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general

source: bluefish (main)
version: 2.4.1-1.1
maintainer: Jonathan Carter (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: 2.2.12-1.1
oldstable: 2.2.12-1.1
stable: 2.2.17-1
testing: 2.4.1-1.1
unstable: 2.4.1-1.1

versioned links

2.2.12-1.1: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
2.2.17-1: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
2.4.1-1.1: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]

binaries

bluefish (5 bugs: 0, 4, 1, 0)
bluefish-data (1 bugs: 0, 1, 0, 0)
bluefish-plugins

action needed

A new upstream version is available: 2.4.2 high

A new upstream version 2.4.2 is available, you should consider packaging it.

Created: 2026-07-18 Last update: 2026-07-27 10:30

Depends on packages which need a new maintainer normal

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

csstidy (#842594)
- Suggests: csstidy

Created: 2019-11-22 Last update: 2026-07-27 14:00

1 new commit 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 3d560d6475a0cef8d1f019df1235d2d79394f67a
Author: Jonathan Carter <jcc@debian.org>
Date:   Wed Jun 10 12:43:02 2026 +0200

    Add nmu patch from Adrian

https://salsa.debian.org/api/v4/projects/debian%2Fbluefish API request failed: 401 Unauthorized at /srv/qa.debian.org/data/vcswatch/vcswatch line 410.

Created: 2026-06-08 Last update: 2026-07-24 10:02

lintian reports 23 warnings normal

Lintian reports 23 warnings about this package. You should make the package lintian clean getting rid of them.

Created: 2026-06-09 Last update: 2026-06-09 06:00

AppStream hints: 1 warning for bluefish normal

AppStream found metadata issues for packages:

bluefish: 1 warning

You should get rid of them to provide more metadata about this software.

Created: 2020-02-21 Last update: 2024-10-08 04:00

debian/patches: 1 patch to forward upstream low

Among the 1 debian patch available in version 2.4.1-1.1 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: 2026-06-09 Last update: 2026-06-09 09:31

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 4.7.2).

Created: 2025-12-23 Last update: 2026-06-08 22:48

news

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[2026-06-14] bluefish 2.4.1-1.1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2026-06-08] Accepted bluefish 2.4.1-1.1 (source) into unstable (Adrian Bunk)
[2026-06-07] bluefish REMOVED from testing (Debian testing watch)
[2026-04-18] bluefish 2.4.1-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2026-04-13] Accepted bluefish 2.4.1-1 (source) into unstable (Jonathan Carter)
[2026-03-15] bluefish 2.4.0-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2026-03-09] Accepted bluefish 2.4.0-1 (source) into unstable (Jonathan Carter)
[2025-12-06] bluefish 2.2.19-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2025-11-30] Accepted bluefish 2.2.19-1 (source) into unstable (Jonathan Carter)
[2025-09-03] bluefish REMOVED from testing (Debian testing watch)
[2025-04-09] bluefish 2.2.17-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2025-04-03] Accepted bluefish 2.2.17-1 (source) into unstable (Jonathan Carter)
[2024-10-12] bluefish 2.2.16-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2024-10-07] Accepted bluefish 2.2.16-1 (source) into unstable (Jonathan Carter)
[2024-05-03] bluefish 2.2.15-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2024-04-13] bluefish REMOVED from testing (Debian testing watch)
[2024-03-26] Accepted bluefish 2.2.15-1 (source) into unstable (Jonathan Carter)
[2023-06-25] bluefish 2.2.14-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2023-06-19] Accepted bluefish 2.2.14-1 (source) into unstable (Jonathan Carter)
[2023-06-13] bluefish 2.2.13-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2023-03-06] Accepted bluefish 2.2.13-1 (source) into unstable (Jonathan Carter)
[2021-03-29] bluefish 2.2.12-1.1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2021-03-24] Accepted bluefish 2.2.12-1.1 (source) into unstable (Boyuan Yang)
[2020-11-15] bluefish 2.2.12-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2020-11-10] Accepted bluefish 2.2.12-1 (source) into unstable (Jonathan Carter)
[2020-07-31] bluefish 2.2.11+svn-r8872-3 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2020-07-24] Accepted bluefish 2.2.11+svn-r8872-3 (source) into unstable (Jonathan Carter)
[2020-07-20] Accepted bluefish 2.2.11+svn-r8872-2 (source) into unstable (Jonathan Carter)
[2020-07-19] Accepted bluefish 2.2.11+svn-r8872-1 (source) into unstable (Jonathan Carter)
[2020-07-05] bluefish REMOVED from testing (Debian testing watch)

bugs [bug history graph]

all: 6
RC: 0
I&N: 5
M&W: 1
F&P: 0
patch: 0

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