libwebcam - Debian Package Tracker

general

source: libwebcam (main)
version: 0.2.5-6
maintainer: Debian QA Group (DMD)
arch: all
std-ver: 4.7.0
VCS: Git (Browse, QA)

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

[pool directory]

oldstable: 0.2.5-2
stable: 0.2.5-5
unstable: 0.2.5-6

versioned links

0.2.5-2: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
0.2.5-5: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
0.2.5-6: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]

binaries

libwebcam0
libwebcam0-dev
uvcdynctrl
uvcdynctrl-data

action needed

lintian reports 1 warning normal

Lintian reports 1 warning about this package. You should make the package lintian clean getting rid of them.

Created: 2025-10-26 Last update: 2025-10-26 21:31

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 54643dfd52390e86f439bb439d0a9c67ec8b524c
Author: Tobias Frost <tobi@debian.org>
Date:   Sun Oct 26 11:21:25 2025 +0100

    Release libwebcam (0.2.5-6) unstable.

commit ac404066a926eef2cfa05751db6e9d6c5e329698
Author: Tobias Frost <tobi@debian.org>
Date:   Sun Oct 26 11:20:28 2025 +0100

    Enable salsa CI.

commit bf5b0299f76b8dce30c0afa33cb55765e15267bf
Author: Tobias Frost <tobi@debian.org>
Date:   Sun Oct 26 11:09:44 2025 +0100

    Fix FTBFS with CMake4. Closes: #1113222.

commit 0e32e89c10eee86e59a7b9ecbeb2a9e5b81b0971
Author: Tobias Frost <tobi@debian.org>
Date:   Sun Oct 26 11:09:27 2025 +0100

    Orphan package, set Maintainer to the Debian QA Group.

Created: 2025-10-26 Last update: 2025-10-26 15:30

O: This package has been orphaned and needs a maintainer. normal

This package has been orphaned. This means that it does not have a real maintainer at the moment. Please consider adopting this package if you are interested in it. Please see bug number #1119035 for more information.

Created: 2025-10-26 Last update: 2025-10-26 12:18

debian/patches: 3 patches to forward upstream low

Among the 3 debian patches available in version 0.2.5-6 of the package, we noticed the following issues:

3 patches 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: 2025-10-26 21:18

Standards version of the package is outdated. wishlist

The package should be updated to follow the last version of Debian Policy (Standards-Version 4.7.2 instead of 4.7.0).

Created: 2025-02-21 Last update: 2025-10-26 16:49

testing migrations

excuses:
- Migration status for libwebcam (- to 0.2.5-6): Waiting for test results or another package, or too young (no action required now - check later)
- Issues preventing migration:
- ∙ ∙ Too young, only 1 of 5 days old
- Additional info:
- ∙ ∙ Piuparts tested OK - https://piuparts.debian.org/sid/source/libw/libwebcam.html
- ∙ ∙ Reproducible on amd64 - info ♻
- ∙ ∙ Reproducible on arm64 - info ♻
- Not considered

news

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[2025-10-26] Accepted libwebcam 0.2.5-6 (source) into unstable (Tobias Frost)
[2025-10-13] libwebcam REMOVED from testing (Debian testing watch)
[2024-10-03] libwebcam 0.2.5-5 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2024-09-28] Accepted libwebcam 0.2.5-5 (source) into unstable (Phil Wyett)
[2023-12-14] libwebcam 0.2.5-4 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2023-12-08] Accepted libwebcam 0.2.5-4 (source) into unstable (Chris Hofstaedtler) (signed by: Christian Hofstaedtler)
[2023-06-22] libwebcam 0.2.5-3 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2023-06-17] Accepted libwebcam 0.2.5-3 (source) into unstable (Boyuan Yang)
[2022-09-04] Accepted libwebcam 0.2.5-2~bpo11+1 (source amd64 all) into bullseye-backports, bullseye-backports (Debian FTP Masters) (signed by: Boyuan Yang)
[2022-08-27] libwebcam 0.2.5-2 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2022-08-22] Accepted libwebcam 0.2.5-2 (source) into unstable (Boyuan Yang)
[2022-08-21] Accepted libwebcam 0.2.5-1 (source) into unstable (Boyuan Yang)
[2020-05-06] libwebcam REMOVED from testing (Debian testing watch)
[2014-12-06] libwebcam 0.2.4-1.1 MIGRATED to testing (Britney)
[2014-12-01] Accepted libwebcam 0.2.4-1.1 (source all amd64) into unstable (Matt Kraai)
[2013-11-15] libwebcam 0.2.4-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2013-11-05] Accepted libwebcam 0.2.4-1 (source all amd64) (Paulo Assis) (signed by: Nobuhiro Iwamatsu)
[2013-10-15] libwebcam REMOVED from testing (Debian testing watch)
[2012-06-05] libwebcam 0.2.2-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2012-05-16] Accepted libwebcam 0.2.2-1 (source all amd64) (Paulo Assis) (signed by: Nobuhiro Iwamatsu)
[2011-06-17] libwebcam 0.2.1-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2011-06-07] Accepted libwebcam 0.2.1-1 (source all amd64) (Paulo Assis) (signed by: Nobuhiro Iwamatsu)
[2010-03-22] libwebcam 0.2.0-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2010-03-11] Accepted libwebcam 0.2.0-1 (source all i386) (Paulo Assis) (signed by: Nobuhiro Iwamatsu)

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