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Package Information

Descriptioncomputer algebra system for Groups, Algorithms and Programming

GAP is a system for computational discrete algebra, with particular emphasis on Computational Group Theory. GAP provides a programming language, a library of thousands of functions implementing algebraic algorithms written in the GAP language as well as large data libraries of algebraic objects. GAP is used in research and teaching for studying groups and their representations, rings, vector spaces, algebras, combinatorial structures, and more.

This is a dummy package that depends on the standard GAP components.

MaintainerBill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org>
Changed ByBill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org>
Sponsorballombe@debian.org
Distributionexperimental
Architectureany all
Popcon Installs618
Binary NEWYes (binary-only upload)
Trackerhttps://tracker.debian.org/pkg/gap
Uploaded3 hours ago

New Package Report

.changes
Changed-ByBill Allombert
Architecturesource amd64 all
Distributionexperimental
DateWed, 27 May 2026 10:52:36 +0200
Sourcegap
Version4.16.0~beta2-1
Changelog
gap (4.16.0~beta2-1) experimental; urgency=medium
 .
   * New upstream beta release.
   * debian/gap2deb: update to salsa.debian.org version.
   * debian/control, debian/rules: soname bump:
     - replace libgap10 by libgap11.
     - adjust shlibs to libgap11 (>= 4.16)
   * debian/control:
     - Bump Standards-Version to 4.7.4
   * debian/copyright: update to new upstream COPYRIGHT
   * debian/watch: use version=4
.dsc
Package-Listgap deb math optional arch=all
gap-core deb math optional arch=any
gap-dev deb devel optional arch=any
gap-doc deb doc optional arch=all
gap-libs deb math optional arch=all
gap-online-help deb math optional arch=all
libgap-dev deb libdevel optional arch=any
libgap11 deb libs optional arch=any
Sectionmath
Priorityoptional
Componentmain
debian/copyright
This package was debianized by Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org> on
Thu, 26 Sep 2002 20:53:12 +0200

--Previous GAP packages (not GPL)--
GAP 4r2 was packaged by Markus Hetzmannseder <hetzi@hetzi.at> on Wed, 29 Dec
1999 14:08:12 +0100.

GAP 3.4 was packaged by John Lapeyre <lapeyre@physics.arizona.edu> on
Wed, 21 Jan 1998 20:20:03 -0700.
-----------------------------------

It was downloaded from <https://github.com/gap-system/gap/>
Website: <https://www.gap-system.org/>

Copyright: GPLv2 or later

On Debian GNU/Linux systems, the complete text of the GNU General
Public License can be found in `/usr/share/common-licenses/GPL-2'.

Full copyright statement:

GAP, a system for computational discrete algebra.

GAP is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free
Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your
option) any later version.

GAP is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY
or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public
License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
along with GAP; if not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.


Copyright (C) 1988-2025 by its authors, which include:

* Ákos Seress
* Alex Wegner
* Alexander Hulpke
* Alice Niemeyer
* Anakin Dey
* Andreas Distler
* Andrew Solomon
* Anna Sucker
* Ansgar Kaup
* Arhan Chaudhary
* Arne Storjohann
* Bernhard Reinke
* Bettina Eick
* Bill Allombert
* Björn Assmann
* Blair Archibald
* Bohdan Majewski
* Burkhard Höfling
* Charles R.B. Wright
* Chris Jefferson
* Chris Wensley
* Christian Sievers
* Christopher Russell
* Claus Fieker
* Colva M. Roney-Dougal
* Craig A. Struble
* Daniel Rademacher
* David Joyner
* Derek F. Holt
* Dmitrii Pasechnik
* Dominik Bernhardt
* Emma Ahrens
* E. Madison Bray
* Erzsébet Horváth
* Etaoin Shrdlu
* Fabian Zickgraf
* Felix Noeske
* Ferenc Ràkòczi
* Florian Heiderich
* Frank Celler
* Frank Lübeck
* Franz Gähler
* Friedrich Rober
* Gábor Horváth
* Gaurav Dhingra
* Gene Cooperman
* Glen Whitney
* Götz Pfeiffer
* Greg Gamble
* Hans Ulrich Besche
* Heiko Theißen
* Isabel M. Araújo
* Isuru Fernando
* Jack Schmidt
* Jake Faulkner
* James Mitchell
* James Williams
* Jan de Muijnck-Hughes
* Jan Engelhardt
* Jendrik Brachter
* Jens Brandt
* Jens Hollmann
* Jens Rosenboom
* Jerome Benoit
* Jerry James
* Jesse Lansdown
* Joachim Neubüser
* Joe Edwards
* Johannes Meier
* John McDermott
* Jürgen Mnich
* Jürgen Müller
* Juergen Wisliceny
* Lars Göttgens
* Laurent Bartholdi
* Lucas Jones
* Lucas Wollenhaupt
* Lukas Maas
* Lukas Schnelle
* Marco Costantini
* Markus Baumeister
* Markus Pfeiffer
* Martin Schönert
* Mathieu Dutour Sikiric
* Max Horn
* Max Neunhöffer
* Maximilian Downey Twiss
* Michael Orlitzky
* Michael Smith
* Michael Young (né Torpey)
* Mohamed Barakat
* Nikita Hismatov
* Olexandr Konovalov
* Oliver Bonten
* Paul Smith
* Paula Hähndel
* Ramón Esteban Romero
* Reimer Behrends
* Reinis Cirpons
* Rob Wainwright
* Robert Arthur
* Robert F. Morse
* Russ Woodroofe
* Ruth Hoffmann
* Sam Tertooy
* Sandeep Murthy
* Sarah Rees
* Scott Brenner
* Scott Murray
* Sebastian Gutsche
* Sergio Siccha
* Soley Jonsdottir
* Stefan Kohl
* Steve Linton
* Susanne Keitemeier
* Thomas Bischops
* Thomas Breuer
* Thomas Merkwitz
* Torben Wiedemann
* Udo Polis
* Ute Schiffer
* VInay Wagh
* Vladimir Janjic
* Volker Braun
* Volkmar Felsch
* Werner Nickel
* Wilf Wilson
* Willem de Graaf
* Wolfgang Merkwitz

