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simple interprocess messaging system (system message bus)

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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: 1.16.2-3
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]
1.16.2-3: [.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

Debci reports failed tests high

unstable: pass (log)
The tests ran in 0:13:16
Last run: 2026-02-23T06:40:31.000Z
Previous status: unknown

testing: fail (log)
The tests ran in 0:09:14
Last run: 2026-02-25T08:28:41.000Z
Previous status: unknown

stable: pass (log)
The tests ran in 0:12:27
Last run: 2025-11-08T16:48:04.000Z
Previous status: unknown

Created: 2025-11-04 Last update: 2026-02-25 19:00

3 bugs tagged patch in the BTS normal

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

Created: 2025-01-06 Last update: 2026-02-25 19:30

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: 2026-02-25 18:30

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

testing migrations

excuses:
- Migration status for dbus (1.16.2-3 to 1.16.2-4): Will attempt migration (Any information below is purely informational)
- Additional info (not blocking):
- ∙ ∙ Piuparts tested OK - https://piuparts.debian.org/sid/source/d/dbus.html
- ∙ ∙ Autopkgtest for dasbus/1.7-2: amd64: Pass, arm64: Pass, i386: Pass, ppc64el: Pass, riscv64: Test triggered (failure will be ignored), s390x: Pass
- ∙ ∙ Autopkgtest for dbus/1.16.2-4: amd64: Pass, arm64: Pass, i386: Pass, ppc64el: Pass, riscv64: Pass, s390x: Pass
- ∙ ∙ Autopkgtest for libreoffice/4:26.2.0-1: amd64: Pass, arm64: Test triggered (failure will be ignored), i386: Test triggered (failure will be ignored), ppc64el: Pass, riscv64: Pass, s390x: Pass
- ∙ ∙ Autopkgtest for openjdk-21/21.0.10+7-1: amd64: Pass, arm64: Test triggered (failure will be ignored), i386: Pass, ppc64el: Test triggered (failure will be ignored), riscv64: Test triggered (failure will be ignored), s390x: Pass
- ∙ ∙ Autopkgtest for openjdk-25/25.0.2+10-1: amd64: Pass, arm64: Test triggered (failure will be ignored), i386: Pass, ppc64el: Test triggered (failure will be ignored), riscv64: Test triggered (failure will be ignored), s390x: Pass
- ∙ ∙ Autopkgtest for openjdk-26/26~34ea-1: amd64: Pass, arm64: Test triggered (failure will be ignored), i386: Pass, ppc64el: Test triggered (failure will be ignored), riscv64: Test triggered (failure will be ignored), s390x: Pass
- ∙ ∙ Autopkgtest for thunderbird/1:140.7.1esr-1: amd64: Pass, arm64: Test triggered (failure will be ignored), i386: Pass, ppc64el: No tests, superficial or marked flaky ♻, riscv64: Test triggered (failure will be ignored)
- ∙ ∙ Reproducibility check waiting for results on amd64
- ∙ ∙ Reproducibility check waiting for results on arm64
- ∙ ∙ Reproducibility check waiting for results on armhf
- ∙ ∙ Reproducibility check waiting for results on i386
- ∙ ∙ Reproducibility check waiting for results on ppc64el
- ∙ ∙ Required age reduced by 3 days because of autopkgtest
- ∙ ∙ 2 days old (needed 2 days)

news

[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)
[2023-09-01] Accepted dbus 1.14.10-1 (source) into unstable (Simon McVittie)

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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: 1.16.2-2ubuntu3
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