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general

source: gnome-shell (main)
version: 50.5-1
maintainer: Debian GNOME Maintainers (archive) (DMD)
uploaders: Marco Trevisan (Treviño) [DMD] – Jeremy Bícha [DMD]
arch: all
std-ver: 4.7.4
VCS: Git (Browse, QA)

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

[pool directory]

o-o-stable: 3.38.6-1~deb11u2
o-o-sec: 3.38.6-1~deb11u2
oldstable: 43.9-0+deb12u2
old-sec: 43.9-0+deb12u2
stable: 48.7-0+deb13u2
testing: 50.5-1
unstable: 50.5-1
exp: 51.0-2

versioned links

3.38.6-1~deb11u2: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
43.9-0+deb12u2: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
48.7-0+deb13u2: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
50.5-1: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
51.0-2: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]

binaries

gnome-shell (170 bugs: 1, 142, 27, 0)
gnome-shell-common (2 bugs: 0, 2, 0, 0)
gnome-shell-extension-prefs

action needed

1 bug tagged help in the BTS normal

The BTS contains 1 bug tagged help, please consider helping the maintainer in dealing with it.

Created: 2026-03-17 Last update: 2026-09-29 14:30

2 bugs tagged patch in the BTS normal

The BTS contains patches fixing 2 bugs, consider including or untagging them.

Created: 2026-09-02 Last update: 2026-09-29 14:30

4 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 39803b01f96f6ed7edf31f3ad6eb5612e8f81ca7
Author: Simon McVittie <smcv@debian.org>
Date:   Mon Sep 21 12:06:51 2026 +0100

    Revert "d/control: Add Recommends on gir1.2-webkit-6.0 for captive portal UI"
    
    We don't use the portal helper in Debian due to security concerns.
    
    This reverts commit 0e543baf49b546d93b7520b31e7a69257719c161.
    
    Thanks: jbicha

commit a2f402efd4349f05dc4f2c173abc75fd9f9d3dae
Author: Simon McVittie <smcv@debian.org>
Date:   Mon Sep 21 12:06:45 2026 +0100

    Revert "Update changelog"
    
    This reverts commit 74e9ca16a23fc4c96068b9969b5d918ab27ee5e1.

commit 74e9ca16a23fc4c96068b9969b5d918ab27ee5e1
Author: Simon McVittie <smcv@debian.org>
Date:   Mon Sep 21 11:33:57 2026 +0100

    Update changelog

commit 0e543baf49b546d93b7520b31e7a69257719c161
Author: Simon McVittie <smcv@debian.org>
Date:   Mon Sep 21 11:33:31 2026 +0100

    d/control: Add Recommends on gir1.2-webkit-6.0 for captive portal UI

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

Created: 2026-09-21 Last update: 2026-09-26 09:32

lintian reports 4 warnings normal

Lintian reports 4 warnings about this package. You should make the package lintian clean getting rid of them.

Created: 2026-09-18 Last update: 2026-09-18 04:01

AppStream hints: 4 warnings for gnome-shell-extension-prefs normal

AppStream found metadata issues for packages:

gnome-shell-extension-prefs: 4 warnings

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

Created: 2026-06-07 Last update: 2026-08-04 00:30

debian/patches: 1 patch to forward upstream low

Among the 3 debian patches available in version 50.5-1 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: 2023-08-17 Last update: 2026-09-18 10:01

testing migrations

This package will soon be part of the auto-mutter transition. You might want to ensure that your package is ready for it. You can probably find supplementary information in the debian-release archives or in the corresponding release.debian.org bug.
This package will soon be part of the gnome-shell-51 transition. You might want to ensure that your package is ready for it. You can probably find supplementary information in the debian-release archives or in the corresponding release.debian.org bug.

news

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[2026-09-22] gnome-shell 50.5-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2026-09-21] Accepted gnome-shell 51.0-2 (source) into experimental (Simon McVittie)
[2026-09-20] Accepted gnome-shell 51.0-1 (source) into experimental (Simon McVittie)
[2026-09-17] Accepted gnome-shell 50.5-1 (source) into unstable (Simon McVittie)
[2026-08-31] gnome-shell 50.4-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2026-08-23] Accepted gnome-shell 50.4-1 (source) into unstable (Simon McVittie)
[2026-08-08] gnome-shell 50.3-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2026-08-03] Accepted gnome-shell 50.3-1 (source) into unstable (Simon McVittie)
[2026-06-13] gnome-shell 50.2-3 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2026-06-06] Accepted gnome-shell 50.2-3 (source) into unstable (Simon McVittie)
[2026-05-31] Accepted gnome-shell 50.2-2 (source) into experimental (Simon McVittie)
[2026-03-28] Accepted gnome-shell 50.0-1 (source) into experimental (Simon McVittie)
[2026-03-21] gnome-shell 49.5-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2026-03-17] Accepted gnome-shell 49.5-1 (source) into unstable (Simon McVittie)
[2026-02-28] Accepted gnome-shell 48.7-0+deb13u2 (source) into proposed-updates (Debian FTP Masters)
[2026-02-19] gnome-shell 49.4-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2026-02-16] Accepted gnome-shell 49.4-1 (source) into unstable (Simon McVittie)
[2026-02-09] Accepted gnome-shell 49.3-3 (source) into unstable (Simon McVittie)
[2026-01-31] gnome-shell 49.3-2 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2026-01-28] Accepted gnome-shell 49.3-2 (source) into unstable (Simon McVittie)
[2026-01-27] Accepted gnome-shell 49.3-1 (source) into unstable (Simon McVittie)
[2025-12-28] gnome-shell 49.2-2 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2025-12-28] gnome-shell 49.2-2 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2025-12-26] Accepted gnome-shell 49.2-2 (source) into unstable (Jeremy Bícha)
[2025-12-20] Accepted gnome-shell 48.7-0+deb13u1 (source) into proposed-updates (Debian FTP Masters) (signed by: Simon McVittie)
[2025-11-27] gnome-shell 49.2-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2025-11-24] Accepted gnome-shell 49.2-1 (source) into unstable (Simon McVittie)
[2025-11-06] gnome-shell 49.1-5 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2025-11-02] Accepted gnome-shell 49.1-5 (source) into unstable (Jeremy Bícha)
[2025-11-02] Accepted gnome-shell 49.1-4 (source) into unstable (Jeremy Bícha)

bugs [bug history graph]

all: 176 180
RC: 1
I&N: 149 151
M&W: 26 28
F&P: 0
patch: 2
help: 1
NC: 1

links

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ubuntu

[Information about Ubuntu for Debian Developers]

version: 51.0-2ubuntu2
410 bugs (6 patches)