

    bump copyright dates

commit ba376fe75ccca0aee3774d137f36f543aea3f481
Author: IOhannes m zmölnig (Debian/GNU) <umlaeute@debian.org>
Date:   Mon Jul 6 18:55:28 2026 +0200

    Refresh pd64 patch

commit a4cf1fa329db4eb9d2c86e2587b283f15cc2d68b
Author: IOhannes m zmölnig (Debian/GNU) <umlaeute@debian.org>
Date:   Mon Jul 6 18:55:09 2026 +0200

    Drop obsolete patches

commit 8e6424575d60cda70585c238a00806c24d6a9e2b
Author: IOhannes m zmölnig (Debian/GNU) <umlaeute@debian.org>
Date:   Mon Jul 6 18:49:10 2026 +0200

    Bump standards version to 4.7.4
    
    no changes required

commit b1566dcbed6ceb469ec42eaf9b71bc2f5574a42b
Merge: 9d8dc95 eec281c
Author: IOhannes m zmölnig (Debian/GNU) <umlaeute@debian.org>
Date:   Mon Jul 6 18:48:33 2026 +0200

    Update upstream source from tag 'upstream/0.95'
    
    Update to upstream version '0.95'
    with Debian dir f8a7dd24a4afda2dde588758f78b882d3d21c350

commit 9d8dc953e0512ff0d5d90dc8a855e7bb86923880
Author: IOhannes m zmölnig (Debian/GNU) <umlaeute@debian.org>
Date:   Mon Jul 6 18:48:11 2026 +0200

    Update d/watch to version 5

Created: 2026-07-06 Last update: 2026-07-07 10:00

Depends on packages which need a new maintainer normal

The packages that gem depends on which need a new maintainer are:

libdv (#814889)
- Depends: libdv4t64
- Build-Depends: libdv4-dev
libiec61883 (#826285)
- Depends: libiec61883-0
- Build-Depends: libiec61883-dev

Created: 2019-11-22 Last update: 2026-07-07 10:00

lintian reports 1 warning normal

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

Created: 2026-01-09 Last update: 2026-01-09 12:30

debian/patches: 1 patch to forward upstream low

Among the 4 debian patches available in version 1:0.94-10 of the package, we noticed the following issues:

1 patch 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: 2026-01-09 Last update: 2026-02-16 10:55

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: 2026-03-31 15:01

news

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[2026-02-20] gem 1:0.94-10 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2026-02-15] Accepted gem 1:0.94-10 (source) into unstable (IOhannes m zmölnig (Debian/GNU))
[2026-01-15] gem 1:0.94-9 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2026-01-08] Accepted gem 1:0.94-9 (source) into unstable (IOhannes m zmölnig (Debian/GNU))
[2022-12-17] gem 1:0.94-8 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2022-12-12] Accepted gem 1:0.94-8 (source) into unstable (IOhannes m zmölnig (Debian/GNU)) (signed by: IOhannes m zmölnig)
[2022-02-20] gem 1:0.94-7 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2022-02-14] Accepted gem 1:0.94-7 (source) into unstable (IOhannes m zmölnig (Debian/GNU)) (signed by: IOhannes m zmölnig)
[2022-02-14] Accepted gem 1:0.94-6 (source) into unstable (IOhannes m zmölnig (Debian/GNU)) (signed by: IOhannes m zmölnig)
[2021-12-20] Accepted gem 1:0.94-5 (source) into unstable (IOhannes m zmölnig (Debian/GNU)) (signed by: IOhannes m zmölnig)
[2021-12-13] Accepted gem 1:0.94-4 (source) into unstable (IOhannes m zmölnig (Debian/GNU)) (signed by: IOhannes m zmölnig)
[2020-09-29] gem 1:0.94-3 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2020-09-24] Accepted gem 1:0.94-3 (source) into unstable (IOhannes m zmölnig (Debian/GNU)) (signed by: IOhannes m zmölnig)
[2020-06-27] gem 1:0.94-2 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2020-06-22] Accepted gem 1:0.94-2 (source) into unstable (IOhannes m zmölnig (Debian/GNU)) (signed by: IOhannes m zmölnig)
[2019-02-24] gem 1:0.94-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2019-02-12] Accepted gem 1:0.94-1 (source) into unstable (IOhannes m zmölnig (Debian/GNU)) (signed by: IOhannes m zmölnig)
[2018-12-28] gem 1:0.94~pre1-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2018-12-23] Accepted gem 1:0.94~pre1-1 (source) into unstable (IOhannes m zmölnig (Debian/GNU)) (signed by: IOhannes m zmölnig)
[2018-12-17] Accepted gem 1:0.93.3+20181212-1~exp1 (source amd64 all) into experimental, experimental (IOhannes m zmölnig (Debian/GNU)) (signed by: IOhannes m zmölnig)
[2018-10-05] gem 1:0.93.3-18 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2018-09-29] Accepted gem 1:0.93.3-18 (source) into unstable (IOhannes m zmölnig (Debian/GNU)) (signed by: IOhannes m zmölnig)
[2018-09-29] Accepted gem 1:0.93.3-17 (source) into unstable (IOhannes m zmölnig (Debian/GNU)) (signed by: IOhannes m zmölnig)
[2018-04-12] gem 1:0.93.3-16 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2018-04-05] Accepted gem 1:0.93.3-16 (source) into unstable (IOhannes m zmölnig (Debian/GNU)) (signed by: IOhannes m zmölnig)
[2018-04-05] Accepted gem 1:0.93.3-15 (source) into unstable (IOhannes m zmölnig (Debian/GNU)) (signed by: IOhannes m zmölnig)
[2018-04-04] Accepted gem 1:0.93.3-14 (source) into unstable (IOhannes m zmölnig (Debian/GNU)) (signed by: IOhannes m zmölnig)
[2018-02-10] gem 1:0.93.3-13 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2018-02-04] Accepted gem 1:0.93.3-13 (source) into unstable (IOhannes m zmölnig (Debian/GNU)) (signed by: IOhannes m zmölnig)
[2017-08-27] gem 1:0.93.3-12 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)

bugs [bug history graph]

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

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