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general
  • source: cinnamon-desktop (main)
  • version: 6.4.2-1
  • maintainer: Debian Cinnamon Team (archive) (DMD)
  • uploaders: Margarita Manterola [DMD] – Maximiliano Curia [DMD] – Christoph Martin [DMD] – Fabio Fantoni [DMD] [DM] – Norbert Preining [DMD] – Joshua Peisach [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: 4.8.1-2
  • oldstable: 5.6.1-1
  • stable: 6.4.1-1
  • testing: 6.4.2-1
  • unstable: 6.4.2-1
versioned links
  • 4.8.1-2: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
  • 5.6.1-1: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
  • 6.4.1-1: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
  • 6.4.2-1: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
binaries
  • cinnamon-desktop-data
  • gir1.2-cinnamondesktop-3.0
  • gir1.2-cvc-1.0
  • libcinnamon-desktop-dev
  • libcinnamon-desktop4t64
  • libcvc0t64
action needed
A new upstream version is available: 6.6.2 high
A new upstream version 6.6.2 is available, you should consider packaging it.
Created: 2025-11-27 Last update: 2026-03-02 16:01
debian/patches: 2 patches with invalid metadata high

Among the 2 debian patches available in version 6.4.2-1 of the package, we noticed the following issues:

  • 2 patches with invalid metadata that ought to be fixed.
Created: 2023-02-26 Last update: 2025-09-14 08:30
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 6.6.2-1~, 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 87495e931240c68f2410a0af509538619224d8eb
Author: Fabio Fantoni <fantonifabio@tiscali.it>
Date:   Fri Feb 20 21:02:07 2026 +0100

    update changelog

commit 666708c605004ef06c6b1c1c774df6870dbac346
Author: Fabio Fantoni <fantonifabio@tiscali.it>
Date:   Fri Feb 20 21:01:00 2026 +0100

    Remove d/cinnamon-desktop-data.maintscript with only obsolete rm_conffile

commit acee3ad67900202e8cc0d9f0e561da5526033d36
Author: Fabio Fantoni <fantonifabio@tiscali.it>
Date:   Fri Feb 20 20:58:29 2026 +0100

    Add missing libgdk-pixbuf-2.0-dev and libglib2.0-dev to libcinnamon-desktop-dev deps

commit 11281924632a525016dab53356d2f14a5d9370cb
Author: Fabio Fantoni <fantonifabio@tiscali.it>
Date:   Fri Feb 20 20:39:16 2026 +0100

    d/control: add Daniel Echeverri in Uploaders

commit 8470823b3deb04ff7eab3bcc93dabbcccb2a5dde
Author: Fabio Fantoni <fantonifabio@tiscali.it>
Date:   Fri Feb 20 20:38:04 2026 +0100

    Bump reverse-dep breaks to 6.6

commit 8c3d8a0c7309d070ddd35952ec0d3a108614b91d
Author: Fabio Fantoni <fantonifabio@tiscali.it>
Date:   Fri Feb 20 20:18:19 2026 +0100

    Update d/copyright

commit be1d4337e95edea6e367ea08e418b9e5af588c1f
Author: Fabio Fantoni <fantonifabio@tiscali.it>
Date:   Fri Feb 20 19:48:45 2026 +0100

    d/control: Add Provides: ${gir:Provides} to libcinnamon-desktop-dev

commit 65acc6607ade52d60b6713385fb5857a2983acc2
Author: Fabio Fantoni <fantonifabio@tiscali.it>
Date:   Fri Feb 20 19:46:51 2026 +0100

    d/control: try to have all correct deps
    
    - Drop unused build dependencies (libaccountsservice-dev, libxml2-dev,
    gtk-doc-tools, yelp-tools, intltool)
    - Replace intltool with gettext
    - Add missing explicit libcairo2-dev build dependency

commit 79c71a4f5818e38778596786de6a1b73defd74f8
Author: Fabio Fantoni <fantonifabio@tiscali.it>
Date:   Fri Feb 20 19:31:51 2026 +0100

    update changelog

commit d07ccfba0237fe5423b075d5d1a8efefe6cc5a71
Author: Fabio Fantoni <fantonifabio@tiscali.it>
Date:   Fri Feb 20 19:30:29 2026 +0100

    d/control: remove libgirepository1.0-dev and add gir1.2-{gio,gobject}-2.0-dev and gir1.2-gtk-3.0-dev
    
    Closes: #1118799

commit 06fc5e539c5a4bfbdce518574bf32a6114abeb47
Author: Fabio Fantoni <fantonifabio@tiscali.it>
Date:   Fri Feb 20 18:34:36 2026 +0100

    d/control: remove hwdata from recommends
    
    seems now unused looking from 6.4 code
    
    Closes: #953296

commit da9be990b2d9d977beb8682ae0a567a285e7e0a4
Author: Fabio Fantoni <fantonifabio@tiscali.it>
Date:   Fri Feb 20 18:18:35 2026 +0100

    d/control: replace old site in homepage with upstream repository

commit ca152329652214f17136b84cd8ba15d827d67f20
Author: Fabio Fantoni <fantonifabio@tiscali.it>
Date:   Fri Feb 20 18:17:27 2026 +0100

    d/control: Remove Rules-Requires-Root, no longer necessary since trixie

commit ac3d738c02ac21c6a74775e59de8779db665f1d1
Author: Fabio Fantoni <fantonifabio@tiscali.it>
Date:   Fri Feb 20 18:15:04 2026 +0100

