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graphical shell for the GNOME desktop

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general
  • source: gnome-shell (main)
  • version: 49.2-2
  • maintainer: Debian GNOME Maintainers (archive) (DMD)
  • uploaders: Marco Trevisan (Treviño) [DMD] – Jeremy Bícha [DMD]
  • arch: all
  • 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: 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: 48.4-1~deb13u1
  • testing: 49.2-2
  • unstable: 49.2-2
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]
  • 48.4-1~deb13u1: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
  • 49.2-2: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
binaries
  • gnome-shell (152 bugs: 1, 125, 26, 0)
  • gnome-shell-common (2 bugs: 0, 2, 0, 0)
  • gnome-shell-extension-prefs (1 bugs: 0, 1, 0, 0)
action needed
1 bug tagged patch in the BTS normal
The BTS contains patches fixing 1 bug, consider including or untagging them.
Created: 2025-01-06 Last update: 2026-01-14 00:01
Fails to build during reproducibility testing normal
A package building reproducibly enables third parties to verify that the source matches the distributed binaries. It has been identified that this source package produced different results, failed to build or had other issues in a test environment. Please read about how to improve the situation!
Created: 2025-12-28 Last update: 2026-01-13 20:00
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 49.2-3, 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 22825f80ab4237609c310402a4dc0d57fce209bc
Author: Simon McVittie <smcv@debian.org>
Date:   Mon Jan 12 14:21:27 2026 +0000

    Update changelog

commit 554b028d6459f76ffa4dc2b704bf4c35704eddfb
Author: Simon McVittie <smcv@debian.org>
Date:   Mon Jan 12 14:18:26 2026 +0000

    Revert "Remove direct Build-Depends: dbus"
    
    gnome-shell's test suite explicitly invokes dbus-run-session, which is
    in the dbus-daemon package. An indirect dependency on dbus-user-session
    is not enough, because dbus-user-session does not guarantee to install
    dbus-daemon or dbus-run-session: dbus-broker might be installed instead.
    
    This reverts commit b12ff4ec3d8db3800a7fda7ee7f01916832b8fee.
Created: 2026-01-12 Last update: 2026-01-12 15:17
lintian reports 5 warnings normal
Lintian reports 5 warnings about this package. You should make the package lintian clean getting rid of them.
Created: 2025-12-26 Last update: 2025-12-26 17:00
1 low-priority security issue in bookworm low

There is 1 open security issue in bookworm.

1 issue left for the package maintainer to handle:
  • CVE-2024-36472: (needs triaging) In GNOME Shell through 45.7, a portal helper can be launched automatically (without user confirmation) based on network responses provided by an adversary (e.g., an adversary who controls the local Wi-Fi network), and subsequently loads untrusted JavaScript code, which may lead to resource consumption or other impacts depending on the JavaScript code's behavior.

You can find information about how to handle this issue in the security team's documentation.

Created: 2024-05-29 Last update: 2026-01-10 13:00
Issues found with some translations low

Automatic checks made by the Debian l10n team found some issues with the translations contained in this package. You should check the l10n status report for more information.

Issues can be things such as missing translations, problematic translated strings, outdated PO files, unknown languages, etc.

Created: 2025-12-27 Last update: 2025-12-27 14:32
debian/patches: 1 patch to forward upstream low

Among the 3 debian patches available in version 49.2-2 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: 2025-12-26 13:01
news
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  • [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)
  • [2025-10-31] Accepted gnome-shell 49.1-2 (source) into unstable (Simon McVittie)
  • [2025-10-19] gnome-shell 48.5-3 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2025-10-15] Accepted gnome-shell 49.1-1 (source) into experimental (Simon McVittie)
  • [2025-10-13] Accepted gnome-shell 48.5-3 (source) into unstable (Simon McVittie)
  • [2025-09-26] Accepted gnome-shell 49.0-2 (source) into experimental (Simon McVittie)
  • [2025-09-25] gnome-shell 48.5-2 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2025-09-18] Accepted gnome-shell 48.5-2 (source) into unstable (Simon McVittie)
  • [2025-09-17] Accepted gnome-shell 49.0-1 (source) into experimental (Jeremy Bícha)
  • [2025-09-15] Accepted gnome-shell 48.5-1 (source) into unstable (Jeremy Bícha)
  • [2025-08-24] Accepted gnome-shell 48.4-1~deb13u1 (source) into proposed-updates (Debian FTP Masters) (signed by: Simon McVittie)
  • [2025-08-14] gnome-shell 48.4-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2025-08-08] Accepted gnome-shell 48.4-1 (source) into unstable (Simon McVittie)
  • [2025-07-19] gnome-shell 48.3-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2025-07-13] Accepted gnome-shell 48.3-1 (source) into unstable (Simon McVittie)
  • [2025-06-18] gnome-shell 48.2-3 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2025-06-12] Accepted gnome-shell 48.2-3 (source) into unstable (Simon McVittie)
  • [2025-06-10] Accepted gnome-shell 48.2-2 (source) into experimental (Simon McVittie)
  • [2025-06-06] Accepted gnome-shell 48.2-1 (source) into experimental (Jeremy Bícha) (signed by: Jeremy Bicha)
  • [2025-04-29] gnome-shell 48.1-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2025-04-17] Accepted gnome-shell 48.1-1 (source) into unstable (Jeremy Bícha) (signed by: Jeremy Bicha)
  • [2025-03-26] gnome-shell 48.0-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
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bugs [bug history graph]
  • all: 159 161
  • RC: 1
  • I&N: 134
  • M&W: 24 26
  • F&P: 0
  • patch: 1
  • NC: 2
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  • version: 49.2-1ubuntu1
  • 393 bugs (5 patches)
  • patches for 49.2-1ubuntu1

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