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general

source: xscreensaver (main)
version: 6.09+dfsg1-1
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+dfsg1-1
unstable: 6.09+dfsg1-1

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]

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: 6.12 high

A new upstream version 6.12 is available, you should consider packaging it.

Created: 2025-11-26 Last update: 2025-12-01 08:00

Marked for autoremoval on 02 December: #1106971 high

Version 6.09+dfsg1-1 of xscreensaver is marked for autoremoval from testing on Tue 02 Dec 2025. It is affected by #1106971. You should try to prevent the removal by fixing these RC bugs.

Created: 2025-11-13 Last update: 2025-12-01 07:32

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 6.09+dfsg1-2, distribution unstable) and new commits in its VCS. You should consider whether it's time to make an upload.

Here are the relevant commit messages:

commit 0e7945a998cc44370f645da90972d9eab48c4f23
Author: Tormod Volden <debian.tormod@gmail.com>
Date:   Sun Nov 30 23:37:50 2025 +0100

    Prepare changelog for release

commit 64a10e87656a285cb5c8d42e1f92a32d94935a6f
Author: Tormod Volden <debian.tormod@gmail.com>
Date:   Mon Dec 1 00:00:00 2025 +0100

    Drop suggests on kdm-gdmcompat and qcam

commit 0793525892abdb315b864ad23be7c29cd1dfe2e2
Author: Tormod Volden <debian.tormod@gmail.com>
Date:   Sun Nov 30 23:34:27 2025 +0100

    Replace FSF physical address with URL in debian/copyright
    
    Lintian tag old-fsf-address-in-copyright-file

commit d69140cb818200a7db07686e75ba58355a6a462a
Author: Tormod Volden <debian.tormod@gmail.com>
Date:   Sun Nov 30 23:08:57 2025 +0100

    Add libcrypt-dev to Build-Depends

Created: 2025-12-01 Last update: 2025-12-01 01:31

lintian reports 1 warning normal

Lintian reports 1 warning about this package. You should make the package lintian clean getting rid of them.

Created: 2025-04-10 Last update: 2025-04-10 23:01

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 4.7.2 instead of 4.7.0).

Created: 2024-04-07 Last update: 2025-03-10 01:31

news

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[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)
[2018-10-02] xscreensaver 5.40-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2018-09-26] Accepted xscreensaver 5.40-1 (source) into unstable (Tormod Volden) (signed by: Antoine Beaupré)

bugs [bug history graph]

all: 146 147
RC: 1
I&N: 77
M&W: 68 69
F&P: 0
patch: 0

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ubuntu

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version: 6.08+dfsg1-1ubuntu4
104 bugs (1 patch)
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