brltty - Debian Package Tracker

general

source: brltty (main)
version: 6.9.1+repack-1
maintainer: Debian Accessibility Team (archive) (DMD)
uploaders: Samuel Thibault [DMD]
arch: all 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: 6.3+dfsg-1+deb11u1
oldstable: 6.5-7+deb12u1
old-bpo: 6.7-3.1+deb13u3~bpo12+1
stable: 6.7-3.1+deb13u3
stable-bpo: 6.9.1+repack-1~bpo13+1
testing: 6.9.1+repack-1
unstable: 6.9.1+repack-1

versioned links

6.3+dfsg-1+deb11u1: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
6.5-7+deb12u1: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
6.7-3.1+deb13u3~bpo12+1: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
6.7-3.1+deb13u3: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
6.9.1-1~bpo13+1: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
6.9.1+repack-1~bpo13+1: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
6.9.1+repack-1: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]

binaries

brltty (11 bugs: 0, 8, 3, 0)
brltty-espeak
brltty-flite
brltty-speechd
brltty-udeb (1 bugs: 0, 0, 1, 0)
brltty-x11 (1 bugs: 0, 1, 0, 0)
cl-brlapi
libbrlapi-dev
libbrlapi-java
libbrlapi-jni
libbrlapi0.8
python3-brlapi
xbrlapi (1 bugs: 0, 1, 0, 0)

action needed

lintian reports 1 error and 24 warnings high

Lintian reports 1 error and 24 warnings about this package. You should make the package lintian clean getting rid of them.

Created: 2026-04-08 Last update: 2026-07-16 21:17

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 6.9.1+repack-2, 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 36482635c90d58366cea45595b025ef4e7949ef4
Author: Paulo Henrique de Lima Santana <phls@debian.org>
Date:   Fri Jul 24 20:25:47 2026 +0200

    po/pt_BR.po: Update translation
    
    (Closes: Bug#1142742)

commit 89d3bcf577bccf9c554b0040f48d62f50ff2045c
Author: Samuel Thibault <samuel.thibault@ens-lyon.org>
Date:   Sat Jul 18 09:59:08 2026 +0200

    Add changelog

commit af64181e151c8d4a69ebc127ee450848569c0864
Author: Carles Pina i Estany <carles@pina.cat>
Date:   Sat Jul 18 06:57:03 2026 +0000

    Update po-debconf Catalan translation

commit 1357f9be963b3c49ad55e8e75b40b10f28bf9ef7
Author: Samuel Thibault <samuel.thibault@ens-lyon.org>
Date:   Fri Jul 17 17:40:08 2026 +0200

    close bug

commit b0093a8ff5784f15c0a4030553dd9360101afcf5
Author: Helge Kreutzmann <debian@helgefjell.de>
Date:   Fri Jul 17 17:39:12 2026 +0200

    po/de.po: Update translation

commit eb0324888dcf5d0c7ae33f44ddf4a82091767aba
Author: Américo Monteiro <a_monteiro@gmx.com>
Date:   Thu Jul 16 20:29:04 2026 +0200

    po/pt.po: Update translation

commit f0a6e485627eefbb5bf64aa576267de6568dcf7b
Author: Samuel Thibault <samuel.thibault@ens-lyon.org>
Date:   Thu Jul 16 16:03:24 2026 +0200

    control: Drop old policykit-1 dependency
    
    removed in trixie

https://salsa.debian.org/api/v4/projects/a11y-team%2Fbrltty API request failed: 401 Unauthorized at /srv/qa.debian.org/data/vcswatch/vcswatch line 410.

Created: 2026-07-16 Last update: 2026-07-24 20:32

AppStream hints: 2 warnings for brltty normal

AppStream found metadata issues for packages:

brltty: 2 warnings

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

Created: 2025-05-02 Last update: 2025-05-02 22:01

debian/patches: 5 patches to forward upstream low

Among the 5 debian patches available in version 6.9.1+repack-1 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: 2026-07-16 12:20

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: 2026-07-16 Last update: 2026-07-16 11:33

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: 2022-05-11 Last update: 2026-07-15 22:51

news

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[2026-07-21] Accepted brltty 6.9.1+repack-1~bpo13+1 (source) into stable-backports (Samuel Thibault)
[2026-07-21] brltty 6.9.1+repack-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2026-07-15] Accepted brltty 6.9.1+repack-1 (source) into unstable (Samuel Thibault)
[2026-05-24] Accepted brltty 6.7-3.1+deb13u3~bpo12+1 (source) into oldstable-backports (Samuel Thibault)
[2026-04-14] Accepted brltty 6.9.1-1~bpo13+1 (source) into stable-backports (Samuel Thibault)
[2026-04-13] brltty 6.9.1-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2026-04-07] Accepted brltty 6.9.1-1 (source) into unstable (Samuel Thibault)
[2026-03-08] Accepted brltty 6.9-3~bpo13+1 (source) into stable-backports (Samuel Thibault)
[2026-03-08] brltty 6.9-3 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2026-03-06] Accepted brltty 6.9-3 (source) into unstable (Samuel Thibault)
[2026-02-28] Accepted brltty 6.9-2~bpo13+1 (source) into stable-backports (Samuel Thibault)
[2026-02-27] Accepted brltty 6.7-3.1+deb13u3 (source) into proposed-updates (Debian FTP Masters) (signed by: Samuel Thibault)
[2026-02-26] brltty 6.9-2 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2026-02-20] Accepted brltty 6.9-2 (source) into unstable (Samuel Thibault)
[2026-02-17] Accepted brltty 6.9-1 (source) into unstable (Samuel Thibault)
[2026-01-21] Accepted brltty 6.8-5~bpo13+1 (source) into stable-backports (Samuel Thibault)
[2026-01-21] brltty 6.8-5 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2026-01-15] Accepted brltty 6.8-5 (source) into unstable (Samuel Thibault)
[2025-11-23] Accepted brltty 6.8-4~bpo13+1 (source) into stable-backports (Samuel Thibault)
[2025-11-23] brltty 6.8-4 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2025-11-17] Accepted brltty 6.8-4 (source) into unstable (Samuel Thibault)
[2025-11-09] Accepted brltty 6.7-3.1+deb13u2~bpo12+1 (source) into oldstable-backports (Samuel Thibault)
[2025-10-19] Accepted brltty 6.7-3.1+deb13u2 (source) into proposed-updates (Debian FTP Masters) (signed by: Samuel Thibault)
[2025-09-16] Accepted brltty 6.8-3~bpo13+1 (source) into stable-backports (Samuel Thibault)
[2025-09-16] brltty 6.8-3 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2025-09-10] Accepted brltty 6.8-3 (source) into unstable (Samuel Thibault)
[2025-08-31] Accepted brltty 6.8-2~bpo13+1 (source amd64 all) into stable-backports (Debian FTP Masters) (signed by: Samuel Thibault)
[2025-08-30] brltty 6.8-2 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2025-08-25] Accepted brltty 6.8-2 (source) into unstable (Samuel Thibault)
[2025-07-12] Accepted brltty 6.8-1 (source amd64 all) into experimental (Samuel Thibault)

bugs [bug history graph]

all: 15 16
RC: 0
I&N: 9 10
M&W: 3
F&P: 3
patch: 0

links

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lintian (1, 24)
buildd: logs, reproducibility, cross
popcon
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other distros
security tracker
l10n (25, 78)
debian patches

ubuntu

[Information about Ubuntu for Debian Developers]

version: 6.7-1ubuntu6
patches for 6.7-1ubuntu6