    Update standards version to 4.7.3, no changes needed

commit 027445aed59fab7929287dcca15a63793a66154f
Author: Joshua Peisach <itzswirlz2020@outlook.com>
Date:   Wed Jan 28 09:26:06 2026 -0500

    Update symbols

commit e2305aab59792b0b41b1ebd34ec6f4d71a16d692
Author: Joshua Peisach <itzswirlz2020@outlook.com>
Date:   Mon Jan 26 08:52:43 2026 -0500

    Update d/ch

commit 2b096cf15267397dd52b0df119b76acaf17014f0
Author: Joshua Peisach <itzswirlz2020@outlook.com>
Date:   Mon Jan 26 08:51:06 2026 -0500

    d/rules: remove pnp_ids config flag

commit ee520c95cf53ed5e09aa3f34bcd997238312ebcc
Merge: ef2aeef 88ec6b4
Author: Joshua Peisach <jpeisach@ubuntu.com>
Date:   Mon Jan 26 08:43:36 2026 -0500

    Update upstream source from tag 'upstream/6.6.2'
    
    Update to upstream version '6.6.2'
    with Debian dir cd23951c987eb7848bdd8ad8beafe12c18a7e99f

commit 88ec6b4658604687f708bdb0a94d0122ee017e8c
Author: Joshua Peisach <jpeisach@ubuntu.com>
Date:   Mon Jan 26 08:43:30 2026 -0500

    New upstream version 6.6.2
Created: 2026-01-26 Last update: 2026-02-26 09:03
lintian reports 5 warnings normal
Lintian reports 5 warnings about this package. You should make the package lintian clean getting rid of them.
Created: 2025-09-14 Last update: 2025-09-14 09:02
Standards version of the package is outdated. wishlist
The package should be updated to follow the last version of Debian Policy (Standards-Version 4.7.3 instead of 4.7.2).
Created: 2025-12-23 Last update: 2025-12-23 20:00
news
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  • [2025-09-19] cinnamon-desktop 6.4.2-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2025-09-19] cinnamon-desktop 6.4.2-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2025-09-13] Accepted cinnamon-desktop 6.4.2-1 (source) into unstable (Fabio Fantoni)
  • [2025-01-25] cinnamon-desktop 6.4.1-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2025-01-19] Accepted cinnamon-desktop 6.4.1-1 (source) into unstable (Fabio Fantoni)
  • [2024-11-01] cinnamon-desktop 6.2.0-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2024-10-04] Accepted cinnamon-desktop 6.2.0-1 (source) into unstable (Fabio Fantoni)
  • [2024-05-02] cinnamon-desktop 6.0.0-2 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2024-03-31] Accepted cinnamon-desktop 6.0.0-2 (source) into unstable (Fabio Fantoni)
  • [2024-02-29] Accepted cinnamon-desktop 5.8.0-2.1 (source) into unstable (Steve Langasek)
  • [2024-02-11] Accepted cinnamon-desktop 6.0.0-1 (source) into experimental (Fabio Fantoni)
  • [2024-01-31] Accepted cinnamon-desktop 5.8.0-2.1~exp1 (source) into experimental (Steve Langasek)
  • [2023-10-04] cinnamon-desktop 5.8.0-2 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2023-09-29] Accepted cinnamon-desktop 5.8.0-2 (source) into unstable (Fabio Fantoni)
  • [2023-07-14] Accepted cinnamon-desktop 5.8.0-1 (source) into experimental (Fabio Fantoni)
  • [2023-06-13] cinnamon-desktop 5.6.2-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2023-06-13] cinnamon-desktop 5.6.2-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2023-04-08] Accepted cinnamon-desktop 5.6.2-1 (source) into unstable (Fabio Fantoni)
  • [2023-01-15] cinnamon-desktop 5.6.1-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2023-01-15] cinnamon-desktop 5.6.1-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2023-01-08] Accepted cinnamon-desktop 5.6.1-1 (source) into unstable (Fabio Fantoni)
  • [2022-12-31] cinnamon-desktop 5.6.0-2 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2022-12-31] cinnamon-desktop 5.6.0-2 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2022-12-25] Accepted cinnamon-desktop 5.6.0-2 (source) into unstable (Fabio Fantoni)
  • [2022-12-20] Accepted cinnamon-desktop 5.6.0-1 (source) into experimental (Fabio Fantoni)
  • [2022-08-20] cinnamon-desktop 5.4.2-2 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2022-08-20] cinnamon-desktop 5.4.2-2 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2022-08-14] Accepted cinnamon-desktop 5.4.2-2 (source) into unstable (Fabio Fantoni)
  • [2022-07-20] Accepted cinnamon-desktop 5.4.2-1 (source) into experimental (Fabio Fantoni)
  • [2022-07-17] Accepted cinnamon-desktop 5.4.1-1 (source) into experimental (Fabio Fantoni)
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bugs [bug history graph]
  • all: 2
  • RC: 0
  • I&N: 0
  • M&W: 0
  • F&P: 2
  • patch: 0
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