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general

source: dbus (main)
version: 1.16.2-4
maintainer: Utopia Maintenance Team (archive) (DMD)
uploaders: Sebastian Dröge [DMD] – Simon McVittie [DMD] – Sjoerd Simons [DMD] – Michael Biebl [DMD] – Loic Minier [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: 1.12.28-0+deb11u1
o-o-sec: 1.12.24-0+deb11u1
oldstable: 1.14.10-1~deb12u1
stable: 1.16.2-2
testing: 1.16.2-4
unstable: 1.16.2-4

versioned links

1.12.24-0+deb11u1: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
1.12.28-0+deb11u1: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
1.14.10-1~deb12u1: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
1.16.2-2: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
1.16.2-4: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]

binaries

dbus (32 bugs: 0, 24, 8, 0)
dbus-1-doc
dbus-bin
dbus-daemon
dbus-session-bus-common
dbus-system-bus-common
dbus-tests
dbus-udeb
dbus-user-session (2 bugs: 0, 2, 0, 0)
dbus-x11 (8 bugs: 0, 6, 2, 0)
libdbus-1-3 (5 bugs: 0, 5, 0, 0)
libdbus-1-3-udeb
libdbus-1-dev (1 bugs: 0, 0, 1, 0)

action needed

3 bugs tagged patch in the BTS normal

The BTS contains patches fixing 3 bugs, consider including or untagging them.

Created: 2026-04-06 Last update: 2026-05-23 01:00

Depends on packages which need a new maintainer normal

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

xml-core (#660687)
- Depends: xml-core
- Build-Depends: xml-core

Created: 2019-11-22 Last update: 2026-05-22 23:31

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 d45ded85c6b72bf266e34138d7baf11cdaa7966c
Author: Alessandro Astone <alessandro.astone@canonical.com>
Date:   Fri May 22 14:42:42 2026 +0200

    d/control: Drop libdbus-1-3 explicit dependency on the dbus package
    
    Do not automatically pull in the `dbus` package with the library; use the
    virtual package `default-dbus-system-bus` instead.

Created: 2026-05-22 Last update: 2026-05-22 16:03

debian/patches: 1 patch to forward upstream low

Among the 2 debian patches available in version 1.16.2-4 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: 2023-02-26 Last update: 2026-02-23 11:47

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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[2026-02-26] dbus 1.16.2-4 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2026-02-23] Accepted dbus 1.16.2-4 (source) into unstable (Simon McVittie)
[2026-02-04] dbus 1.16.2-3 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2026-01-29] Accepted dbus 1.16.2-3 (source) into unstable (Simon McVittie)
[2025-03-13] dbus 1.16.2-2 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2025-03-08] Accepted dbus 1.16.2-2 (source) into unstable (Simon McVittie)
[2025-03-04] dbus 1.16.2-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2025-02-27] Accepted dbus 1.16.2-1 (source) into unstable (Simon McVittie)
[2024-12-19] dbus 1.16.0-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2024-12-16] Accepted dbus 1.16.0-1 (source) into unstable (Simon McVittie)
[2024-12-14] dbus 1.15.92-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2024-12-11] Accepted dbus 1.15.92-1 (source) into unstable (Simon McVittie)
[2024-12-11] dbus 1.15.90-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2024-12-06] Accepted dbus 1.15.90-1 (source) into unstable (Simon McVittie)
[2024-11-01] dbus 1.14.10-6 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2024-10-30] Accepted dbus 1.15.12-1 (source) into experimental (Simon McVittie)
[2024-10-29] Accepted dbus 1.14.10-6 (source) into unstable (Simon McVittie)
[2024-10-26] Accepted dbus 1.14.10-5 (source) into unstable (Simon McVittie)
[2024-09-25] Accepted dbus 1.15.10-1 (source) into experimental (Simon McVittie)
[2024-01-14] dbus 1.14.10-4 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2024-01-09] Accepted dbus 1.14.10-4 (source) into unstable (Simon McVittie)
[2023-12-24] Accepted dbus 1.15.8-4 (source) into experimental (Simon McVittie)
[2023-11-02] dbus 1.14.10-3 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2023-10-30] Accepted dbus 1.14.10-3 (source) into unstable (Simon McVittie)
[2023-10-26] Accepted dbus 1.14.10-2 (source) into unstable (Simon McVittie)
[2023-10-23] Accepted dbus 1.12.28-0+deb10u1 (source) into oldoldstable (Emilio Pozuelo Monfort)
[2023-10-22] Accepted dbus 1.15.8-3 (source) into experimental (Simon McVittie)
[2023-09-23] Accepted dbus 1.14.10-1~deb12u1 (source) into proposed-updates (Debian FTP Masters) (signed by: Simon McVittie)
[2023-09-06] dbus 1.14.10-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2023-09-06] dbus 1.14.10-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)

bugs [bug history graph]

all: 51 52
RC: 0
I&N: 41
M&W: 10 11
F&P: 0
patch: 3

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version: 1.16.2-2ubuntu4
166 bugs (1 patch)
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