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general

source: xball (main)
version: 3.1.0+dfsg-3
maintainer: Debian Games Team (archive) (DMD)
uploaders: Alexandre Detiste [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: 3.0.1-2
oldstable: 3.0.1-2
stable: 3.1.0+dfsg-3
testing: 3.1.0+dfsg-3
unstable: 3.1.0+dfsg-3

versioned links

3.0.1-2: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
3.1.0+dfsg-3: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]

binaries

xball

action needed

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 c03a43304a9fa0292f8f3297b381edd6099678b1
Author: Alexandre Detiste <tchet@debian.org>
Date:   Fri Aug 14 11:39:29 2026 +0200

    drop "Rules-Requires-Root: no": it is now the default

commit 26cfe496caab8967548c42508d1cce35066619ec
Author: Alexandre Detiste <tchet@debian.org>
Date:   Fri Aug 14 10:30:02 2026 +0200

    drop "Rules-Requires-Root: no", it is now the default

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

Created: 2026-08-14 Last update: 2026-08-26 18:03

AppStream hints: 4 warnings for xball normal

AppStream found metadata issues for packages:

xball: 4 warnings

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

Created: 2018-06-04 Last update: 2026-08-24 09:00

lintian reports 2 warnings normal

Lintian reports 2 warnings about this package. You should make the package lintian clean getting rid of them.

Created: 2025-02-27 Last update: 2025-02-27 16:02

debian/patches: 3 patches to forward upstream low

Among the 3 debian patches available in version 3.1.0+dfsg-3 of the package, we noticed the following issues:

3 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: 2025-02-27 14:30

Standards version of the package is outdated. wishlist

The package should be updated to follow the last version of Debian Policy (Standards-Version 4.7.4 instead of 4.7.0).

Created: 2025-02-21 Last update: 2026-03-31 15:01

news

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[2025-03-04] xball 3.1.0+dfsg-3 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2025-02-27] Accepted xball 3.1.0+dfsg-3 (source) into unstable (Alexandre Detiste)
[2024-06-20] xball 3.1.0+dfsg-2 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2024-06-15] Accepted xball 3.1.0+dfsg-2 (source) into unstable (David da Silva Polverari)
[2024-05-28] xball 3.1.0+dfsg-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2024-05-23] Accepted xball 3.1.0+dfsg-1 (source) into unstable (Petter Reinholdtsen)
[2024-05-03] xball 3.0.1+dfsg-2 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2024-04-17] Accepted xball 3.0.1+dfsg-2 (source) into unstable (Petter Reinholdtsen)
[2023-08-05] xball 3.0.1+dfsg-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2023-07-31] Accepted xball 3.0.1+dfsg-1 (source) into unstable (David da Silva Polverari)
[2023-07-30] xball 3.0.1-3 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2023-07-25] Accepted xball 3.0.1-3 (source) into unstable (David da Silva Polverari)
[2017-09-18] xball 3.0.1-2 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2017-09-13] Accepted xball 3.0.1-2 (source) into unstable (Markus Koschany)
[2013-10-02] xball 3.0.1-1.2 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2013-09-21] Accepted xball 3.0.1-1.2 (source amd64) (Luk Claes)
[2010-05-25] xball 3.0.1-1.1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2010-05-15] Accepted xball 3.0.1-1.1 (source i386) (Jari Aalto)
[2008-02-11] xball 3.0.1-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2008-01-26] Accepted xball 3.0.1-1 (source powerpc) (Stephen Birch) (signed by: Branden Robinson)
[2006-08-01] xball 3.0-16.1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2006-07-18] Accepted xball 3.0-16.1 (source i386) (Margarita Manterola)
[2005-04-17] Accepted xball 3.0-16 (powerpc source) (Stephen Birch)
[2005-03-23] Accepted xball 3.0-15 (powerpc source) (Stephen Birch)
[2005-02-25] Accepted xball 3.0-14 (powerpc source) (Stephen Birch)
[2004-11-28] Accepted xball 3.0-12 (i386 source) (Stephen Birch)
[2004-11-26] Accepted xball 3.0-11 (powerpc source) (Stephen Birch)
[2004-06-27] Accepted xball 3.0-5 (powerpc source) (Stephen Birch)
[2004-03-29] Accepted xball 3.0-4 (powerpc source) (Stephen Birch)
[2004-03-25] Accepted xball 3.0-3 (powerpc source) (Stephen Birch)

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