tigervnc - Debian Package Tracker

general

source: tigervnc (main)
version: 1.15.0+dfsg-2.2
maintainer: TigerVNC Packaging Team (archive) (DMD)
uploaders: Yaroslav Halchenko [DMD] – Ola Lundqvist [DMD] – Mike Gabriel [DMD] – Joachim Falk [DMD] [DM] – Antoni Villalonga [DMD]
arch: any
std-ver: 4.6.2
VCS: Git (Browse, QA)

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

[pool directory]

o-o-stable: 1.11.0+dfsg-2+deb11u1
oldstable: 1.12.0+dfsg-8
stable: 1.15.0+dfsg-2.1~deb13u1
unstable: 1.15.0+dfsg-2.2

versioned links

1.11.0+dfsg-2+deb11u1: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
1.12.0+dfsg-8: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
1.15.0+dfsg-2.1~deb13u1: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
1.15.0+dfsg-2.2: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]

binaries

tigervnc-common (1 bugs: 0, 1, 0, 0)
tigervnc-scraping-server
tigervnc-standalone-server (2 bugs: 0, 1, 1, 0)
tigervnc-tools
tigervnc-viewer (1 bugs: 0, 0, 1, 0)
tigervnc-xorg-extension (2 bugs: 0, 2, 0, 0)

action needed

A new upstream version is available: 1.16.2 high

A new upstream version 1.16.2 is available, you should consider packaging it.

Created: 2026-10-08 Last update: 2026-10-10 09:30

lintian reports 4 errors and 3 warnings high

Lintian reports 4 errors and 3 warnings about this package. You should make the package lintian clean getting rid of them.

Created: 2026-07-03 Last update: 2026-07-03 18:16

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 1.16.2+dfsg-1~RC1, 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 eaaed712b5a5b7a24bd52b3e446cc1ee11619e03
Author: Joachim Falk <joachim.falk@gmx.de>
Date:   Fri Oct 9 18:54:43 2026 +0200

    Fixed FTBFS with libtool 2.6.2 by modifying debian/rules so that debian libtool patch is no longer applied. (Closes: #1146304)
    
    However, this will reopen bug #966238 in tigervnc-xorg-extension.

commit 4c03ea0a4a1788200e04aff809191995ef9c3584
Author: Ileana Dumitrescu <ileanadumitrescu95@gmail.com>
Date:   Mon Oct 5 21:20:09 2026 +0300

    d/rules: Remove dpkg-parsechangelog in favour of DEB variables in pkg-info.

commit 2633f6337ac3fd172186a1157efb0f5ace61e508
Author: Ileana Dumitrescu <ileanadumitrescu95@gmail.com>
Date:   Mon Oct 5 21:09:17 2026 +0300

    d/control: Update obsolete package name, libselinux1-dev => libselinux-dev.

commit e22b1d9370b019cf98ad0396370e603d211c9d5c
Author: Ileana Dumitrescu <ileanadumitrescu95@gmail.com>
Date:   Mon Oct 5 21:07:34 2026 +0300

    d/control: Update arch specific strings and remove invalid ones.

commit e363b40445b8fed3144d62224b8fa1f4ca359abb
Author: Ileana Dumitrescu <ileanadumitrescu95@gmail.com>
Date:   Mon Oct 5 21:05:23 2026 +0300

    d/control: Bump debhelper-compat from 13 to 14 and Standards-Version from 4.6.2 to 4.7.4.

commit 4be30a03646c5232952a4d0eefe75a2a596b6e56
Author: Ileana Dumitrescu <ileanadumitrescu95@gmail.com>
Date:   Mon Oct 5 20:54:43 2026 +0300

    d/patches: Remove upstream applied security fix, and refresh other patches.

commit 0908b26238d43dfdd31a20ba824fee0fcfb16cbb
Author: Ileana Dumitrescu <ileanadumitrescu95@gmail.com>
Date:   Mon Oct 5 20:39:54 2026 +0300

    d/watch: Update Version to 5.

commit 5c8331ce5dff95bf29140de8002cfcfbdb37b852
Author: Ileana Dumitrescu <ileanadumitrescu95@gmail.com>
Date:   Mon Oct 5 20:39:40 2026 +0300

    d/copyright: Update Files-Excluded to remove files that are not packaged in tar from upstream.

commit b4a2f102a3bae0a7b2f0f84a099b03acca6c9283
Author: Joachim Falk <joachim.falk@gmx.de>
Date:   Thu Oct 8 19:28:01 2026 +0200

    New upstream release.

commit e49010b74ae398ba610f817a6e7b822513e3dbfe
Merge: 0cc0686 89b6d90
Author: Joachim Falk <joachim.falk@gmx.de>
Date:   Thu Oct 8 19:19:36 2026 +0200

    Merge remote-tracking branch 'remotes/origin/upstream'

commit 89b6d904c626095d7194ba44a245472ac65b0849
Author: Joachim Falk <joachim.falk@fau.de>
Date:   Sun Jun 21 21:28:19 2026 +0200

    New upstream version 1.16.2+dfsg

Created: 2026-06-21 Last update: 2026-10-09 19:50

debian/patches: 6 patches to forward upstream low

Among the 10 debian patches available in version 1.15.0+dfsg-2.2 of the package, we noticed the following issues:

6 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: 2026-10-06 00:30

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 4.6.2).

