arb - Debian Package Tracker

general

source: arb (non-free)
version: 7.0+ds-1
maintainer: Debian Med Packaging Team (archive) (DMD) (LowNMU)
uploaders: Andreas Tille [DMD] – Elmar Pruesse [DMD]
arch: all 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: 6.0.6-4
oldstable: 6.0.6-5
stable: 6.0.6-8
unstable: 7.0+ds-1

versioned links

6.0.6-4: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
6.0.6-5: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
6.0.6-8: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
7.0+ds-1: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]

binaries

arb
arb-common
arb-doc
libarb
libarb-dev

action needed

lintian reports 13 warnings high

Lintian reports 13 warnings about this package. You should make the package lintian clean getting rid of them.

Created: 2025-07-21 Last update: 2026-10-23 22:00

1 new commit 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 c43e7f21d9a6913b46420631bd067fd0e00f5da7
Author: Andreas Tille <tille@debian.org>
Date:   Fri Oct 23 13:14:06 2026 +0200

    Do not build on i386 and permit blhc failure

Created: 2025-05-18 Last update: 2026-10-23 15:02

AppStream hints: 1 warning normal

AppStream found metadata issues for packages:

arb: 1 warning

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

Created: 2020-06-01 Last update: 2020-06-01 01:12

debian/patches: 13 patches to forward upstream low

Among the 13 debian patches available in version 7.0+ds-1 of the package, we noticed the following issues:

13 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: 2026-10-23 21:30

testing migrations

This package will soon be part of the auto-xerces-c 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.
excuses:
- Migrates after: mrbayes
- Migration status for arb (- to 7.0+ds-1): BLOCKED: Maybe temporary, maybe blocked but Britney is missing information (check below)
- Issues preventing migration:
- ∙ ∙ Missing build on arm64
- ∙ ∙ Missing build on armhf
- ∙ ∙ Missing build on i386
- ∙ ∙ Missing build on riscv64
- ∙ ∙ Missing build on s390x
- ∙ ∙ Autopkgtest deferred on arm64: missing arch:arm64 build
- ∙ ∙ Autopkgtest deferred on armhf: missing arch:armhf build
- ∙ ∙ Autopkgtest deferred on i386: missing arch:i386 build
- ∙ ∙ Autopkgtest deferred on riscv64: missing arch:riscv64 build
- ∙ ∙ Autopkgtest deferred on s390x: missing arch:s390x build
- ∙ ∙ Lintian check waiting for test results on s390x, riscv64, i386, arm64, armhf - info
- ∙ ∙ Too young, only 2 of 5 days old
- ∙ ∙ Depends: arb mrbayes (not considered)
- Additional info (not blocking):
- ∙ ∙ Piuparts can't test arb (not a blocker) - (no link yet)
- Not considered

news

[rss feed]

[2026-10-23] Accepted arb 7.0+ds-1 (source all amd64) into unstable (Andreas Tille)
[2025-10-06] arb REMOVED from testing (Debian testing watch)
[2024-09-13] arb 6.0.6-8 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2024-08-24] Accepted arb 6.0.6-8 (source) into unstable (Étienne Mollier)
[2024-04-28] arb REMOVED from testing (Debian testing watch)
[2023-08-23] arb 6.0.6-7 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2023-08-18] Accepted arb 6.0.6-7 (source) into unstable (Michael R. Crusoe) (signed by: Michael Robin Crusoe)
[2023-08-17] Accepted arb 6.0.6-6 (source) into unstable (Michael R. Crusoe) (signed by: Michael Robin Crusoe)
[2021-11-11] arb 6.0.6-5 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2021-11-05] Accepted arb 6.0.6-5 (source) into unstable (Nilesh Patra)
[2021-02-10] arb 6.0.6-4 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2020-07-14] arb REMOVED from testing (Debian testing watch)
[2018-07-23] arb 6.0.6-4 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2018-07-17] Accepted arb 6.0.6-4 (source) into unstable (Andreas Tille)
[2017-12-24] arb 6.0.6-3 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2017-12-19] Accepted arb 6.0.6-3 (source) into unstable (Andreas Tille)
[2017-09-18] arb 6.0.6-2 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2017-09-13] Accepted arb 6.0.6-2 (source all amd64) into unstable (Fabian Klötzl) (signed by: Andreas Tille)
[2016-12-18] arb 6.0.6-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2016-12-07] Accepted arb 6.0.6-1 (source all amd64) into unstable (Andreas Tille)
[2016-09-23] arb 6.0.3-2 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2016-09-17] Accepted arb 6.0.3-2 (source all amd64) into unstable (Sascha Steinbiss)
[2015-12-16] arb 6.0.3-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2015-12-13] Accepted arb 6.0.2-1+deb8u1 (source amd64 all) into proposed-updates->stable-new, proposed-updates (Andreas Tille)
[2015-12-10] Accepted arb 6.0.3-1 (source all amd64) into unstable (Andreas Tille)
[2015-07-28] arb 6.0.2-2 MIGRATED to testing (Britney)
[2015-07-22] Accepted arb 6.0.2-2 (source all amd64) into unstable (Andreas Tille)
[2014-10-02] arb 6.0.2-1 MIGRATED to testing (Britney)
[2014-09-11] Accepted arb 6.0.2-1 (source amd64 all) into unstable, unstable (Elmar Pruesse) (signed by: Andreas Tille)
[2013-12-22] arb 5.5-5 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)

bugs [bug history graph]

all: 0

links

homepage
lintian (0, 13)
buildd: logs, cross
popcon
browse source code
other distros
security tracker
l10n (80, -)
debian patches

ubuntu

[Information about Ubuntu for Debian Developers]

version: 6.0.6-8