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general

source: screen (main)
version: 5.0.2-1
maintainer: Axel Beckert (DMD)
uploaders: Peter Dey [DMD] – Otto Kekäläinen [DMD]
arch: any
std-ver: 4.7.4
VCS: Git (Browse, QA)

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

[pool directory]

o-o-stable: 4.8.0-6
oldstable: 4.9.0-4
stable: 4.9.1-3
testing: 5.0.2-1
unstable: 5.0.2-1

versioned links

4.8.0-6: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
4.9.0-4: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
4.9.1-3: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
5.0.2-1: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]

binaries

screen (21 bugs: 0, 15, 6, 0)
screen-udeb

action needed

2 bugs tagged patch in the BTS normal

The BTS contains patches fixing 2 bugs, consider including or untagging them.

Created: 2026-09-02 Last update: 2026-09-26 21:30

2 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 d53e177c6d509317d4a618037f1905ce501366bf
Author: Peter Dey <debian@realmtech.net>
Date:   Thu Sep 24 23:08:38 2026 +0200

    Add commit SHA's to patches that have been pushed to upstream git

commit 8493b709349d7740827b00d3025d5069a7b3a39d
Author: Peter Dey <debian@realmtech.net>
Date:   Tue Sep 8 20:14:56 2026 +0200

    Add patch 109 for default bell rendition encoding (Closes: #1147166)
    
    Literals were encoded for screen-v4 encoding attribute layout and no longer map to the correct defaults.

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

Created: 2026-09-24 Last update: 2026-09-24 23:02

lintian reports 4 warnings normal

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

Created: 2026-08-29 Last update: 2026-08-29 21:19

debian/patches: 9 patches to forward upstream low

Among the 21 debian patches available in version 5.0.2-1 of the package, we noticed the following issues:

9 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: 2026-08-29 22:00

news

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[2026-09-04] screen 5.0.2-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2026-08-29] Accepted screen 5.0.2-1 (source) into unstable (Peter Dey) (signed by: Otto Kekäläinen)
[2026-06-22] screen 5.0.1-3 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2026-06-19] Accepted screen 5.0.1-3 (source) into unstable (Peter Dey) (signed by: Otto Kekäläinen)
[2026-05-25] screen 5.0.1-2 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2026-05-16] Accepted screen 5.0.1-2 (source) into unstable (Otto Kekäläinen)
[2026-04-23] Accepted screen 5.0.1-1.1 (source) into unstable (Cyril Brulebois)
[2026-04-18] Accepted screen 5.0.1-1 (source) into unstable (Peter Dey) (signed by: Otto Kekäläinen)
[2026-01-09] screen 4.9.1-3.1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2026-01-07] Accepted screen 4.9.1-3.1 (source) into unstable (Adrian Bunk)
[2025-05-23] screen 4.9.1-3 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2025-05-18] Accepted screen 4.9.1-3 (source) into unstable (Axel Beckert)
[2025-05-17] screen 4.9.1-2 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2025-05-10] Accepted screen 4.9.1-2 (source) into unstable (Chris Hofstaedtler) (signed by: Christian Hofstaedtler)
[2023-09-14] screen 4.9.1-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2023-09-06] Accepted screen 4.9.1-1 (source) into unstable (Axel Beckert)
[2023-01-16] screen 4.9.0-4 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2023-01-09] Accepted screen 4.9.0-4 (source) into unstable (Axel Beckert)
[2022-11-16] screen 4.9.0-3 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2022-11-13] Accepted screen 4.9.0-3 (source) into unstable (Axel Beckert)
[2022-08-29] screen 4.9.0-2 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2022-08-24] Accepted screen 4.9.0-2 (source) into unstable (Axel Beckert)
[2022-02-09] screen 4.9.0-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2022-02-02] Accepted screen 4.9.0-1 (source) into unstable (Axel Beckert)
[2021-09-06] screen 4.8.0-7 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2021-09-02] Accepted screen 4.8.0-7 (source) into unstable (Axel Beckert)
[2021-03-09] screen 4.8.0-6 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2021-02-27] Accepted screen 4.8.0-6 (source) into unstable (Axel Beckert)
[2021-02-24] Accepted screen 4.6.2-3+deb10u1 (source) into proposed-updates->stable-new, proposed-updates (Debian FTP Masters) (signed by: Axel Beckert)
[2021-02-22] screen 4.8.0-5 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)

bugs [bug history graph]

all: 20 22
RC: 0
I&N: 14 15
M&W: 5 6
F&P: 1
patch: 2

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