vlc - Debian Package Tracker

general

source: vlc (main)
version: 3.0.23-1
maintainer: Debian Multimedia Maintainers (archive) (DMD)
uploaders: Reinhard Tartler [DMD] – Benjamin Drung [DMD] – Sebastian Ramacher [DMD] – Mateusz Łukasik [DMD]
arch: all any
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: 3.0.21-0+deb11u1
o-o-sec: 3.0.21-0+deb11u1
oldstable: 3.0.21-0+deb12u1
old-sec: 3.0.23-0+deb12u1
old-p-u: 3.0.23-0+deb12u1
stable: 3.0.21-10
stable-sec: 3.0.23-0+deb13u1
stable-p-u: 3.0.23-0+deb13u1
testing: 3.0.23-1
unstable: 3.0.23-1
exp: 3.0.23-2

versioned links

3.0.21-0+deb11u1: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
3.0.21-0+deb12u1: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
3.0.21-10: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
3.0.23-0+deb12u1: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
3.0.23-0+deb13u1: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
3.0.23-1: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
3.0.23-2: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]

binaries

libvlc-bin
libvlc-dev
libvlc5
libvlccore-dev
libvlccore9
vlc (43 bugs: 0, 35, 8, 0)
vlc-bin
vlc-data
vlc-l10n
vlc-plugin-access-extra
vlc-plugin-base
vlc-plugin-fluidsynth
vlc-plugin-jack (2 bugs: 0, 2, 0, 0)
vlc-plugin-notify
vlc-plugin-qt
vlc-plugin-samba
vlc-plugin-skins2
vlc-plugin-svg
vlc-plugin-video-output
vlc-plugin-video-splitter
vlc-plugin-visualization

action needed

1 security issue in bullseye high

There is 1 open security issue in bullseye.

1 important issue:

CVE-2025-51602:

Created: 2026-01-09 Last update: 2026-01-10 13:00

lintian reports 12 errors and 7 warnings high

Lintian reports 12 errors and 7 warnings about this package. You should make the package lintian clean getting rid of them.

Created: 2025-12-30 Last update: 2025-12-30 05:30

1 bug tagged help in the BTS normal

The BTS contains 1 bug tagged help, please consider helping the maintainer in dealing with it.

Created: 2019-03-21 Last update: 2026-01-14 12:17

1 bug tagged patch in the BTS normal

The BTS contains patches fixing 1 bug, consider including or untagging them.

Created: 2025-01-06 Last update: 2026-01-14 12:17

Depends on packages which need a new maintainer normal

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

speexdsp (#1093634)
- Depends: libspeexdsp1
- Build-Depends: libspeexdsp-dev

Created: 2025-08-07 Last update: 2026-01-14 11:00

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: 2016-04-06 Last update: 2026-01-14 09:03

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 7e7839886b02069b438a59c4fdd75d8dcef60b25
Author: Sebastian Ramacher <sramacher@debian.org>
Date:   Tue Jan 13 19:36:44 2026 +0100

    Revert "Switch to Qt6"
    
    This reverts commit 0648ae1e1343a32e743e87ccaa317e1a4a249334.

commit 80e4eb1ec343be1a4a468832d7d840b4bc2089eb
Author: Sebastian Ramacher <sramacher@debian.org>
Date:   Fri Jan 2 13:02:15 2026 +0100

    Update upstream signing key

Created: 2026-01-02 Last update: 2026-01-13 19:33

AppStream hints: 1 warning normal

AppStream found metadata issues for packages:

vlc: 1 warning

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

Created: 2022-01-21 Last update: 2022-01-21 06:05

debian/patches: 3 patches to forward upstream low

Among the 3 debian patches available in version 3.0.23-1 of the package, we noticed the following issues:

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: 2026-01-02 20:32

testing migrations

This package will soon be part of the auto-libspatialaudio 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.
This package will soon be part of the auto-protobuf 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.

news

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[2026-01-10] Accepted vlc 3.0.23-0+deb12u1 (source) into oldstable-proposed-updates (Debian FTP Masters) (signed by: Sebastian Ramacher)
[2026-01-10] Accepted vlc 3.0.23-0+deb13u1 (source) into proposed-updates (Debian FTP Masters) (signed by: Sebastian Ramacher)
[2026-01-08] Accepted vlc 3.0.23-0+deb12u1 (source) into oldstable-security (Debian FTP Masters) (signed by: Sebastian Ramacher)
[2026-01-08] Accepted vlc 3.0.23-0+deb13u1 (source) into stable-security (Debian FTP Masters) (signed by: Sebastian Ramacher)
[2026-01-05] vlc 3.0.23-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2026-01-02] Accepted vlc 3.0.23-2 (source) into experimental (Sebastian Ramacher)
[2026-01-02] Accepted vlc 3.0.23-1 (source) into unstable (Sebastian Ramacher)
[2026-01-01] vlc 3.0.22-4 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2025-12-29] Accepted vlc 3.0.22-4 (source) into unstable (Sebastian Ramacher)
[2025-12-29] Accepted vlc 3.0.22-3 (source) into unstable (Sebastian Ramacher)
[2025-12-20] Accepted vlc 3.0.22-0+deb12u1 (source) into oldstable-proposed-updates (Debian FTP Masters) (signed by: Sebastian Ramacher)
[2025-12-20] Accepted vlc 3.0.22-0+deb13u1 (source) into proposed-updates (Debian FTP Masters) (signed by: Sebastian Ramacher)
[2025-12-18] vlc 3.0.22-2 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2025-12-14] Accepted vlc 3.0.22-0+deb12u1 (source) into oldstable-security (Debian FTP Masters) (signed by: Sebastian Ramacher)
[2025-12-14] Accepted vlc 3.0.22-0+deb13u1 (source) into stable-security (Debian FTP Masters) (signed by: Sebastian Ramacher)
[2025-12-10] Accepted vlc 3.0.22-2 (source) into unstable (Sebastian Ramacher)
[2025-12-08] vlc 3.0.22-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2025-12-05] Accepted vlc 3.0.22-1 (source) into unstable (Sebastian Ramacher)
[2025-11-22] vlc 3.0.22~rc2-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2025-11-20] Accepted vlc 3.0.22~rc2-1 (source) into unstable (Sebastian Ramacher)
[2025-09-30] vlc 3.0.22~rc1-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2025-09-28] Accepted vlc 3.0.22~rc1-1 (source) into unstable (Sebastian Ramacher)
[2025-09-04] vlc 3.0.21-11 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2025-08-29] Accepted vlc 3.0.21-11 (source) into unstable (Sebastian Ramacher)
[2025-05-25] vlc 3.0.21-10 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2025-05-18] Accepted vlc 3.0.21-10 (source) into unstable (Sebastian Ramacher)
[2025-03-10] vlc 3.0.21-9 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2025-03-07] Accepted vlc 3.0.21-9 (source) into unstable (Sebastian Ramacher)
[2025-03-07] Accepted vlc 3.0.21-8 (source) into unstable (Bastian Germann) (signed by: bage@debian.org)
[2025-01-27] vlc 3.0.21-7 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)

bugs [bug history graph]

all: 64 67
RC: 0
I&N: 48 50
M&W: 16 17
F&P: 0
patch: 1
help: 1

links

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lintian (12, 7)
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l10n (-, 63)
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ubuntu

[Information about Ubuntu for Debian Developers]

version: 3.0.23-1
85 bugs (1 patch)