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general

source: scilab (main)
version: 2024.1.0+dfsg1-1
maintainer: Debian Science Maintainers (archive) (DMD)
uploaders: Julien Puydt [DMD] – Pierre Gruet [DMD]
arch: all any
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: 6.1.0+dfsg1-7
oldstable: 6.1.1+dfsg2-6
stable: 2024.1.0+dfsg-6
testing: 2024.1.0+dfsg-8
unstable: 2024.1.0+dfsg1-1

versioned links

6.1.0+dfsg1-7: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
6.1.1+dfsg2-6: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
2024.1.0+dfsg-6: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
2024.1.0+dfsg-8: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
2024.1.0+dfsg1-1: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]

binaries

scilab (2 bugs: 0, 0, 2, 0)
scilab-cli (1 bugs: 0, 0, 1, 0)
scilab-data
scilab-doc
scilab-doc-fr
scilab-doc-ja
scilab-doc-pt-br
scilab-full-bin (1 bugs: 0, 0, 1, 0)
scilab-include
scilab-minimal-bin
scilab-test (1 bugs: 0, 0, 1, 0)

action needed

A new upstream version is available: 2026.0.0 high

A new upstream version 2026.0.0 is available, you should consider packaging it.

Created: 2025-11-27 Last update: 2026-02-03 13:19

debian/patches: 7 patches with invalid metadata high

Among the 33 debian patches available in version 2024.1.0+dfsg1-1 of the package, we noticed the following issues:

7 patches with invalid metadata that ought to be fixed.

Created: 2023-02-26 Last update: 2026-01-30 11:31

Depends on packages which need a new maintainer normal

The packages that scilab depends on which need a new maintainer are:

docbook-xsl (#802370)
- Depends: docbook-xsl
- Build-Depends: docbook-xsl
libjgraphx-java (#907548)
- Depends: libjgraphx-java
- Build-Depends: libjgraphx-java

Created: 2019-11-22 Last update: 2026-02-03 16:30

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: 2025-07-08 Last update: 2026-02-03 13:22

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 2024.1.0+dfsg1-2, 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 8bccc4731bd712f7e3f4fa46b3c0b40d515b0571
Author: Pierre Gruet <pgt@debian.org>
Date:   Sun Feb 1 23:43:54 2026 +0100

    Passing the gettext 0.26 directory of m4 files to autoreconf

Created: 2026-02-01 Last update: 2026-02-01 23:23

AppStream hints: 1 warning for scilab,scilab-cli normal

AppStream found metadata issues for packages:

scilab-cli: 1 warning

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

Created: 2019-06-13 Last update: 2024-04-09 14:32

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

testing migrations

excuses:
- Migration status for scilab (2024.1.0+dfsg-8 to 2024.1.0+dfsg1-1): Waiting for test results or another package, or too young (no action required now - check later)
- Issues preventing migration:
- ∙ ∙ Too young, only 4 of 5 days old
- Additional info (not blocking):
- ∙ ∙ Updating scilab will fix bugs in testing: #1106083
- ∙ ∙ Piuparts tested OK - https://piuparts.debian.org/sid/source/s/scilab.html
- ∙ ∙ Autopkgtest skipped on i386: not installable (which is allowed)
- ∙ ∙ Autopkgtest for scilab/2024.1.0+dfsg1-1: amd64: Pass, arm64: Pass, ppc64el: Pass, riscv64: Pass, s390x: No tests, superficial or marked flaky ♻
- ∙ ∙ Not reproducible on amd64 (not a regression): scilab-data, scilab-doc, scilab-doc-fr, scilab-doc-ja, scilab-doc-pt-br
- ∙ ∙ Not reproducible on arm64 (not a regression): scilab-data, scilab-doc, scilab-doc-fr, scilab-doc-ja, scilab-doc-pt-br
- ∙ ∙ Not reproducible on armhf (not a regression): scilab-data, scilab-doc, scilab-doc-fr, scilab-doc-ja, scilab-doc-pt-br
- ∙ ∙ Not reproducible on i386 (not a regression): scilab-data, scilab-doc, scilab-doc-fr, scilab-doc-ja, scilab-doc-pt-br
- ∙ ∙ Not reproducible on ppc64el (not a regression): scilab-data, scilab-doc, scilab-doc-fr, scilab-doc-ja, scilab-doc-pt-br
- Not considered

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[2026-01-29] Accepted scilab 2024.1.0+dfsg1-1 (source) into unstable (Pierre Gruet)
[2025-10-17] scilab 2024.1.0+dfsg-8 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2025-10-11] Accepted scilab 2024.1.0+dfsg-8 (source) into unstable (Pierre Gruet)
[2025-08-23] scilab 2024.1.0+dfsg-7 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2025-08-18] Accepted scilab 2024.1.0+dfsg-7 (source) into unstable (Pierre Gruet)
[2024-10-14] scilab 2024.1.0+dfsg-6 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2024-10-09] Accepted scilab 2024.1.0+dfsg-6 (source) into unstable (Pierre Gruet)
[2024-09-19] scilab 2024.1.0+dfsg-5 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2024-09-13] Accepted scilab 2024.1.0+dfsg-5 (source) into unstable (Bastian Germann) (signed by: bage@debian.org)
[2024-08-21] scilab 2024.1.0+dfsg-4 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2024-08-16] Accepted scilab 2024.1.0+dfsg-4 (source) into unstable (Pierre Gruet)
[2024-08-12] scilab 2024.1.0+dfsg-3 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2024-08-06] Accepted scilab 2024.1.0+dfsg-3 (source) into unstable (Pierre Gruet)
[2024-07-17] scilab 2024.1.0+dfsg-2 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2024-07-11] Accepted scilab 2024.1.0+dfsg-2 (source) into unstable (Pierre Gruet)
[2024-06-10] scilab 2024.1.0+dfsg-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2024-06-03] Accepted scilab 2024.1.0+dfsg-1 (source) into unstable (Pierre Gruet)
[2024-05-07] scilab 2024.0.0+dfsg-6 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2024-05-07] scilab 2024.0.0+dfsg-6 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2024-04-08] Accepted scilab 2024.0.0+dfsg-6 (source) into unstable (Pierre Gruet)
[2023-12-03] scilab 2024.0.0+dfsg-5 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2023-11-27] Accepted scilab 2024.0.0+dfsg-5 (source) into unstable (Pierre Gruet)
[2023-11-27] Accepted scilab 2024.0.0+dfsg-4 (source) into unstable (Pierre Gruet)
[2023-11-26] Accepted scilab 2024.0.0+dfsg-3 (source) into unstable (Pierre Gruet)
[2023-11-26] Accepted scilab 2024.0.0+dfsg-2 (source) into unstable (Pierre Gruet)
[2023-11-25] Accepted scilab 2024.0.0+dfsg-1 (source) into unstable (Pierre Gruet)
[2023-11-16] scilab 6.1.1+dfsg2-10 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2023-11-10] Accepted scilab 6.1.1+dfsg2-10 (source) into unstable (Pierre Gruet)
[2023-07-31] scilab 6.1.1+dfsg2-9 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2023-07-25] Accepted scilab 6.1.1+dfsg2-9 (source) into unstable (Pierre Gruet)

bugs [bug history graph]

all: 7
RC: 0
I&N: 1
M&W: 6
F&P: 0
patch: 0

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