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general

source: nlopt (main)
version: 2.7.1-7.1
maintainer: Debian Science Maintainers (archive) (DMD)
uploaders: Christophe Trophime [DMD]
arch: all any
std-ver: 4.6.0
VCS: Git (Browse, QA)

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

[pool directory]

o-o-stable: 2.7.0-4
oldstable: 2.7.1-5
stable: 2.7.1-6
testing: 2.7.1-7.1
unstable: 2.7.1-7.1
exp: 2.11.0-1

versioned links

2.7.0-4: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
2.7.1-5: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
2.7.1-6: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
2.7.1-7.1: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
2.11.0-1: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]

binaries

libnlopt-cxx-dev
libnlopt-cxx0
libnlopt-dev
libnlopt-guile0
libnlopt0
nlopt-doc
octave-nlopt
python3-nlopt

action needed

Marked for autoremoval on 10 October due to dietlibc: #1145848, #1067946 high

Version 2.7.1-7.1 of nlopt is marked for autoremoval from testing on Sat 10 Oct 2026. It is affected by #1145848. The removal of nlopt will also cause the removal of (transitive) reverse dependencies: ariba, bolt-lmm, car, cura, effects, freefem++, libnest2d, lme4, mia, openturns, persalys, phyx, pointpats, pymia, pynest2d, pynpoint, pysatellites, python-mne, r-cran-aer, r-cran-afex, r-cran-arm, r-cran-blme, r-cran-bradleyterry2, r-cran-caic4, r-cran-dynlm, r-cran-factoextra, r-cran-factominer, r-cran-gamm4, r-cran-ggpubr, r-cran-glmmtmb, r-cran-jomo, r-cran-lmertest, r-cran-mertools, r-cran-mi, r-cran-mice, r-cran-mitml, r-cran-mlmrev, r-cran-nloptr, r-cran-optimx, r-cran-pbkrtest, r-cran-projpred, r-cran-rcmdrmisc, r-cran-rlrsim, r-cran-rockchalk, r-cran-rstatix, r-cran-sem, r-cran-semplot, r-cran-survminer, r-cran-systemfit, r-cran-vim, rcmdr, shovill, slic3r-prusa, spades, spopt, statsmodels, stellarium, tnseq-transit. It depends (transitively) on dietlibc, affected by #1067946. You should try to prevent the removal by fixing these RC bugs.

Created: 2026-09-03 Last update: 2026-09-11 07:31

Debci reports failed tests high

unstable: pass (log)
The tests ran in 0:01:19
Last run: 2026-05-28T04:45:55.000Z
Previous status: unknown

testing: fail (log)
The tests ran in 0:00:35
Last run: 2026-07-23T01:25:33.000Z
Previous status: unknown

stable: pass (log)
The tests ran in 0:00:54
Last run: 2026-07-18T09:16:45.000Z
Previous status: unknown

Created: 2026-02-01 Last update: 2026-09-11 06:30

A new upstream version is available: 2.11.0 high

A new upstream version 2.11.0 is available, you should consider packaging it.

Created: 2025-11-26 Last update: 2026-09-11 03:01

lintian reports 4 errors and 3 warnings high

Lintian reports 4 errors and 3 warnings about this package. You should make the package lintian clean getting rid of them.

Created: 2025-11-21 Last update: 2026-04-09 11:30

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: 2026-09-01 Last update: 2026-09-11 03:30

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 2.11.0-2, 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 9f56006f5288bca4705121939b3ed15186983d86
Author: Andreas Tille <tille@debian.org>
Date:   Tue Sep 1 21:21:35 2026 +0200

    d/copyright: Additions found by DFSG team

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

Created: 2025-10-08 Last update: 2026-09-09 06:02

debian/patches: 5 patches to forward upstream low

Among the 8 debian patches available in version 2.7.1-7.1 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: 2025-11-21 08:00

Standards version of the package is outdated. wishlist

The package should be updated to follow the last version of Debian Policy (Standards-Version 4.7.4 instead of 4.6.0).

Created: 2022-05-11 Last update: 2026-03-31 15:01

testing migrations

This package will soon be part of the auto-nlopt 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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[2026-09-01] Accepted nlopt 2.11.0-1 (source amd64 all) into experimental (Debian FTP Masters) (signed by: Andreas Tille)
[2025-11-23] nlopt 2.7.1-7.1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2025-11-20] Accepted nlopt 2.7.1-7.1 (source) into unstable (Christoph Berg)
[2025-10-08] nlopt 2.7.1-7 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2025-09-25] Accepted nlopt 2.7.1-7 (source) into unstable (Sébastien Villemot)
[2024-11-12] nlopt 2.7.1-6 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2024-11-09] Accepted nlopt 2.7.1-6 (source) into unstable (Stefano Rivera)
[2023-05-24] nlopt 2.7.1-5 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2023-05-14] Accepted nlopt 2.7.1-5 (source) into unstable (Nilesh Patra)
[2022-04-17] nlopt 2.7.1-4 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2022-04-14] Accepted nlopt 2.7.1-4 (source) into unstable (Sébastien Villemot)
[2022-01-23] nlopt 2.7.1-3 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2022-01-17] Accepted nlopt 2.7.1-3 (source) into unstable (Sébastien Villemot)
[2021-12-15] nlopt 2.7.1-2 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2021-12-13] Accepted nlopt 2.7.1-2 (source) into unstable (Rafael Laboissière)
[2021-12-10] nlopt 2.7.1-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2021-12-08] Accepted nlopt 2.7.1-1 (source) into unstable (Rafael Laboissière)
[2021-11-15] nlopt 2.7.0-5 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2021-11-12] Accepted nlopt 2.7.0-5 (source) into unstable (Rafael Laboissière)
[2020-11-26] nlopt 2.7.0-4 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2020-11-23] Accepted nlopt 2.7.0-4 (source) into unstable (Rafael Laboissière)
[2020-11-21] Accepted nlopt 2.7.0-2 (source) into unstable (Rafael Laboissière)
[2020-11-19] Accepted nlopt 2.7.0-1 (source) into unstable (Rafael Laboissière)
[2020-02-16] nlopt 2.6.1-8 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2020-02-05] Accepted nlopt 2.6.1-8 (source) into unstable (Sébastien Villemot)
[2019-12-02] nlopt 2.6.1-7 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2019-11-30] Accepted nlopt 2.6.1-7 (source) into unstable (Drew Parsons)
[2019-11-14] Accepted nlopt 2.6.1-6 (source) into unstable (Rafael Laboissiere) (signed by: Rafael Laboissière)
[2019-10-13] nlopt 2.6.1-5 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2019-10-08] Accepted nlopt 2.6.1-5 (source) into unstable (Drew Parsons)

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ubuntu

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version: 2.7.1-7.1ubuntu1
1 bug
patches for 2.7.1-7.1ubuntu1