vlc - Debian Package Tracker

general

source: vlc (main)
version: 3.0.23-3
maintainer: Debian Multimedia Maintainers (archive) (DMD)
uploaders: Reinhard Tartler [DMD] – Benjamin Drung [DMD] – Sebastian Ramacher [DMD] – Mateusz Łukasik [DMD]
arch: all any
std-ver: 4.7.4
VCS: Git (Browse, QA)

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

[pool directory]

o-o-stable: 3.0.21-0+deb11u1
o-o-sec: 3.0.23-0+deb11u1
oldstable: 3.0.22-0+deb12u1
old-sec: 3.0.23-0+deb12u1
old-p-u: 3.0.23-0+deb12u1
stable: 3.0.23-0+deb13u1
stable-sec: 3.0.23-0+deb13u1
testing: 3.0.23-3
unstable: 3.0.23-3

versioned links

3.0.21-0+deb11u1: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
3.0.22-0+deb12u1: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
3.0.23-0+deb11u1: [.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]
3.0.23-3: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]

binaries

libvlc-bin
libvlc-dev
libvlc5
libvlccore-dev
libvlccore9
vlc (42 bugs: 0, 34, 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

lintian reports 12 errors and 6 warnings high

Lintian reports 12 errors and 6 warnings about this package. You should make the package lintian clean getting rid of them.

Created: 2026-04-23 Last update: 2026-04-23 20:30

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: 2026-04-27 09:33

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: 2026-04-27 09:00

1 bug tagged patch in the BTS normal

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

Created: 2026-04-06 Last update: 2026-04-27 09:00

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: 2026-04-27 08:31

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

Issues found with some translations low

Automatic checks made by the Debian l10n team found some issues with the translations contained in this package. You should check the l10n status report for more information.

Issues can be things such as missing translations, problematic translated strings, outdated PO files, unknown languages, etc.

Created: 2026-04-24 Last update: 2026-04-24 14:32

debian/patches: 5 patches to forward upstream low

Among the 5 debian patches available in version 3.0.23-3 of the package, we noticed the following issues:

5 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: 2026-04-23 19:00

testing migrations

This package is part of the ongoing testing transition known as auto-libspatialaudio. Please avoid uploads unrelated to this transition, they would likely delay it and require supplementary work from the release managers. On the other hand, if your package has problems preventing it to migrate to testing, please fix them as soon as possible. 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-pupnp 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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[2026-04-25] vlc 3.0.23-3 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2026-04-23] Accepted vlc 3.0.23-3 (source) into unstable (Sebastian Ramacher)
[2026-03-22] Accepted vlc 3.0.23-0+deb11u1 (source) into oldoldstable-security (Utkarsh Gupta)
[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)

bugs [bug history graph]

all: 62 65
RC: 0
I&N: 46 48
M&W: 16 17
F&P: 0
patch: 1
help: 1

links

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ubuntu

[Information about Ubuntu for Debian Developers]

version: 3.0.23-1
90 bugs (1 patch)