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source: xboard (main)
version: 4.9.1-5
maintainer: Debian Games Team (archive) (DMD)
uploaders: Barry deFreese [DMD] – Vincent Legout [DMD]
arch: any
std-ver: 4.7.3
VCS: Git (Browse, QA)

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

[pool directory]

o-o-stable: 4.9.1-2
oldstable: 4.9.1-2
stable: 4.9.1-3
testing: 4.9.1-5
unstable: 4.9.1-5

versioned links

4.9.1-2: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
4.9.1-3: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
4.9.1-5: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]

binaries

xboard (10 bugs: 0, 8, 2, 0)

action needed

lintian reports 1 error and 2 warnings high

Lintian reports 1 error and 2 warnings about this package. You should make the package lintian clean getting rid of them.

Created: 2026-03-21 Last update: 2026-03-21 23:02

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 4.9.1-6, 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 b48cee7637d8d6930c57730f1c7d406d2908bd88
Merge: ec2a386 dcf7411
Author: Andreas Tille <tille@debian.org>
Date:   Sat Jun 27 06:28:12 2026 +0200

    Merge branch 'color-pre-last-moves' into 'master'
    
    Color squares' interior for pre-moves and last moves.
    
    See merge request games-team/xboard!2

commit dcf7411a1a38f716d13626b34cbd1b51df3f8558
Author: Nathan Pratta Teodosio <nathan.teodosio@canonical.com>
Date:   Wed Mar 19 18:55:50 2025 +0100

    Prepare debian/changelog for 4.9.1-6.

commit 99d8812831d93784974be39b8934309f46713fa3
Author: Nathan Pratta Teodosio <nathan.teodosio@canonical.com>
Date:   Wed Mar 19 18:54:14 2025 +0100

    Color squares' interior for pre-moves and last moves.
    
    Only if line gap is zero.

commit ec2a386d188145b62c1797e348af28d2a867b3a7
Merge: 5cfe118 d2642c8
Author: Alexandre Detiste <alexandre.detiste@gmail.com>
Date:   Sat Jun 6 09:24:32 2026 +0200

    Merge branch 'patch-2' into 'master'
    
    watch file source: Use https
    
    See merge request games-team/xboard!4

commit d2642c880eb9f9d7296d470cf874dd29c1e745a4
Author: Nikolas Nyby <nikolas@gnu.org>
Date:   Fri Jun 5 19:54:33 2026 -0400

    watch file source: Use https
    
    The server here is forwarding from http to https anyways.

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

Created: 2026-06-06 Last update: 2026-08-01 04:02

AppStream hints: 1 warning normal

AppStream found metadata issues for packages:

xboard: 1 warning

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

Created: 2020-06-01 Last update: 2020-06-01 01:13

debian/patches: 8 patches to forward upstream low

Among the 8 debian patches available in version 4.9.1-5 of the package, we noticed the following issues:

8 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: 2026-03-21 18:00

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 4.7.3).

Created: 2026-03-31 Last update: 2026-03-31 15:01

news

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[2026-03-26] xboard 4.9.1-5 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2026-03-21] Accepted xboard 4.9.1-5 (source) into unstable (Alexandre Detiste)
[2026-03-20] Accepted xboard 4.9.1-4 (source) into unstable (Alexandre Detiste)
[2025-10-18] xboard 4.9.1-3.1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2025-10-13] Accepted xboard 4.9.1-3.1 (source) into unstable (Adrian Bunk)
[2025-10-06] xboard REMOVED from testing (Debian testing watch)
[2024-12-03] xboard 4.9.1-3 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2024-11-27] Accepted xboard 4.9.1-3 (source) into unstable (Alexandre Detiste)
[2020-08-02] xboard 4.9.1-2 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2020-07-26] Accepted xboard 4.9.1-2 (source) into unstable (Markus Koschany)
[2016-10-12] xboard 4.9.1-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2016-10-06] Accepted xboard 4.9.1-1 (source amd64) into unstable (Clint Adams)
[2014-12-13] xboard 4.8.0-2 MIGRATED to testing (Britney)
[2014-11-26] Accepted xboard 4.8.0-2 (source amd64) into unstable (Vincent Legout)
[2014-11-05] xboard 4.8.0-1 MIGRATED to testing (Britney)
[2014-10-25] Accepted xboard 4.8.0-1 (source amd64) into unstable (Vincent Legout)
[2014-02-11] Accepted xboard 4.8~git20140119-1 (source amd64) (Vincent Legout)
[2014-01-12] xboard 4.7.3-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2014-01-07] Accepted xboard 4.7.3-1 (source amd64) (Vincent Legout)
[2013-10-09] xboard 4.7.2-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2013-09-28] Accepted xboard 4.7.2-1 (source amd64) (Vincent Legout)
[2013-05-17] xboard 4.7.1-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2013-05-06] Accepted xboard 4.7.1-1 (source amd64) (Vincent Legout)
[2013-03-02] Accepted xboard 4.7.0-1 (source amd64) (Vincent Legout)
[2012-05-09] xboard 4.6.2-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2012-04-28] Accepted xboard 4.6.2-1 (source amd64) (Vincent Legout)
[2011-10-13] xboard 4.5.3-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2011-10-02] Accepted xboard 4.5.3-1 (source amd64) (Vincent Legout)
[2011-08-24] Accepted xboard 4.6~git20110822-1 (source amd64) (Vincent Legout)
[2011-06-21] Accepted xboard 4.6~git20110618-1 (source amd64) (Vincent Legout)

bugs [bug history graph]

all: 10
RC: 0
I&N: 8
M&W: 2
F&P: 0
patch: 0

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