bluefish - Debian Package Tracker

general

source: bluefish (main)
version: 2.4.2-1
maintainer: Jonathan Carter (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: 2.2.12-1.1
oldstable: 2.2.12-1.1
stable: 2.2.17-1
testing: 2.4.1-1.1
unstable: 2.4.2-1

versioned links

2.2.12-1.1: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
2.2.17-1: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
2.4.1-1.1: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
2.4.2-1: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]

binaries

bluefish (5 bugs: 0, 4, 1, 0)
bluefish-data (1 bugs: 0, 1, 0, 0)
bluefish-plugins

action needed

1 binary package has unsatisfiable dependencies high

The dependencies of bluefish=2.4.2-1 cannot be satisfied in unstable on loong64, riscv64, armhf, amd64, arm64, ppc64el, s390x, and i386 because: unsatisfied dependency on bluefish-data (= 2.4.2-1)

Created: 2026-09-10 Last update: 2026-09-14 09:30

Marked for autoremoval on 03 October: #1146709 high

Version 2.4.1-1.1 of bluefish is marked for autoremoval from testing on Sat 03 Oct 2026. It is affected by #1146709. You should try to prevent the removal by fixing these RC bugs.

Created: 2026-09-11 Last update: 2026-09-14 08:33

AppStream hints: 1 error and 1 warning for bluefish high

AppStream found metadata issues for packages:

bluefish: 1 error and 1 warning

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

Created: 2020-02-21 Last update: 2026-08-05 02:00

The package has not entered testing even though the delay is over normal

The package has not entered testing even though the 5-day delay is over. Check why.

Created: 2026-08-09 Last update: 2026-09-14 08:32

Depends on packages which need a new maintainer normal

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

csstidy (#842594)
- Suggests: csstidy

Created: 2019-11-22 Last update: 2026-09-14 07:02

lintian reports 7 warnings normal

Lintian reports 7 warnings about this package. You should make the package lintian clean getting rid of them.

Created: 2026-08-04 Last update: 2026-08-04 23:49

piuparts found (un)installation error(s) normal

Piuparts stresses package installation, uninstallation, upgrade, ... While doing such tests, one or more errors were found for the following suites:

sid - piuparts

You should fix them.

Created: 2026-08-04 Last update: 2026-08-04 16:01

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 4.7.2).

Created: 2025-12-23 Last update: 2026-08-04 19:30

testing migrations

excuses:
- Migration status for bluefish (2.4.1-1.1 to 2.4.2-1): BLOCKED: Rejected/violates migration policy/introduces a regression
- Issues preventing migration:
- ∙ ∙ bluefish/amd64 has unsatisfiable dependency
- ∙ ∙ bluefish/arm64 has unsatisfiable dependency
- ∙ ∙ bluefish/armhf has unsatisfiable dependency
- ∙ ∙ bluefish/i386 has unsatisfiable dependency
- ∙ ∙ bluefish/loong64 has unsatisfiable dependency
- ∙ ∙ bluefish/ppc64el has unsatisfiable dependency
- ∙ ∙ bluefish/riscv64 has unsatisfiable dependency
- ∙ ∙ bluefish/s390x has unsatisfiable dependency
- ∙ ∙ Updating bluefish would introduce bugs in testing: #1143643
- ∙ ∙ Missing build on all
- ∙ ∙ Autopkgtest deferred: missing arch:all build
- ∙ ∙ Lintian check waiting for test results on all - info
- ∙ ∙ Reproducibility check deferred on amd64: missing builds - info
- ∙ ∙ Reproducibility check deferred on arm64: missing builds - info
- ∙ ∙ Reproducibility check deferred on armhf: missing builds - info
- ∙ ∙ Reproducibility check deferred on i386: missing builds - info
- Additional info (not blocking):
- ∙ ∙ Updating bluefish will fix bugs in testing: #1146709
- ∙ ∙ Piuparts can't test bluefish (not a blocker) - https://piuparts.debian.org/sid/source/b/bluefish.html
- ∙ ∙ 41 days old (needed 5 days)
- Not considered

news

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[2026-08-04] Accepted bluefish 2.4.2-1 (source) into unstable (Jonathan Carter)
[2026-06-14] bluefish 2.4.1-1.1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2026-06-08] Accepted bluefish 2.4.1-1.1 (source) into unstable (Adrian Bunk)
[2026-06-07] bluefish REMOVED from testing (Debian testing watch)
[2026-04-18] bluefish 2.4.1-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2026-04-13] Accepted bluefish 2.4.1-1 (source) into unstable (Jonathan Carter)
[2026-03-15] bluefish 2.4.0-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2026-03-09] Accepted bluefish 2.4.0-1 (source) into unstable (Jonathan Carter)
[2025-12-06] bluefish 2.2.19-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2025-11-30] Accepted bluefish 2.2.19-1 (source) into unstable (Jonathan Carter)
[2025-09-03] bluefish REMOVED from testing (Debian testing watch)
[2025-04-09] bluefish 2.2.17-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2025-04-03] Accepted bluefish 2.2.17-1 (source) into unstable (Jonathan Carter)
[2024-10-12] bluefish 2.2.16-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2024-10-07] Accepted bluefish 2.2.16-1 (source) into unstable (Jonathan Carter)
[2024-05-03] bluefish 2.2.15-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2024-04-13] bluefish REMOVED from testing (Debian testing watch)
[2024-03-26] Accepted bluefish 2.2.15-1 (source) into unstable (Jonathan Carter)
[2023-06-25] bluefish 2.2.14-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2023-06-19] Accepted bluefish 2.2.14-1 (source) into unstable (Jonathan Carter)
[2023-06-13] bluefish 2.2.13-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2023-03-06] Accepted bluefish 2.2.13-1 (source) into unstable (Jonathan Carter)
[2021-03-29] bluefish 2.2.12-1.1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2021-03-24] Accepted bluefish 2.2.12-1.1 (source) into unstable (Boyuan Yang)
[2020-11-15] bluefish 2.2.12-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2020-11-10] Accepted bluefish 2.2.12-1 (source) into unstable (Jonathan Carter)
[2020-07-31] bluefish 2.2.11+svn-r8872-3 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2020-07-24] Accepted bluefish 2.2.11+svn-r8872-3 (source) into unstable (Jonathan Carter)
[2020-07-20] Accepted bluefish 2.2.11+svn-r8872-2 (source) into unstable (Jonathan Carter)
[2020-07-19] Accepted bluefish 2.2.11+svn-r8872-1 (source) into unstable (Jonathan Carter)

bugs [bug history graph]

all: 7
RC: 1
I&N: 5
M&W: 1
F&P: 0
patch: 0

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ubuntu

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version: 2.4.1-1.1
14 bugs