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general

source: xscreensaver (main)
version: 6.09+dfsg1-2
maintainer: Tormod Volden (DMD)
arch: any
std-ver: 4.7.0
VCS: Git (Browse, QA)

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

[pool directory]

o-o-stable: 5.45+dfsg1-2
oldstable: 6.06+dfsg1-3+deb12u1
old-bpo: 6.08+dfsg1-1~bpo12+1
stable: 6.09+dfsg1-1
testing: 6.09+dfsg1-2
unstable: 6.09+dfsg1-2

versioned links

5.45+dfsg1-2: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
6.06+dfsg1-3+deb12u1: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
6.08+dfsg1-1~bpo12+1: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
6.09+dfsg1-1: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
6.09+dfsg1-2: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]

binaries

xscreensaver (121 bugs: 0, 62, 59, 0)
xscreensaver-data (5 bugs: 0, 3, 2, 0)
xscreensaver-data-extra (7 bugs: 0, 6, 1, 0)
xscreensaver-gl (10 bugs: 0, 4, 6, 0)
xscreensaver-gl-extra (1 bugs: 0, 1, 0, 0)
xscreensaver-screensaver-bsod
xscreensaver-screensaver-webcollage (2 bugs: 0, 1, 1, 0)

action needed

A new upstream version is available: 6.15 high

A new upstream version 6.15 is available, you should consider packaging it.

Created: 2025-11-26 Last update: 2026-04-15 17:47

2 bugs tagged patch in the BTS normal

The BTS contains patches fixing 2 bugs, consider including or untagging them.

Created: 2026-04-06 Last update: 2026-04-15 21:30

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 6.15+dfsg-1, 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 0946b285371ada368fa5d1fa7aad51835e227cd8
Author: Tormod Volden <debian.tormod@gmail.com>
Date:   Sun Apr 12 16:34:57 2026 +0200

    Update changelog with 6.14 and 6.15 changes

commit 77c4528208760c8b777e265f7918ecf05006d0aa
Author: Tormod Volden <debian.tormod@gmail.com>
Date:   Sun Apr 12 16:11:02 2026 +0200

    screensavers-desktop-qa.sh: Detect scripts in hacks/glx

commit 164252fd9529a4f56083220846f83a59881c294b
Author: Tormod Volden <debian.tormod@gmail.com>
Date:   Sun Apr 12 16:14:13 2026 +0200

    Update two desktop files with updated hack descriptions
    
    Regeneration done with:
    
        for f in hacks/config/*.xml
        do
          n="$(basename $f .xml)"
          debian/screensavers-desktop-qa.sh "$f" \
            > "debian/screensavers-desktop-files/$n.desktop"
        done

commit e48f0aa2c4399be3df309c27b1451e2a85d2e58b
Author: Tormod Volden <debian.tormod@gmail.com>
Date:   Sun Apr 12 18:16:44 2026 +0200

    Include xshadertoy in -gl package

commit dabbfdcceac5b9e7c3f91e4336d3cf5862c4bdd9
Author: Tormod Volden <debian.tormod@gmail.com>
Date:   Sun Apr 12 15:47:41 2026 +0200

    Add new hacks to package

commit b1a161af2f47860060f1883fa5f262fc0c34853c
Author: Tormod Volden <debian.tormod@gmail.com>
Date:   Sun Apr 12 15:08:12 2026 +0200

    Refresh patches
    
    Drop two obsolete patches.

commit 78e54e700fe39fb133abce70603901b8915df49a
Merge: 981bce8 1cb00f6
Author: Tormod Volden <debian.tormod@gmail.com>
Date:   Sun Apr 12 19:43:05 2026 +0200

    Update upstream source from tag 'upstream/6.15+dfsg'
    
    Update to upstream version '6.15+dfsg'
    with Debian dir 78df848aeff19950f73765da0444e43a180df865

commit 981bce8d1f71ebad1d9e3e65532bc368fe09c413
Merge: 9fef08a 7a24ac6
Author: Tormod Volden <debian.tormod@gmail.com>
Date:   Sun Apr 12 19:43:03 2026 +0200

    Update upstream source from tag 'upstream/6.14+dfsg'
    
    Update to upstream version '6.14+dfsg'
    with Debian dir 78df848aeff19950f73765da0444e43a180df865

commit 9fef08aab8a6d2dea64c370915dfc836c77c2ff4
Author: Tormod Volden <debian.tormod@gmail.com>
Date:   Sun Dec 7 17:00:31 2025 +0100

    Update changelog with new upstream version

commit 11ba0d061ca68a6d93d5ca8252d3adb52badd7c8
Author: Tormod Volden <debian.tormod@gmail.com>
Date:   Sun Dec 7 16:03:15 2025 +0100

    Bump debhelper from 12 to 13

commit 84a79b00f177b1486f40cf067fbb03f0bd308e2d
Author: Tormod Volden <debian.tormod@gmail.com>
Date:   Sun Apr 12 19:41:38 2026 +0200

    Bump Standards-Version to 4.7.4

commit 2a8f27c2c18e09520780cf955c843e2d6088b8ba
Author: Tormod Volden <debian.tormod@gmail.com>
Date:   Sun Dec 7 14:11:57 2025 +0100

    Patch po/ca.po to be UTF-8
    
    Instead of converting it in debian/rules.
    
