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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 (123 bugs: 0, 64, 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: 6.14 high

A new upstream version 6.14 is available, you should consider packaging it.

Created: 2025-11-26 Last update: 2026-03-20 08:30

2 bugs tagged patch in the BTS normal

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

Created: 2026-01-20 Last update: 2026-03-20 12:30

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 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

Created: 2026-03-01 Last update: 2026-03-15 02:32

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 4.7.3 instead of 4.7.0).

Created: 2024-04-07 Last update: 2025-12-23 20:00

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: 80
M&W: 69 70
F&P: 0
patch: 2

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version: 6.08+dfsg1-1ubuntu5
104 bugs (1 patch)