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general

source: libsx (main)
version: 2.08-7
maintainer: Alastair McKinstry (DMD)
arch: 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: 2.08-4
oldstable: 2.08-5
stable: 2.08-5
testing: 2.08-7
unstable: 2.08-7

versioned links

2.08-4: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
2.08-5: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
2.08-7: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]

binaries

libsx-dev
libsx0

action needed

Multiarch hinter reports 1 issue(s) normal

There are issues with the multiarch metadata for this package.

libsx-dev could be marked Multi-Arch: same

Created: 2026-01-22 Last update: 2026-03-19 13:01

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 2.08-8, 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 310d7e7fc20698ae218c440aeb1946ed8c324038
Author: Alastair McKinstry <alastair@mckinstry.ie>
Date:   Thu Mar 5 09:23:30 2026 +0000

    * Drop obsolete patches: debian/patches/libsx-examples.diff,
        libsx-link_mkdir.diff,libsx-pic-shlib.diff, libsx-simple_freq.c
    * Add headers to all patches

commit 0f0ee5e4b63d0e4c6e7db7508d3f56d62c744117
Author: Alastair McKinstry <mckinstry@debian.org>
Date:   Wed Dec 24 18:00:35 2025 +0000

    Standards-Version: 4.7.3

commit 3cdbcb4e537ea0dc2cb72a132f1a3077b3eb65d3
Author: Alastair McKinstry <mckinstry@debian.org>
Date:   Wed Dec 24 17:26:36 2025 +0000

    Drop Priority: optional from source in d/control per new policy

Created: 2026-03-05 Last update: 2026-03-17 08:31

debian/patches: 7 patches to forward upstream low

Among the 8 debian patches available in version 2.08-7 of the package, we noticed the following issues:

7 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: 2025-12-16 06:01

Standards version of the package is outdated. wishlist

The package should be updated to follow the last version of Debian Policy (Standards-Version 4.7.3 instead of 4.7.2).

Created: 2025-12-23 Last update: 2025-12-23 20:00

news

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[2025-12-22] libsx 2.08-7 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2025-12-15] Accepted libsx 2.08-7 (source) into unstable (Alastair McKinstry)
[2025-09-11] libsx 2.08-6 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2025-09-06] Accepted libsx 2.08-6 (source) into unstable (Alastair McKinstry)
[2024-10-27] libsx 2.08-5 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2024-08-25] libsx REMOVED from testing (Debian testing watch)
[2021-10-05] libsx 2.08-5 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2021-09-29] Accepted libsx 2.08-5 (source) into unstable (Alastair McKinstry)
[2019-07-25] libsx 2.08-4 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2019-07-20] Accepted libsx 2.08-4 (source) into unstable (Alastair McKinstry)
[2018-03-07] libsx 2.08-3 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2018-03-02] Accepted libsx 2.08-3 (source amd64) into unstable (Alastair McKinstry)
[2017-10-12] libsx 2.08-2 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2017-10-06] Accepted libsx 2.08-2 (source amd64) into unstable (Alastair McKinstry)
[2017-07-12] libsx 2.08-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2017-07-07] Accepted libsx 2.08-1 (source amd64) into unstable (Alastair McKinstry)
[2016-06-26] libsx 2.05-8 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2016-06-20] Accepted libsx 2.05-8 (source amd64) into unstable (Alastair McKinstry)
[2015-07-12] libsx 2.05-7 MIGRATED to testing (Britney)
[2015-07-06] Accepted libsx 2.05-7 (source amd64) into unstable (Alastair McKinstry)
[2014-09-19] libsx 2.05-6 MIGRATED to testing (Britney)
[2014-09-13] Accepted libsx 2.05-6 (source amd64) into unstable (Alastair McKinstry)
[2013-05-31] libsx 2.05-5 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2013-05-20] Accepted libsx 2.05-5 (source i386) (Alastair McKinstry)
[2013-05-19] Accepted libsx 2.05-4 (source i386) (Alastair McKinstry)
[2011-07-28] libsx 2.05-3 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2011-07-17] Accepted libsx 2.05-3 (source i386) (Alastair McKinstry)
[2010-05-20] libsx 2.05-2 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2010-05-09] Accepted libsx 2.05-2 (source i386) (Alastair McKinstry)
[2009-10-09] libsx 2.05-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)

bugs [bug history graph]

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

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