Created: 2024-04-07 Last update: 2026-10-05 16:49

testing migrations

excuses:
- Migration status for tigervnc (- to 1.15.0+dfsg-2.2): BLOCKED: Rejected/violates migration policy/introduces a regression
- Issues preventing migration:
- ∙ ∙ Updating tigervnc would introduce bugs in testing: #1146304
- Additional info (not blocking):
- ∙ ∙ Piuparts tested OK - https://piuparts.debian.org/sid/source/t/tigervnc.html
- ∙ ∙ Reproduced on amd64 - info
- ∙ ∙ Reproduced on arm64 - info
- ∙ ∙ Reproduced on armhf - info
- ∙ ∙ Reproduced on i386 - info
- ∙ ∙ 5 days old (needed 5 days)
- Not considered

news

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[2026-10-05] Accepted tigervnc 1.15.0+dfsg-2.2 (source) into unstable (Adrian Bunk)
[2026-09-30] tigervnc REMOVED from testing (Debian testing watch)
[2026-07-07] tigervnc 1.15.0+dfsg-2.1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2026-07-04] Accepted tigervnc 1.15.0+dfsg-2.1~deb13u1 (source) into proposed-updates (Debian FTP Masters) (signed by: Adrian Bunk)
[2026-07-03] Accepted tigervnc 1.15.0+dfsg-2.1 (source) into unstable (Adrian Bunk)
[2025-05-16] tigervnc 1.15.0+dfsg-2 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2025-05-05] Accepted tigervnc 1.15.0+dfsg-2 (source) into unstable (Joachim Falk)
[2025-04-29] tigervnc 1.15.0+dfsg-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2025-04-18] Accepted tigervnc 1.15.0+dfsg-1 (source) into unstable (Joachim Falk)
[2024-11-16] tigervnc 1.14.1+dfsg-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2024-11-10] Accepted tigervnc 1.14.1+dfsg-1 (source) into unstable (Joachim Falk)
[2024-07-20] tigervnc 1.13.1+dfsg-3 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2024-07-13] Accepted tigervnc 1.13.1+dfsg-3 (source) into unstable (Joachim Falk)
[2024-01-18] tigervnc 1.13.1+dfsg-2 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2024-01-13] Accepted tigervnc 1.13.1+dfsg-2 (source) into unstable (Joachim Falk)
[2024-01-12] tigervnc 1.13.1+dfsg-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2024-01-06] Accepted tigervnc 1.13.1+dfsg-1 (source) into unstable (Joachim Falk)
[2023-01-12] tigervnc 1.12.0+dfsg-8 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2023-01-06] Accepted tigervnc 1.12.0+dfsg-8 (source) into unstable (Joachim Falk)
[2023-01-03] tigervnc 1.12.0+dfsg-7 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2022-12-28] Accepted tigervnc 1.12.0+dfsg-7 (source) into unstable (Joachim Falk)
[2022-12-25] tigervnc 1.12.0+dfsg-6 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2022-12-19] Accepted tigervnc 1.12.0+dfsg-6 (source) into unstable (Joachim Falk)
[2022-09-26] tigervnc 1.12.0+dfsg-5 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2022-09-20] Accepted tigervnc 1.12.0+dfsg-5 (source) into unstable (Joachim Falk)
[2022-06-18] Accepted tigervnc 1.11.0+dfsg-2+deb11u1 (source) into proposed-updates->stable-new, proposed-updates (Debian FTP Masters) (signed by: Joachim Falk)
[2022-03-31] tigervnc 1.12.0+dfsg-4 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2022-03-25] Accepted tigervnc 1.12.0+dfsg-4 (source) into unstable (Joachim Falk)
[2022-02-23] tigervnc 1.12.0+dfsg-3 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2022-02-15] Accepted tigervnc 1.12.0+dfsg-3 (source) into unstable (Joachim Falk)

bugs [bug history graph]

all: 9
RC: 0
I&N: 5
M&W: 3
F&P: 1
patch: 0

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version: 1.15.0+dfsg-2.1
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