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general

source: giac (main)
version: 1.9.0.93+dfsg2-4
maintainer: Debian Science Maintainers (archive) (DMD)
uploaders: Gilles Filippini [DMD] – Ximin Luo [DMD] – Ileana Dumitrescu [DMD] [DM]
arch: all amd64 arm64 armel armhf i386 mips64el mipsel
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: 1.6.0.41+dfsg1-1
oldstable: 1.9.0.35+dfsg2-1.1
stable: 1.9.0.93+dfsg2-3
testing: 1.9.0.93+dfsg2-4
unstable: 1.9.0.93+dfsg2-4

versioned links

1.6.0.41+dfsg1-1: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
1.9.0.35+dfsg2-1.1: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
1.9.0.93+dfsg2-3: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
1.9.0.93+dfsg2-4: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]

binaries

giac-doc
libgiac-dev
libgiac0t64 (1 bugs: 0, 0, 1, 0)
xcas (1 bugs: 0, 1, 0, 0)

action needed

A new upstream version is available: 2.0.0-21 high

A new upstream version 2.0.0-21 is available, you should consider packaging it.

Created: 2025-12-01 Last update: 2026-09-14 09:00

debian/patches: 5 patches with invalid metadata, 3 patches to forward upstream high

Among the 14 debian patches available in version 1.9.0.93+dfsg2-4 of the package, we noticed the following issues:

5 patches with invalid metadata that ought to be fixed.
3 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: 2026-03-28 06:21

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: 2024-05-03 Last update: 2026-09-14 09:01

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 1.9.0.93+dfsg2-5, 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 64f3608584841a48edee131f866cafbe4ea06868
Author: Ileana Dumitrescu <ileanadumi95@protonmail.com>
Date:   Fri Sep 4 21:32:15 2026 +0300

    d/libgiac-dev.lintian-overrides: Override config.h warning which was addressed in Bug#972827.

commit a0c84f946c8d5db0e1830c6b2263be6fde0384d8
Author: Ileana Dumitrescu <ileanadumi95@protonmail.com>
Date:   Fri Sep 4 21:27:46 2026 +0300

    d/patches: Add fix_appstream_warnings_with_xcas.patch to fix several Appstream warnings.

commit 979e003115a34f8b86f6b33313fe6058623c3f2f
Author: Ileana Dumitrescu <ileanadumi95@protonmail.com>
Date:   Fri Sep 4 17:14:15 2026 +0300

    d/clean, d/control: Replace embedded javascript library with package to fix lintian warning, embedded-javascript-library.

commit 46dabaf7914c7275f3b7ef5869b13b3430795492
Author: Ileana Dumitrescu <ileanadumi95@protonmail.com>
Date:   Thu Sep 3 21:17:36 2026 +0300

    d/libgiac0t64.lintian-overrides: Remove unused override.

commit 443f791e1014cbd6ef5e50566ccad6d3019bd717
Author: Ileana Dumitrescu <ileanadumi95@protonmail.com>
Date:   Thu Sep 3 21:16:29 2026 +0300

    d/control: Bump Standards-Version from 4.7.3 to 4.7.4 and debheper-compat version from 13 to 14.

commit ffae39e90ca617663f56076c5f84ea4f0374472b
Author: Ileana Dumitrescu <ileanadumi95@protonmail.com>
Date:   Thu Sep 3 20:26:01 2026 +0300

    d/copyright: Bump copyright year for debian files to 2026.

commit 2ea99e875a6c9319d36de0c4a4838e0acd67cae1
Author: Ileana Dumitrescu <ileanadumi95@protonmail.com>
Date:   Thu Sep 3 20:22:44 2026 +0300

    d/watch: Update to version 5.

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

Created: 2026-09-04 Last update: 2026-09-12 09:03

lintian reports 5 warnings normal

Lintian reports 5 warnings about this package. You should make the package lintian clean getting rid of them.

Created: 2024-03-15 Last update: 2026-05-15 13:30

AppStream hints: 3 warnings for xcas normal

AppStream found metadata issues for packages:

xcas: 3 warnings

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

Created: 2020-06-01 Last update: 2026-01-17 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 4.7.3).

Created: 2026-03-31 Last update: 2026-03-31 15:01

news

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[2026-04-02] giac 1.9.0.93+dfsg2-4 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2026-03-27] Accepted giac 1.9.0.93+dfsg2-4 (source) into unstable (Alexandre Detiste)
[2024-11-01] giac 1.9.0.93+dfsg2-3 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2024-10-26] Accepted giac 1.9.0.93+dfsg2-3 (source) into unstable (Gianfranco Costamagna)
[2024-05-03] giac 1.9.0.93+dfsg2-2 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2024-03-21] giac REMOVED from testing (Debian testing watch)
[2024-03-14] Accepted giac 1.9.0.93+dfsg2-2 (source) into unstable (Ileana Dumitrescu)
[2024-03-04] Accepted giac 1.9.0.93+dfsg2-1 (source) into unstable (Ileana Dumitrescu)
[2024-02-28] Accepted giac 1.9.0.69+dfsg2-1.1 (source) into unstable (Steve Langasek)
[2024-01-31] Accepted giac 1.9.0.69+dfsg2-1.1~exp1 (source) into experimental (Lukas Märdian)
[2023-11-13] giac 1.9.0.69+dfsg2-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2023-11-07] Accepted giac 1.9.0.69+dfsg2-1 (source) into unstable (Ileana Dumitrescu)
[2023-10-09] giac 1.9.0.59+dfsg2-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2023-10-03] Accepted giac 1.9.0.59+dfsg2-1 (source) into unstable (Ileana Dumitrescu)
[2023-09-26] giac 1.9.0.57+dfsg2-4 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2023-09-26] giac 1.9.0.57+dfsg2-4 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2023-09-20] Accepted giac 1.9.0.57+dfsg2-4 (source) into unstable (Ileana Dumitrescu)
[2023-09-12] Accepted giac 1.9.0.57+dfsg2-3 (source) into unstable (Ileana Dumitrescu)
[2023-08-23] Accepted giac 1.9.0.57+dfsg2-2 (source) into unstable (Ileana Dumitrescu)
[2023-07-11] Accepted giac 1.9.0.57+dfsg2-1 (source) into unstable (Ileana Dumitrescu)
[2023-04-11] Accepted giac 1.9.0.43+dfsg2-1 (source) into experimental (Ileana Dumitrescu)
[2023-03-16] Accepted giac 1.9.0.37+dfsg2-1 (source) into experimental (Ileana Dumitrescu)
[2023-02-10] giac 1.9.0.35+dfsg2-1.1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2023-02-07] Accepted giac 1.9.0.35+dfsg2-1.1 (source) into unstable (Adrian Bunk)
[2023-01-28] giac 1.9.0.35+dfsg2-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2023-01-28] giac 1.9.0.35+dfsg2-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2023-01-23] Accepted giac 1.9.0.35+dfsg2-1 (source) into unstable (Ileana Dumitrescu) (signed by: Julien Puydt)
[2023-01-13] giac 1.9.0.33+dfsg2-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2023-01-07] Accepted giac 1.9.0.33+dfsg2-1 (source) into unstable (Ileana Dumitrescu) (signed by: Julien Puydt)
[2022-11-28] giac 1.9.0.29+dfsg2-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)

bugs [bug history graph]

all: 3
RC: 0
I&N: 1
M&W: 2
F&P: 0
patch: 0

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