mpeg2dec - Debian Package Tracker

general

source: mpeg2dec (main)
version: 0.5.1-9
maintainer: Debian Multimedia Maintainers (archive) (DMD)
uploaders: Sam Hocevar (Debian packages) [DMD]
arch: any
std-ver: 4.4.1
VCS: Git (Browse, QA)

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

[pool directory]

o-o-stable: 0.5.1-9
oldstable: 0.5.1-9
stable: 0.5.1-9
testing: 0.5.1-9
unstable: 0.5.1-9

versioned links

0.5.1-9: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]

binaries

libmpeg2-4
libmpeg2-4-dev (1 bugs: 0, 1, 0, 0)
mpeg2dec (3 bugs: 0, 2, 1, 0)

action needed

lintian reports 2 errors and 3 warnings high

Lintian reports 2 errors and 3 warnings about this package. You should make the package lintian clean getting rid of them.

Created: 2022-07-30 Last update: 2025-09-10 10:33

6 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 feb532b2ca3ca8544e3906cc7c5910ff5ad3e9c6
Merge: 3e56870 64054b1
Author: Dylan Aïssi <daissi@debian.org>
Date:   Mon Aug 18 09:51:58 2025 +0200

    Merge branch 'scrub-obsolete' into 'master'
    
    Remove unnecessary constraints
    
    See merge request multimedia-team/mpeg2dec!2

commit 64054b1be7b9afa7f7e9c037d7da2fa365eebb03
Author: Debian Janitor <janitor@jelmer.uk>
Date:   Mon Jan 30 11:27:30 2023 +0000

    Remove constraints unnecessary since buster (oldstable)
    
    * Build-Depends: Drop versioned constraint on libsdl1.2-dev (>= 1.2.3).
    
    Changes-By: deb-scrub-obsolete

commit 3e56870d547741349375a78e7e5753262fe7769f
Merge: 491d7d3 7cd7adc
Author: Sebastian Ramacher <sramacher@debian.org>
Date:   Thu Sep 23 21:12:47 2021 +0000

    Merge branch 'lintian-fixes' into 'master'
    
    Fix some issues reported by lintian
    
    See merge request multimedia-team/mpeg2dec!1

commit 7cd7adcce9e8e81791b6ad87fb005193f6c799a2
Author: Debian Janitor <janitor@jelmer.uk>
Date:   Thu Sep 9 16:04:24 2021 +0000

    Avoid explicitly specifying -Wl,--as-needed linker flag.
    
    Changes-By: lintian-brush
    Fixes: lintian: debian-rules-uses-as-needed-linker-flag
    See-also: https://lintian.debian.org/tags/debian-rules-uses-as-needed-linker-flag.html

commit 69781ed736fcc69044694bc9d42a878e15d6db02
Author: Debian Janitor <janitor@jelmer.uk>
Date:   Thu Sep 9 16:04:22 2021 +0000

    Update standards version to 4.5.1, no changes needed.
    
    Changes-By: lintian-brush
    Fixes: lintian: out-of-date-standards-version
    See-also: https://lintian.debian.org/tags/out-of-date-standards-version.html

commit 73b1f45581c48251163621434e2d077e7456add6
Author: Debian Janitor <janitor@jelmer.uk>
Date:   Thu Sep 9 16:04:13 2021 +0000

    Update watch file format version to 4.
    
    Changes-By: lintian-brush
    Fixes: lintian: older-debian-watch-file-standard
    See-also: https://lintian.debian.org/tags/older-debian-watch-file-standard.html

Created: 2021-09-23 Last update: 2025-09-29 15:00

debian/patches: 3 patches to forward upstream low

Among the 3 debian patches available in version 0.5.1-9 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: 2023-02-26 15:54

Standards version of the package is outdated. wishlist

The package should be updated to follow the last version of Debian Policy (Standards-Version 4.7.2 instead of 4.4.1).

Created: 2020-01-21 Last update: 2025-02-27 13:24

news

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[2019-11-26] mpeg2dec 0.5.1-9 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2019-11-20] Accepted mpeg2dec 0.5.1-9 (source) into unstable (Sebastian Ramacher)
[2017-07-15] mpeg2dec 0.5.1-8 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2017-07-09] Accepted mpeg2dec 0.5.1-8 (source amd64) into unstable (Loïc Minier)
[2015-03-23] mpeg2dec 0.5.1-7 MIGRATED to testing (Britney)
[2015-03-17] Accepted mpeg2dec 0.5.1-7 (source) into unstable (Sebastian Ramacher)
[2014-09-17] mpeg2dec 0.5.1-6 MIGRATED to testing (Britney)
[2014-09-11] Accepted mpeg2dec 0.5.1-6 (source amd64) into unstable (Matteo F. Vescovi) (signed by: Sebastian Ramacher)
[2013-05-05] mpeg2dec 0.5.1-5 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2012-07-01] Accepted mpeg2dec 0.5.1-5 (source amd64) (Loïc Minier)
[2012-07-01] Accepted mpeg2dec 0.5.1-4 (source amd64) (Loïc Minier)
[2012-02-14] Accepted mpeg2dec 0.5.1-3 (source amd64) (Alessio Treglia)
[2008-12-20] Accepted mpeg2dec 0.5.1-2 (source i386) (Loic Minier)
[2008-07-24] Accepted mpeg2dec 0.5.1-1 (source i386) (Loic Minier)
[2008-02-20] mpeg2dec 0.4.1-3 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2007-12-16] Accepted mpeg2dec 0.4.1-3 (source i386) (Loic Minier)
[2007-12-16] Accepted mpeg2dec 0.4.1-2 (source i386) (Loic Minier)
[2007-04-09] mpeg2dec 0.4.1-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2006-12-16] Accepted mpeg2dec 0.4.1-1 (source i386) (Loic Minier)
[2005-10-30] Accepted mpeg2dec 0.4.0b-4 (source i386) (Loic Minier)
[2005-09-18] Accepted mpeg2dec 0.4.0b-2.3 (source i386) (Loic Minier)
[2005-09-17] Accepted mpeg2dec 0.4.0b-2.2 (source i386) (Loic Minier)
[2005-08-10] Accepted mpeg2dec 0.4.0b-2.1 (source i386) (Loic Minier) (signed by: Sebastien Bacher)
[2004-07-15] Accepted mpeg2dec 0.4.0b-2 (i386 source) (David I. Lehn)
[2004-02-04] Accepted mpeg2dec 0.4.0b-1 (i386 source) (David I. Lehn)
[2003-09-03] Accepted mpeg2dec 0.3.1-6 (i386 source) (David I. Lehn)
[2003-09-02] Accepted mpeg2dec 0.3.1-5 (i386 source) (David I. Lehn)
[2003-07-15] Accepted mpeg2dec 0.3.1-4 (i386 source) (David I. Lehn)
[2003-01-23] Accepted mpeg2dec 0.3.1-3 (i386 source) (David I. Lehn)
[2003-01-21] Accepted mpeg2dec 0.3.1-2 (i386 source) (David I. Lehn)

bugs [bug history graph]

all: 5
RC: 0
I&N: 3
M&W: 2
F&P: 0
patch: 0

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