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Details about package vimb

Name:	vimb (PTS)
Uploader:	Mateusz Łukasik <mati75@linuxmint.pl> (Debian QA page)
Description:	vimb - Light-weight webkit-based browser with vim keyboard bindings

Package uploads

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Information

Version:	3.7.1-1
Uploaded:	2026-02-19 17:28
Source package:	vimb_3.7.1-1.dsc
Distribution:	unstable
Section:	misc
Priority:
Homepage:	https://fanglingsu.github.io/vimb/
Vcs-Browser:	https://salsa.debian.org/mati75/vimb.git
Vcs-Git:	https://salsa.debian.org/mati75/vimb.git
Closes bugs:	#1110406

Changelog

 vimb (3.7.1-1) unstable; urgency=medium
 .
   [ Mateusz Łukasik ]
   * New upstream release.
   * d/control:
     + Bump standards version to 4.7.3.
     + Drop Priority field
     + Drop Rules-Requires-Root field
   * Update d/watch to version 5.
   * Update d/copyright.
   * Drop debian/source/lintian-overrides
   * Switch Vcs to salsa.
 .
   [ Nilesh Patra ]
   * Add patch for fix FTCBFS: hard-codes pkg-config (Closes: #1110406)

QA information

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Package uses debhelper-compat

Debhelper compatibility level 13

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A watch file is present but doesn't work

Warnings:

debian/watch is an obsolete version 1 watch file;
please upgrade to a higher version
(see uscan(1) for details).
debian/watch is an obsolete version 1 watch file;
please upgrade to a higher version
(see uscan(1) for details).
debian/watch is an obsolete version 1 watch file;
please upgrade to a higher version
(see uscan(1) for details).
debian/watch is an obsolete version 1 watch file;
please upgrade to a higher version
(see uscan(1) for details).
there appears to be a version 2 format line in
the version 1 watch file debian/watch;
Have you forgotten a 'version=2' line at the start, perhaps?
Skipping the line: Version: 5

there appears to be a version 2 format line in
the version 1 watch file debian/watch;
Have you forgotten a 'version=2' line at the start, perhaps?
Skipping the line: Template: Github

there appears to be a version 2 format line in
the version 1 watch file debian/watch;
Have you forgotten a 'version=2' line at the start, perhaps?
Skipping the line: Owner: fanglingsu

there appears to be a version 2 format line in
the version 1 watch file debian/watch;
Have you forgotten a 'version=2' line at the start, perhaps?
Skipping the line: Project: vimb

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Package is not native

Format: 3.0 (quilt)
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"Maintainer" email is the same as the uploader
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Package has lintian warnings
vimb source
- W missing-debian-watch-file-standard
  - [debian/watch]
- W recommended-field
  - (in section for source) Priority [debian/control:1]
- I vcs-field-not-canonical
  - Browser https://salsa.debian.org/mati75/vimb.git https://salsa.debian.org/mati75/vimb
- P silent-on-rules-requiring-root
  - [debian/control]
–
Package closes bug
- src:vimb:
  - #1110406 (Normal): vimb FTCBFS: hard-codes pkg-config
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Package is already in Debian
- The package uploader is currently maintaining vimb in Debian
- Last upload was on the 2024-08-04
–
d/copyright is in DEP5 format

Upstream Contact: https://github.com/fanglingsu/vimb/issues

Licenses: CC0-1.0, GPL-3+

Comments

Using a recent (not on mentors) lintian:

W: vimb: appstream-metadata-validation-failed Problems reported by "appstreamcli validate-tree".
N: 
N:   The specified AppStream metadata file fail to validate using 'appstreamcli
N:   validate-tree --no-net path-to-package-root'.
N: 
N:   Please refer to https://wiki.debian.org/AppStream/Guidelines for details.
N: 
N:   Visibility: warning
N:   Show-Always: no
N:   Check: appstream-metadata


Also, easy to fix:

I: vimb source: vcs-field-not-canonical Browser https://salsa.debian.org/mati75/vimb.git https://salsa.debian.org/mati75/vimb

diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 401b8ff..a34e7c3 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ Maintainer: Mateusz Łukasik <mati75@linuxmint.pl>
 Build-Depends: debhelper-compat (= 13), libsoup-3.0-dev, libwebkit2gtk-4.1-dev, libgtk-3-dev, libglib2.0-dev
 Standards-Version: 4.7.3
 Homepage: https://fanglingsu.github.io/vimb/
-Vcs-Browser: https://salsa.debian.org/mati75/vimb.git
+Vcs-Browser: https://salsa.debian.org/mati75/vimb
 Vcs-Git: https://salsa.debian.org/mati75/vimb.git
 
 Package: vimb


I did not see any other problem, but I can not upload, I am not a DD.

Needs work Nicolas Schodet at May 16, 2026, 8:14 p.m.

Upstream Contact:	https://github.com/fanglingsu/vimb/issues
Licenses:	CC0-1.0, GPL-3+