    This pleases the translation QA check, and also makes sure
    any upstream fix will be detected instead of getting broken
    by a conversion too much.

commit 87b9c443d681d1e150834456150538075072b3a9
Author: Tormod Volden <debian.tormod@gmail.com>
Date:   Sun Dec 7 14:05:07 2025 +0100

    Add new hacks to package

commit 137b0c8a13f97d5a059e6ae42a0585002e96c6fb
Author: Tormod Volden <debian.tormod@gmail.com>
Date:   Sun Dec 7 14:04:51 2025 +0100

    Refresh patches
    
    Drop two patches that got applied upstream.

commit 0ee3d3ebc22d05ef82e516589ec6d88c2bac7c10
Merge: ebf0f40 649e97c
Author: Tormod Volden <debian.tormod@gmail.com>
Date:   Sun Apr 12 19:40:05 2026 +0200

    Update upstream source from tag 'upstream/6.13+dfsg'
    
    Update to upstream version '6.13+dfsg'
    with Debian dir be893cd375c193000d2a001c52dcedc998727c9d

commit ebf0f4041e89ffd55445ca4a310715178dbd0708
Author: Tormod Volden <debian.tormod@gmail.com>
Date:   Sat Dec 6 15:59:27 2025 +0100

    Exclude upstream's own Debian packaging

commit e570773d1d3b2b83ffb85b881cc09194e7e79251
Author: Tormod Volden <debian.tormod@gmail.com>
Date:   Sat Dec 6 15:56:23 2025 +0100

    Drop obsolete OCRAStd.otf repacking exclude

commit 094150f0acfd0b6b49e701448f1868802369b28e
Merge: c21ffb2 f49bf65
Author: Tormod Volden <debian.tormod@gmail.com>
Date:   Sun Apr 12 19:39:55 2026 +0200

    Update upstream source from tag 'upstream/6.12+dfsg'
    
    Update to upstream version '6.12+dfsg'
    with Debian dir 2608d85e7c3e91b2d523ccb2a8febbd88fb5a945

commit c21ffb2cfd22263fd448d8aa7c8d279cf65552c4
Merge: fae35fc 894472e
Author: Tormod Volden <debian.tormod@gmail.com>
Date:   Sun Apr 12 19:39:50 2026 +0200

    Update upstream source from tag 'upstream/6.11+dfsg'
    
    Update to upstream version '6.11+dfsg'
    with Debian dir 2608d85e7c3e91b2d523ccb2a8febbd88fb5a945

commit fae35fca9ec6903aff523aa87e3ca01ce1295b10
Merge: 73895e7 bff1538
Author: Tormod Volden <debian.tormod@gmail.com>
Date:   Sun Apr 12 19:39:39 2026 +0200

    Update upstream source from tag 'upstream/6.10.1+dfsg'
    
    Update to upstream version '6.10.1+dfsg'
    with Debian dir 2608d85e7c3e91b2d523ccb2a8febbd88fb5a945

commit 1cb00f6fd47874fd5bdb73cb61c811a2503c465f
Author: Tormod Volden <debian.tormod@gmail.com>
Date:   Sun Apr 12 13:46:39 2026 +0200

    New upstream version 6.15+dfsg

commit 7a24ac65f4a376ef8671577cb355ec2acb7c070c
Author: Tormod Volden <debian.tormod@gmail.com>
Date:   Sun Apr 12 13:45:47 2026 +0200

    New upstream version 6.14+dfsg

commit 73895e713c5d476cab360f9012144106e5cccc2d
Author: Bastian Germann <bage@debian.org>
Date:   Mon Mar 9 17:06:39 2026 +0100

    Clear FSType restrictions

commit 7b0847d73b119a8dd188f282dee64e349ad6e1b9
Author: Alexandre Detiste <alexandre.detiste@gmail.com>
Date:   Sun Mar 1 17:22:22 2026 +0100

    drop extraneous build-dep on "quilt",
    
    this is a '3.0 (quilt)' package,
    the real work of applying patches at build is done by dpkg itself

commit 649e97cceaa32ddb65110d84f592fccac8a83609
Author: Tormod Volden <debian.tormod@gmail.com>
Date:   Sat Dec 6 16:03:49 2025 +0100

