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Review: libmirage 3.3.1-1

Package Information

DescriptionCD-ROM image access library

This is libMirage library, a CD-ROM image access library, and part of the CDEmu suite, a free, GPL CD/DVD-ROM device emulator for Linux. It is written in C and based on GLib.

The aim of libMirage is to provide uniform access to the data stored in different image formats, by creating a representation of disc stored in image file, which is based on GObjects.

MaintainerMatteo Bini <matteobin@tiepi.it>
Changed ByMatteo Bini <matteobin@tiepi.it>
Sponsorbage@debian.org
Distributionunstable
Architectureany all
Closes#1118877
Popcon Installs159
Binary NEWYes (binary-only upload)
Blocked Bugs#1117130 (wishlist)
Trackerhttps://tracker.debian.org/pkg/libmirage
Uploaded13 days ago

Potential Library Transition

The maintainer confirmed this transition. The package has been rejected so it can be re-uploaded to experimental.

— bage, 13 days ago

New Package Report

.changes
Distributionunstable
DateThu, 21 May 2026 15:16:55 +0200
Sourcelibmirage
Version3.3.1-1
Changed-ByMatteo Bini
Architecturesource amd64 all
Changelog
libmirage (3.3.1-1) unstable; urgency=medium
 .
   * New upstream version.
   * debian/appstream/net.sf.cdemu.libmirage.metainfo.xml:
     - Change provided library soname from 11 to 12.
     - Add 3.3.0 and 3.3.1 releases.
   * debian/control:
     - Bump cmake minimum required version to 3.16.
     - Remove libgirepository1.0-dev dependency (closes: #1118877)
       and replace it with individual packages: gir1.2-gio-2.0-dev,
       gir1.2-gmodule-2.0-dev and gir1.2-gobject-2.0-dev.
       Also add minimum required version for gobject-introspection set
       to 1.80, to catch unsupported systems.
     - Add valac as build dependency to provide Vala bindings.
     - Bump Standards-Version to 4.7.4.
     - Change library soname from 11 to 12.
     - Remove devhelp recommendation (closes: #1121875).
   * debian/copyright:
     - Make the copyright fields as ASCII as possible.
     - Small edits to license fields.
   * debian/libmirage-dev.install:
     - Provide Vala bindings (closes: #1128922).
   * debian/libmirage11.*:
     - rename libmirage11 .docs, .install and .symbols files to new
       libmirage12 suffix.
   * debian/rules:
     - Change library version from 3.2 to 3.3.
   * debian/tests/*:
     - Add tests control file and vala-bindings one. Thanks to Sébastien
       Noel <sebastien@twolife.be> for the patch to provide Vala bindings
       and to test them.
.dsc
Priorityoptional
Componentmain
Package-Listgir1.2-mirage-3.2 deb introspection optional arch=any
libmirage-dev deb libdevel optional arch=any
libmirage-doc deb doc optional arch=all
libmirage12 deb libs optional arch=any
Sectionintrospection
debian/copyright
Format: https://www.debian.org/doc/packaging-manuals/copyright-format/1.0/
Upstream-Name: libMirage
Upstream-Contact: Rok Mandeljc <rok.mandeljc@gmail.com>
Source: https://cdemu.sourceforge.io/

Files: *
Copyright: 2006-2014 Henrik Stokseth <hstokset@users.sourceforge.net>
           2006-2014 Rok Mandeljc <rok.mandeljc@gmail.com>
License: GPL-2+

Files: cmake/GObjectIntrospection.cmake
Copyright: 2011-2014 Gary Kramlich <grim@reaperworld.com>
License: GPL-2+

Files: debian/*
Copyright: 2007 Henrik Stokseth <hstokset@users.sourceforge.net>
           2024 Matteo Bini <matteobin@tiepi.it>
License: GPL-2+

Files: debian/appstream/net.sf.cdemu.libmirage.metainfo.xml
Copyright: 2024 Matteo Bini <matteobin@tiepi.it>
License: CC0-1.0

Files: po/ru.po
Copyright: 2006-2015 Grigorii Chirkov <ridgentsailor TYPE_AT_HERE gmail AND_DOT_HERE com>
License: GPL-2+

License: CC0-1.0
 On Debian systems, the complete text of the Creative Commons 0 1.0
 Universal license can be found in /usr/share/common-licenses/CC0-1.0

License: GPL-2+
 On Debian systems, the complete text of the GNU General Public License
 version 2 can be found in /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL-2

Review Information

rejected — allocated to dfsg-transition 13 days ago, started 13 days ago, completed 13 days ago.

Final Comment

The maintainer confirmed this is a transition that should be coordinated with the Release Team. Please re-upload targeting experimental. See https://wiki.debian.org/Teams/ReleaseTeam/Transitions

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