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general

source: fontforge (main)
version: 1:20251009+git20260808~dfsg-2
maintainer: Debian Fonts Task Force (archive) (DMD)
uploaders: Hideki Yamane [DMD] – Anthony Fok [DMD] – Daniel Kahn Gillmor [DMD] – Vasudev Kamath [DMD] – Davide Viti [DMD]
arch: all 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: 1:20201107~dfsg-4+deb11u1
o-o-sec: 1:20201107~dfsg-4+deb11u1
oldstable: 1:20230101~dfsg-1.1~deb12u1
old-sec: 1:20230101~dfsg-1.1~deb12u1
stable: 1:20230101~dfsg-4
testing: 1:20230101~dfsg-9
unstable: 1:20251009+git20260808~dfsg-2

versioned links

1:20201107~dfsg-4+deb11u1: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
1:20230101~dfsg-1.1~deb12u1: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
1:20230101~dfsg-4: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
1:20230101~dfsg-9: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
1:20251009+git20260808~dfsg-2: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]

binaries

fontforge (4 bugs: 0, 3, 1, 0)
fontforge-common (1 bugs: 0, 0, 1, 0)
fontforge-doc
fontforge-extras
fontforge-nox
libfontforge4
python3-fontforge

action needed

lintian reports 14 errors and 16 warnings high

Lintian reports 14 errors and 16 warnings about this package. You should make the package lintian clean getting rid of them.

Created: 2026-08-09 Last update: 2026-08-09 11:30

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 13eaeccff6976c48497f988261bf5518e8a8f077
Author: Bastian Germann <bage@debian.org>
Date:   Mon Aug 10 01:04:32 2026 +0200

    Let -doc depend on fonts-mathjax (Closes: #988872)

commit 2cd34d179724590d7c11a34760415d4a5eecbca8
Author: Bastian Germann <bage@debian.org>
Date:   Sat Aug 8 19:54:15 2026 +0200

    lintian: Drop unnecessary override

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

Created: 2026-08-08 Last update: 2026-08-10 00:47

debian/patches: 2 patches to forward upstream low

Among the 6 debian patches available in version 1:20251009+git20260808~dfsg-2 of the package, we noticed the following issues:

2 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: 2024-03-12 Last update: 2026-08-08 19:00

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 4.7.2).

Created: 2025-12-23 Last update: 2026-08-08 18:02

testing migrations

excuses:
- Migration status for fontforge (1:20230101~dfsg-9 to 1:20251009+git20260808~dfsg-2): BLOCKED: Maybe temporary, maybe blocked but Britney is missing information (check below)
- Issues preventing migration:
- ∙ ∙ Missing build on riscv64
- ∙ ∙ Lintian check waiting for test results on riscv64 - info
- ∙ ∙ Too young, only 3 of 5 days old
- Additional info (not blocking):
- ∙ ∙ Updating fontforge will fix bugs in testing: #665334
- ∙ ∙ Piuparts tested OK - https://piuparts.debian.org/sid/source/f/fontforge.html
- ∙ ∙ Autopkgtest for libreoffice/4:26.2.4.2-2: amd64: Pass ♻ (reference ♻)
- ∙ ∙ Autopkgtest for libreoffice/4:26.2.5.2-2: arm64: Test triggered (failure will be ignored), armhf: Test triggered (failure will be ignored), i386: Test triggered (failure will be ignored), ppc64el: Pass, s390x: Pass
- ∙ ∙ Reproduced on amd64 - info
- ∙ ∙ Reproduced on arm64 - info
- ∙ ∙ Reproduced on armhf - info
- ∙ ∙ Reproduced on i386 - info
- Not considered

news

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[2026-08-08] Accepted fontforge 1:20251009+git20260808~dfsg-2 (source) into unstable (Bastian Germann) (signed by: bage@debian.org)
[2026-08-08] Accepted fontforge 1:20251009+git20260808~dfsg-1 (source) into unstable (Bastian Germann) (signed by: bage@debian.org)
[2026-08-03] fontforge 1:20230101~dfsg-9 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2026-07-28] Accepted fontforge 1:20230101~dfsg-9 (source) into unstable (Bastian Germann) (signed by: bage@debian.org)
[2025-09-28] fontforge 1:20230101~dfsg-8 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2025-09-22] Accepted fontforge 1:20230101~dfsg-8 (source) into unstable (Bastian Germann) (signed by: bage@debian.org)
[2025-09-22] fontforge 1:20230101~dfsg-7 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2025-09-17] Accepted fontforge 1:20230101~dfsg-7 (source) into unstable (Alexandre Detiste)
[2025-09-17] Accepted fontforge 1:20230101~dfsg-6 (source) into unstable (Alexandre Detiste)
[2025-09-11] fontforge 1:20230101~dfsg-5 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2025-09-04] Accepted fontforge 1:20230101~dfsg-5 (source) into unstable (Alexandre Detiste)
[2024-09-11] fontforge 1:20230101~dfsg-4 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2024-09-06] Accepted fontforge 1:20230101~dfsg-4 (source) into unstable (Boyuan Yang)
[2024-07-08] fontforge 1:20230101~dfsg-3 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2024-06-30] Accepted fontforge 1:20230101~dfsg-3 (source) into unstable (Boyuan Yang)
[2024-06-26] Accepted fontforge 1:20230101~dfsg-2 (source) into unstable (Boyuan Yang)
[2024-04-29] fontforge 1:20230101~dfsg-1.1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2024-03-30] fontforge 1:20230101~dfsg-1.1~deb12u1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2024-03-23] Accepted fontforge 1:20230101~dfsg-1.1~deb12u1 (source) into proposed-updates (Debian FTP Masters) (signed by: Adrian Bunk)
[2024-03-23] Accepted fontforge 1:20201107~dfsg-4+deb11u1 (source) into oldstable-proposed-updates (Debian FTP Masters) (signed by: Adrian Bunk)
[2024-03-19] Accepted fontforge 1:20201107~dfsg-4+deb11u1 (source) into oldstable-security (Debian FTP Masters) (signed by: Adrian Bunk)
[2024-03-19] Accepted fontforge 1:20230101~dfsg-1.1~deb12u1 (source) into stable-security (Debian FTP Masters) (signed by: Adrian Bunk)
[2024-03-11] Accepted fontforge 1:20230101~dfsg-1.1 (source) into unstable (Adrian Bunk)
[2024-03-07] Accepted fontforge 1:20170731~dfsg-1+deb10u1 (source) into oldoldstable (Adrian Bunk)
[2023-01-28] fontforge 1:20230101~dfsg-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2023-01-18] Accepted fontforge 1:20230101~dfsg-1 (source) into unstable (Anthony Fok)
[2022-06-21] fontforge 1:20220308~dfsg-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2022-06-16] Accepted fontforge 1:20220308~dfsg-1 (source) into unstable (Anthony Fok)
[2021-02-01] Removed 1:20190801~dfsg-5 from unstable (Debian FTP Masters)
[2021-01-21] fontforge 1:20201107~dfsg-4 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)

bugs [bug history graph]

all: 7 8
RC: 0
I&N: 3 4
M&W: 3
F&P: 1
patch: 0

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