    New upstream version 6.13+dfsg

commit f49bf65ebc43b6e9c052a7360cc45d21a8adbee0
Author: Tormod Volden <debian.tormod@gmail.com>
Date:   Sat Dec 6 15:33:10 2025 +0100

    New upstream version 6.12+dfsg

commit 894472e063250ddbb045ea14ed044b78016e5258
Author: Tormod Volden <debian.tormod@gmail.com>
Date:   Sat Dec 6 15:33:01 2025 +0100

    New upstream version 6.11+dfsg

commit bff1538cc34554a6b3ebc505eaff7263c391bc98
Author: Tormod Volden <debian.tormod@gmail.com>
Date:   Sat Dec 6 15:32:28 2025 +0100

    New upstream version 6.10.1+dfsg

Created: 2026-03-01 Last update: 2026-04-12 22:43

1 open merge request in Salsa normal

There is 1 open merge request for this package on Salsa. You should consider reviewing and/or merging these merge requests.

Created: 2026-01-20 Last update: 2026-01-20 02:33

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: 2023-02-01 Last update: 2023-02-01 09:38

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 4.7.0).

Created: 2024-04-07 Last update: 2026-03-31 15:01

news

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[2025-12-07] xscreensaver 6.09+dfsg1-2 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2025-12-02] Accepted xscreensaver 6.09+dfsg1-2 (source) into unstable (Tormod Volden) (signed by: Andrew Shadura)
[2025-03-15] xscreensaver 6.09+dfsg1-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2025-03-09] Accepted xscreensaver 6.09+dfsg1-1 (source) into unstable (Tormod Volden) (signed by: Andrew Shadura)
[2024-05-27] Accepted xscreensaver 6.08+dfsg1-1~bpo12+1 (amd64 source) into stable-backports (Debian FTP Masters) (signed by: Andrew Shadura)
[2024-04-23] Accepted xscreensaver 6.06+dfsg1-3+deb12u1 (source) into proposed-updates (Debian FTP Masters) (signed by: Andrew Shadura)
[2024-02-26] xscreensaver 6.08+dfsg1-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2024-02-21] Accepted xscreensaver 6.08+dfsg1-1 (source) into unstable (Tormod Volden) (signed by: Andrew Shadura)
[2023-03-26] xscreensaver 6.06+dfsg1-3 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2023-03-03] Accepted xscreensaver 6.06+dfsg1-3 (source) into unstable (Tormod Volden) (signed by: Andrew Shadura)
[2023-02-05] xscreensaver 6.06+dfsg1-2 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2023-02-05] xscreensaver 6.06+dfsg1-2 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2023-01-31] Accepted xscreensaver 6.06+dfsg1-2 (source) into unstable (Tormod Volden) (signed by: Andrew Shadura)
[2023-01-30] xscreensaver 6.02+dfsg1-3 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2023-01-29] Accepted xscreensaver 6.06+dfsg1-1 (source) into unstable (Tormod Volden) (signed by: Andrew Shadura)
[2023-01-24] Accepted xscreensaver 6.02+dfsg1-3 (source) into unstable (Tormod Volden) (signed by: Andrew Shadura)
[2022-01-24] xscreensaver 6.02+dfsg1-2 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2022-01-18] Accepted xscreensaver 6.02+dfsg1-2 (source) into unstable (Tormod Volden) (signed by: Andrew Shadura)
[2022-01-11] Accepted xscreensaver 6.02+dfsg1-1 (source) into unstable (Tormod Volden) (signed by: Andrew Shadura)
[2021-06-14] xscreensaver 5.45+dfsg1-2 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2021-06-06] Accepted xscreensaver 5.45+dfsg1-2 (source) into unstable (Tormod Volden) (signed by: Andrew Shadura)
[2021-01-02] xscreensaver 5.45+dfsg1-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2020-12-23] Accepted xscreensaver 5.45+dfsg1-1 (source) into unstable (Tormod Volden) (signed by: Andrew Shadura)
[2020-12-20] xscreensaver 5.44+dfsg1-2 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2020-12-20] xscreensaver 5.44+dfsg1-2 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2020-12-10] Accepted xscreensaver 5.44+dfsg1-2 (source) into unstable (Tormod Volden) (signed by: Andrew Shadura)
[2020-10-23] xscreensaver 5.44+dfsg1-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2020-10-17] Accepted xscreensaver 5.44+dfsg1-1 (source) into unstable (Andrej Shadura) (signed by: Andrew Shadura)
[2019-02-02] xscreensaver 5.42+dfsg1-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2019-01-27] Accepted xscreensaver 5.42+dfsg1-1 (source) into unstable (Tormod Volden) (signed by: Antoine Beaupré)

bugs [bug history graph]

all: 149 150
RC: 0
I&N: 77
M&W: 69 70
F&P: 3
patch: 2

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