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general

source: xcolorsel (main)
version: 1.1a-24
maintainer: Debian QA Group (DMD)
arch: any
std-ver: 4.7.4
VCS: Git (Browse, QA)

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

[pool directory]

o-o-stable: 1.1a-22
oldstable: 1.1a-23
stable: 1.1a-23
testing: 1.1a-24
unstable: 1.1a-24

versioned links

1.1a-22: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
1.1a-23: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
1.1a-24: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]

binaries

xcolorsel (7 bugs: 0, 5, 2, 0)

action needed

2 bugs tagged patch in the BTS normal

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

Created: 2026-08-15 Last update: 2026-08-25 18:17

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 a6a00b0317773ea6220744e6a05296901eb9d997
Author: Alexandre Detiste <tchet@debian.org>
Date:   Fri Aug 14 10:40:24 2026 +0100

    Remove redundant Priority: optional from source stanza.
    
    Changes-By: lintian-brush
    Fixes: lintian: source: redundant-priority-optional-field
    See-also: https://lintian.debian.org/tags/redundant-priority-optional-field.html

commit de8225ab43851a20c235c4ab9ff7759bbe35cd67
Author: Alexandre Detiste <tchet@debian.org>
Date:   Fri Aug 14 10:34:49 2026 +0200

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

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

Created: 2026-08-14 Last update: 2026-08-20 12:20

O: This package has been orphaned and needs a maintainer. normal

This package has been orphaned. This means that it does not have a real maintainer at the moment. Please consider adopting this package if you are interested in it. Please see bug number #660512 for more information.

Created: 2017-12-02 Last update: 2017-12-02 00:27

debian/patches: 3 patches to forward upstream low

Among the 3 debian patches available in version 1.1a-24 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: 2026-04-08 08:33

news

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[2026-04-10] xcolorsel 1.1a-24 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2026-04-07] Accepted xcolorsel 1.1a-24 (source) into unstable (Syed Shahrukh Hussain) (signed by: bage@debian.org)
[2025-09-21] xcolorsel REMOVED from testing (Debian testing watch)
[2023-01-28] xcolorsel 1.1a-23 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2023-01-26] Accepted xcolorsel 1.1a-23 (source) into unstable (Paulo Henrique de Lima Santana (phls)) (signed by: Paulo Henrique de Lima Santana)
[2019-12-26] xcolorsel 1.1a-22 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2019-12-23] Accepted xcolorsel 1.1a-22 (source) into unstable (Paulo Henrique de Lima Santana (phls)) (signed by: Paulo Henrique de Lima Santana)
[2019-02-06] xcolorsel 1.1a-21 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2019-01-31] Accepted xcolorsel 1.1a-21 (source) into unstable (Paulo Henrique de Lima Santana (phls)) (signed by: Paulo Henrique de Lima Santana)
[2016-11-11] xcolorsel 1.1a-20 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2016-11-05] Accepted xcolorsel 1.1a-20 (source) into unstable (Paulo Henrique de Lima Santana (phls)) (signed by: Joao Eriberto Mota Filho)
[2015-10-12] xcolorsel 1.1a-19 MIGRATED to testing (Britney)
[2015-10-06] Accepted xcolorsel 1.1a-19 (source) into unstable (Santiago Vila)
[2013-05-05] xcolorsel 1.1a-18 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2012-12-04] Accepted xcolorsel 1.1a-18 (source amd64) (Frank Lichtenheld)
[2008-07-02] xcolorsel 1.1a-17 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2008-06-17] Accepted xcolorsel 1.1a-17 (source amd64) (Decklin Foster)
[2006-05-06] xcolorsel 1.1a-16 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2006-04-24] Accepted xcolorsel 1.1a-16 (source i386) (Decklin Foster)
[2006-03-21] xcolorsel 1.1a-15 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2006-03-09] Accepted xcolorsel 1.1a-15 (source i386) (Decklin Foster)
[2006-03-06] Accepted xcolorsel 1.1a-14 (source i386) (Decklin Foster)
[2006-01-24] xcolorsel 1.1a-13 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2006-01-10] Accepted xcolorsel 1.1a-13 (source i386) (Decklin Foster)
[2006-01-10] Accepted xcolorsel 1.1a-12 (source i386) (Decklin Foster)
[2003-08-24] Accepted xcolorsel 1.1a-11 (i386 source) (Decklin Foster)
[2002-03-22] Accepted xcolorsel 1.1a-10 (i386 source) (Ian Zimmerman)
[2001-07-25] Installed xcolorsel 1.1a-9 (i386 source) (Colin Watson)
[2001-04-13] Installed xcolorsel 1.1a-8.2 (i386 source) (Debian QA Group) (signed by: Carlos Laviola)
[2001-03-17] Installed xcolorsel 1.1a-8.1 (i386 source) (Mark Baker) (signed by: Branden Robinson)

bugs [bug history graph]

all: 7
RC: 0
I&N: 5
M&W: 2
F&P: 0
patch: 2

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