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general

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

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 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.

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

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: 2025-08-19 Last update: 2025-08-19 06:28

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

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: 2026-03-21 Last update: 2026-03-21 11:30

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 4.7.3).

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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