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source: mame (main)
version: 0.284+dfsg1-1
maintainer: Debian Games Team (archive) (DMD)
uploaders: Jordi Mallach [DMD] – Emmanuel Kasper [DMD] – Cesare Falco [DMD]
arch: all any
std-ver: 4.7.2
VCS: Git (Browse, QA)

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

[pool directory]

o-o-stable: 0.228+dfsg.1-1
oldstable: 0.251+dfsg.1-1
stable: 0.276+dfsg.1-1+deb13u1
testing: 0.284+dfsg1-1
unstable: 0.284+dfsg1-1

versioned links

0.228+dfsg.1-1: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
0.251+dfsg.1-1: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
0.276+dfsg.1-1+deb13u1: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
0.284+dfsg1-1: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]

binaries

mame (3 bugs: 0, 2, 1, 0)
mame-data
mame-doc
mame-tools (1 bugs: 0, 1, 0, 0)

action needed

Marked for autoremoval on 13 February: #1121717 high

Version 0.284+dfsg1-1 of mame is marked for autoremoval from testing on Fri 13 Feb 2026. It is affected by #1121717. The removal of mame will also cause the removal of (transitive) reverse dependencies: mame-extra, mess-desktop-entries. You should try to prevent the removal by fixing these RC bugs.

Created: 2025-12-20 Last update: 2026-02-03 07:31

A new upstream version is available: 0.285 high

A new upstream version 0.285 is available, you should consider packaging it.

Created: 2026-02-02 Last update: 2026-02-03 02:02

Does not build reproducibly during 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: 2025-08-15 Last update: 2026-02-03 01:31

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 0.285+dfsg1-1, distribution unstable) and new commits in its VCS. You should consider whether it's time to make an upload.

Here are the relevant commit messages:

commit 031d3fbea720187bbc566904eb1a8d76b156de80
Author: Cesare Falco <c.falco@ubuntu.com>
Date:   Fri Jan 30 15:45:18 2026 +0100

    Update changelog

commit a73f3bc275fcaf08e19ebb113ea8db57ae55558f
Author: Cesare Falco <c.falco@ubuntu.com>
Date:   Fri Jan 30 15:44:48 2026 +0100

    Update patches

commit 1972d3c47781b3d30ada472ebdc73a45999bfdb9
Merge: 8dc14229 edcf3684
Author: Cesare Falco <c.falco@ubuntu.com>
Date:   Fri Jan 30 15:23:33 2026 +0100

    Update upstream source from tag 'upstream/0.285+dfsg1'
    
    Update to upstream version '0.285+dfsg1'
    with Debian dir 8d5537981912e891fcd674380c9beaf423355a73

commit edcf368435cbdbf7ecf4ef22feccb06662101613
Author: Cesare Falco <c.falco@ubuntu.com>
Date:   Fri Jan 30 14:49:27 2026 +0100

    New upstream version 0.285+dfsg1

Created: 2026-01-30 Last update: 2026-01-31 00:32

lintian reports 695 warnings normal

Lintian reports 695 warnings about this package. You should make the package lintian clean getting rid of them.

Created: 2026-01-09 Last update: 2026-01-20 18:01

AppStream hints: 1 warning normal

AppStream found metadata issues for packages:

mame: 1 warning

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

Created: 2020-06-01 Last update: 2020-06-01 01:13

debian/patches: 5 patches to forward upstream low

Among the 7 debian patches available in version 0.284+dfsg1-1 of the package, we noticed the following issues:

5 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: 2026-01-09 08:32

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: 2020-08-15 Last update: 2024-06-06 10:03

Standards version of the package is outdated. wishlist

The package should be updated to follow the last version of Debian Policy (Standards-Version 4.7.3 instead of 4.7.2).

Created: 2025-12-23 Last update: 2026-01-09 06:30

news

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[2026-01-15] mame 0.284+dfsg1-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2026-01-08] Accepted mame 0.284+dfsg1-1 (source) into unstable (Jordi Mallach)
[2025-11-12] Accepted mame 0.282+dfsg1-1 (source) into unstable (Jordi Mallach)
[2025-10-05] mame 0.281+dfsg1-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2025-09-30] Accepted mame 0.281+dfsg1-1 (source) into unstable (Jordi Mallach)
[2025-09-16] mame 0.280+dfsg.1-3 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2025-09-12] mame 0.280+dfsg.1-2 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2025-09-11] Accepted mame 0.280+dfsg.1-3 (source) into unstable (Andreas Tille)
[2025-09-05] Accepted mame 0.280+dfsg.1-2 (source) into unstable (Jordi Mallach)
[2025-09-04] Accepted mame 0.280+dfsg.1-1 (source) into unstable (Jordi Mallach)
[2025-08-26] mame 0.279+dfsg.1-2 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2025-08-22] Accepted mame 0.276+dfsg.1-1+deb13u1 (source) into proposed-updates (Debian FTP Masters) (signed by: Jordi Mallach)
[2025-08-19] Accepted mame 0.279+dfsg.1-2 (source) into unstable (Jordi Mallach)
[2025-08-19] Accepted mame 0.279+dfsg.1-1 (source) into unstable (Jordi Mallach)
[2025-08-13] mame 0.277+dfsg.1-4 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2025-05-14] Accepted mame 0.277+dfsg.1-4 (source) into unstable (Jordi Mallach)
[2025-05-04] Accepted mame 0.277+dfsg.1-3 (source) into unstable (Jordi Mallach)
[2025-05-04] Accepted mame 0.277+dfsg.1-2 (source) into unstable (Jordi Mallach)
[2025-05-03] Accepted mame 0.277+dfsg.1-1 (source) into unstable (Jordi Mallach)
[2025-04-12] mame 0.276+dfsg.1-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2025-04-06] Accepted mame 0.276+dfsg.1-1 (source) into unstable (Jordi Mallach)
[2025-03-10] mame 0.275+dfsg.1-3 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2025-03-05] Accepted mame 0.275+dfsg.1-3 (source) into unstable (Jordi Mallach)
[2025-03-04] Accepted mame 0.275+dfsg.1-2 (source) into unstable (Jordi Mallach)
[2025-03-03] Accepted mame 0.275+dfsg.1-1 (source) into unstable (Jordi Mallach)
[2025-02-25] mame REMOVED from testing (Debian testing watch)
[2025-02-10] Accepted mame 0.274+dfsg.1-2 (source) into unstable (Jordi Mallach)
[2025-02-04] Accepted mame 0.274+dfsg.1-1 (source) into unstable (Cesare Falco) (signed by: Jordi Mallach)
[2025-01-06] Accepted mame 0.273+dfsg.1-1 (source) into unstable (Cesare Falco) (signed by: Jordi Mallach)
[2024-12-06] Accepted mame 0.272+dfsg.1-1 (source) into unstable (Cesare Falco) (signed by: Jordi Mallach)

bugs [bug history graph]

all: 9
RC: 1
I&N: 6
M&W: 2
F&P: 0
patch: 0

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