xmotd - Debian Package Tracker

general

source: xmotd (main)
version: 1.17.3b-13
maintainer: Debian QA Group (DMD)
arch: any
std-ver: 4.7.2
VCS: Git (Browse, QA)

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

[pool directory]

o-o-stable: 1.17.3b-10
oldstable: 1.17.3b-10
stable: 1.17.3b-12
testing: 1.17.3b-12
unstable: 1.17.3b-13

versioned links

1.17.3b-10: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
1.17.3b-12: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
1.17.3b-13: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]

binaries

xmotd (1 bugs: 0, 1, 0, 0)

action needed

Marked for autoremoval on 29 September: #1098158 high

Version 1.17.3b-12 of xmotd is marked for autoremoval from testing on Mon 29 Sep 2025. It is affected by #1098158. You should try to prevent the removal by fixing these RC bugs.

Created: 2025-09-04 Last update: 2025-09-14 21:02

AppStream hints: 1 error and 1 warning high

AppStream found metadata issues for packages:

xmotd: 1 error and 1 warning

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

Created: 2018-06-04 Last update: 2022-01-21 06:05

lintian reports 3 warnings normal

Lintian reports 3 warnings about this package. You should make the package lintian clean getting rid of them.

Created: 2025-04-10 Last update: 2025-09-10 19:34

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 #1050255 for more information.

Created: 2023-08-22 Last update: 2023-08-22 18:13

debian/patches: 9 patches to forward upstream low

Among the 9 debian patches available in version 1.17.3b-12 of the package, we noticed the following issues:

9 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: 2024-11-17 19:32

testing migrations

excuses:
- Migration status for xmotd (1.17.3b-12 to 1.17.3b-13): Waiting for test results or another package, or too young (no action required now - check later)
- Issues preventing migration:
- ∙ ∙ autopkgtest for xmotd/1.17.3b-13: amd64: No tests, superficial or marked flaky ♻, arm64: No tests, superficial or marked flaky ♻, i386: No tests, superficial or marked flaky ♻ (reference ♻), ppc64el: No tests, superficial or marked flaky ♻, riscv64: No tests, superficial or marked flaky ♻ (reference ♻), s390x: Test triggered
- ∙ ∙ Too young, only 1 of 5 days old
- Additional info:
- ∙ ∙ Updating xmotd will fix bugs in testing: #1098158
- ∙ ∙ Piuparts tested OK - https://piuparts.debian.org/sid/source/x/xmotd.html
- ∙ ∙ Waiting for reproducibility test results on amd64 - info ♻
- ∙ ∙ Waiting for reproducibility test results on arm64 - info ♻
- Not considered

news

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[2025-09-14] Accepted xmotd 1.17.3b-13 (source) into unstable (Alexandre Detiste)
[2024-11-23] xmotd 1.17.3b-12 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2024-11-17] Accepted xmotd 1.17.3b-12 (source) into unstable (Pedro Morais Mendes) (signed by: Marcos Talau)
[2023-12-17] xmotd 1.17.3b-11 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2023-12-11] Accepted xmotd 1.17.3b-11 (source) into unstable (Boyuan Yang)
[2018-10-06] Accepted xmotd 1.17.3b-9+deb9u1 (source) into proposed-updates->stable-new, proposed-updates (Adrian Bunk)
[2018-02-24] xmotd 1.17.3b-10 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2018-02-18] Accepted xmotd 1.17.3b-10 (source amd64) into unstable (Hugo Lefeuvre)
[2016-09-16] xmotd 1.17.3b-9 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2016-09-10] Accepted xmotd 1.17.3b-9 (source amd64) into unstable (Hugo Lefeuvre)
[2014-07-06] xmotd 1.17.3b-8 MIGRATED to testing (Britney)
[2014-06-25] Accepted xmotd 1.17.3b-8 (source amd64) (Hugo Lefeuvre) (signed by: Marcin Owsiany)
[2014-05-03] xmotd 1.17.3b-7 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2014-04-22] Accepted xmotd 1.17.3b-7 (source amd64) (Marcin Owsiany)
[2013-02-25] Accepted xmotd 1.17.3b-6 (source amd64) (Marcin Owsiany)
[2008-01-23] xmotd 1.17.3b-5 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2008-01-20] Accepted xmotd 1.17.3b-5 (source i386) (Marcin Owsiany)
[2007-07-14] xmotd 1.17.3b-4 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2007-07-03] Accepted xmotd 1.17.3b-4 (source i386) (Marcin Owsiany)
[2006-06-29] xmotd 1.17.3b-3 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2006-06-17] Accepted xmotd 1.17.3b-3 (source i386) (Marcin Owsiany)
[2006-01-26] xmotd 1.17.3b-2 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2006-01-14] Accepted xmotd 1.17.3b-2 (source i386) (Marcin Owsiany)
[2003-07-10] Accepted xmotd 1.17.3b-1 (i386 source) (Marcin Owsiany)
[2003-01-24] Accepted xmotd 1.16.0.1-2 (i386 source) (Marcin Owsiany)
[2002-04-13] Accepted xmotd 1.16.0.1-1 (i386 source) (Marcin Owsiany)
[2001-11-04] Installed xmotd 1.16-4 (i386 source) (Marcin Owsiany)
[2001-07-16] Installed xmotd 1.16-3 (i386 source) (Josip Rodin)
[2001-07-15] Installed xmotd 1.16-2 (i386 source) (Josip Rodin)
[2001-07-14] Installed xmotd 1.16-1 (i386 source) (Josip Rodin)

bugs [bug history graph]

all: 1
RC: 0
I&N: 1
M&W: 0
F&P: 0
patch: 0

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