xft - Debian Package Tracker

general

source: xft (main)
version: 2.3.6-1
maintainer: Debian X Strike Force (archive) (DMD)
arch: any
std-ver: 4.6.0
VCS: Git (Browse, QA)

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

[pool directory]

oldstable: 2.3.2-2
stable: 2.3.6-1
testing: 2.3.6-1
unstable: 2.3.6-1

versioned links

2.3.2-2: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
2.3.6-1: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]

binaries

libxft-dev (1 bugs: 0, 1, 0, 0)
libxft2 (2 bugs: 0, 2, 0, 0)
libxft2-udeb

action needed

A new upstream version is available: 2.3.9 high

A new upstream version 2.3.9 is available, you should consider packaging it.

Created: 2025-04-06 Last update: 2025-07-26 02:33

lintian reports 1 error and 9 warnings high

Lintian reports 1 error and 9 warnings about this package. You should make the package lintian clean getting rid of them.

Created: 2022-10-03 Last update: 2024-11-15 03:34

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: 2025-07-26 05:32

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 2.3.6-2, 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 6deda34b2d46858797e71dd7560b2b796e949219
Author: Diederik de Haas <didi.debian@cknow.org>
Date:   Sat Aug 19 00:10:05 2023 +0200

    d/control: Replace transitional B-D/D with their targets
    
    Both libfontconfig1-dev and libfreetype6-dev have been transitional
    packages since bullseye, so replace them with their targets.

commit c1b9aa4273653c92bc34f7d9abc5d1c240dd4fee
Author: Debian Janitor <janitor@jelmer.uk>
Date:   Fri Oct 14 10:19:21 2022 +0000

    Remove constraints unnecessary since buster (oldstable)
    
    * Build-Depends: Drop versioned constraint on libx11-dev, libxrender-dev and xutils-dev.
    * libxft-dev: Drop versioned constraint on libx11-dev in Depends.
    
    Changes-By: deb-scrub-obsolete

commit 291f03d986693f3aacb5bdd4d0722f081712061f
Merge: 8bfb74f 1cf4e5a
Author: Timo Aaltonen <tjaalton@debian.org>
Date:   Mon Oct 3 08:14:57 2022 +0000

    Merge branch 'lintian-fixes' into 'debian-unstable'
    
    Fix some issues reported by lintian
    
    See merge request xorg-team/lib/xft!1

commit 1cf4e5acfbc85f16fc9acd3df85788e6f5f8a6b2
Author: Timo Aaltonen <tjaalton@debian.org>
Date:   Mon Oct 3 08:13:34 2022 +0000

    Update changelog

commit 114611edeb656bd3e59ac05134a5fb2b1becc3d5
Merge: 9988630 8bfb74f
Author: Timo Aaltonen <tjaalton@debian.org>
Date:   Mon Oct 3 08:13:03 2022 +0000

    Merge branch 'debian-unstable' into 'lintian-fixes'
    
    # Conflicts:
    #   debian/changelog

commit 9988630c55e82c2b91d684e46b4bbe5e0da60fcc
Author: Debian Janitor <janitor@jelmer.uk>
Date:   Sat Sep 3 00:06:34 2022 +0000

    Check upstream PGP signatures.
    
    Changes-By: lintian-brush
    Fixes: lintian: debian-watch-does-not-check-gpg-signature
    See-also: https://lintian.debian.org/tags/debian-watch-does-not-check-gpg-signature.html
    Fixes: lintian: debian-watch-file-pubkey-file-is-missing
    See-also: https://lintian.debian.org/tags/debian-watch-file-pubkey-file-is-missing.html

commit 70696badd01300ecccf7483d8b434ee04a5193f6
Author: Debian Janitor <janitor@jelmer.uk>
Date:   Sat Sep 3 00:06:17 2022 +0000

    Update standards version to 4.6.1, no changes needed.
    
    Changes-By: lintian-brush
    Fixes: lintian: out-of-date-standards-version
    See-also: https://lintian.debian.org/tags/out-of-date-standards-version.html

commit 3f570c27b59b3e4ece62aec2378efb9dbfc4402c
Author: Debian Janitor <janitor@jelmer.uk>
Date:   Sat Sep 3 00:06:17 2022 +0000

    Drop transition for old debug package migration.
    
    Changes-By: lintian-brush
    Fixes: lintian: debug-symbol-migration-possibly-complete
    See-also: https://lintian.debian.org/tags/debug-symbol-migration-possibly-complete.html

commit 432f687bb32d11f48fa3a107d3644140108255b2
Author: Debian Janitor <janitor@jelmer.uk>
Date:   Sat Sep 3 00:06:16 2022 +0000

    Use canonical URL in Vcs-Git.
    
    Changes-By: lintian-brush
    Fixes: lintian: vcs-field-not-canonical
    See-also: https://lintian.debian.org/tags/vcs-field-not-canonical.html

commit 8c751affc6dbca133a818f40bcc73d1b454039f3
Author: Debian Janitor <janitor@jelmer.uk>
Date:   Sat Sep 3 00:06:16 2022 +0000

    Replace XC-Package-Type with Package-Type.
    
    Changes-By: lintian-brush
    Fixes: lintian: adopted-extended-field
    See-also: https://lintian.debian.org/tags/adopted-extended-field.html

commit 8133cb18ee2b2b35ba30e1ed76a11c433e02be21
Author: Debian Janitor <janitor@jelmer.uk>
Date:   Sat Sep 3 00:06:11 2022 +0000

    Add missing ${misc:Depends} to Depends for libxft2-udeb.
    
    Changes-By: lintian-brush
    Fixes: lintian: debhelper-but-no-misc-depends
    See-also: https://lintian.debian.org/tags/debhelper-but-no-misc-depends.html

Created: 2022-10-03 Last update: 2025-07-23 04:30

Standards version of the package is outdated. wishlist

The package should be updated to follow the last version of Debian Policy (Standards-Version 4.7.2 instead of 4.6.0).

Created: 2022-05-11 Last update: 2025-02-27 13:25

news

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[2022-10-08] xft 2.3.6-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2022-10-03] Accepted xft 2.3.6-1 (source) into unstable (Timo Aaltonen)
[2022-04-06] xft 2.3.4-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2022-04-06] xft 2.3.4-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2022-04-01] Accepted xft 2.3.4-1 (source) into unstable (Timo Aaltonen)
[2018-04-23] xft 2.3.2-2 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2018-04-17] Accepted xft 2.3.2-2 (source) into unstable (Emilio Pozuelo Monfort)
[2014-07-19] xft 2.3.2-1 MIGRATED to testing (Britney)
[2014-07-13] Accepted xft 2.3.2-1 (source amd64) (Julien Cristau)
[2014-01-24] xft 2.3.1-2 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2014-01-18] Accepted xft 2.3.1-2 (source amd64) (Julien Cristau)
[2012-06-25] xft 2.3.1-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2012-06-16] Accepted xft 2.3.1-1 (source amd64) (Cyril Brulebois)
[2011-06-23] xft 2.2.0-3 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2011-06-12] Accepted xft 2.2.0-3 (source amd64) (Julien Cristau)
[2011-02-21] xft 2.2.0-2 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2011-02-10] Accepted xft 2.2.0-2 (source amd64) (Julien Cristau)
[2011-01-14] Accepted xft 2.2.0-1 (source amd64) (Cyril Brulebois)
[2010-03-22] xft 2.1.14-2 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2010-03-11] Accepted xft 2.1.14-2 (source amd64) (Cyril Brulebois)
[2009-12-14] xft 2.1.14-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2009-12-03] Accepted xft 2.1.14-1 (source i386) (Julien Cristau)
[2009-02-26] xft 2.1.13-3 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2009-02-15] Accepted xft 2.1.13-3 (source amd64) (Julien Cristau)
[2008-07-26] Accepted xft 2.1.13-2 (source i386) (Julien Cristau)
[2008-07-19] Accepted xft 2.1.13-1 (source i386) (Julien Cristau)
[2008-06-21] xft 2.1.12-3 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2008-06-10] Accepted xft 2.1.12-3 (source i386) (Julien Cristau)
[2007-04-24] xft 2.1.12-2 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2007-04-10] Accepted xft 2.1.12-2 (source i386) (Julien Cristau)

bugs [bug history graph]

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

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