and others

Review Information

team TEAM — allocated to mechtilde 2 hours ago, started 2 hours ago.

Public Notes

mechtilde 2 hours ago ● public

Missed Author Check

Command: dnq author-check
Exit code: 0

Using active review (from current.json): gap
Author check: gap 4.16.0~beta2-1

Scanned 2628 files.
debian/copyright contains no Copyright: fields (free-form or empty).

NOT IN debian/copyright (27):

  Benjamin Kosnik <bkoz@redhat.com>
    cnf/m4/ax_cxx_compile_stdcxx.m4:35

  Daniel Richard G. <skunk@iSKUNK.ORG>
    cnf/m4/ax_pthread.m4:61

  Diego Elio Petteno` <flameeyes@gmail.com>
    cnf/m4/ax_check_library.m4:35

  Enji Cooper <yaneurabeya@gmail.com>
    cnf/m4/ax_cxx_compile_stdcxx.m4:42

  Free Software Foundation, Inc
    cnf/config.guess:67
    cnf/config.guess:7
    cnf/config.sub:7
    cnf/config.sub:83
    configure:11703
    ... and 2 more files

  Gabriele Svelto <gabriele.svelto@gmail.com>
    cnf/m4/ax_gcc_func_attribute.m4:74

  Google Inc.; contributed by Alexey Sokolov <sokolov@google.com>
    cnf/m4/ax_cxx_compile_stdcxx.m4:38

  Guido U. Draheim <guidod@gmx.de>
    cnf/m4/ax_append_flag.m4:23
    cnf/m4/ax_check_compile_flag.m4:29

  its   authors,   which   are   listed   at
    doc/ref/chap1.txt:196

  its authors, which include
    COPYRIGHT:17

  Jason Merrill <jason@redhat.com>
    cnf/m4/ax_cxx_compile_stdcxx.m4:43

  Jörn Heusipp <osmanx@problemloesungsmaschine.de>
    cnf/m4/ax_cxx_compile_stdcxx.m4:44

  Krzesimir Nowak <qdlacz@gmail.com>
    cnf/m4/ax_cxx_compile_stdcxx.m4:41

  Lehrstuhl D fuer Mathematik,  RWTH Aachen,   Germany
    doc/gapmacrodoc.tex:10
    doc/hpc/main.xml:4
    doc/ref/copyright.xml:6
    doc/ref/files.xml:7
    doc/ref/foa.xml:6
    ... and 22 more files

  Maarten Bosmans <mkbosmans@gmail.com>
    cnf/m4/ax_append_compile_flags.m4:31
    cnf/m4/ax_append_flag.m4:24
    cnf/m4/ax_check_compile_flag.m4:30

  Marc Stevens <marc.stevens@cwi.nl>
    cnf/m4/ax_pthread.m4:62

  Mike Frysinger <vapier@gentoo.org>
    cnf/m4/ax_require_defined.m4:26

  Moritz Klammler <moritz@klammler.eu>
    cnf/m4/ax_cxx_compile_stdcxx.m4:40

  Paul Norman <penorman@mac.com>
    cnf/m4/ax_cxx_compile_stdcxx.m4:39

  Philip Withnall <philip@tecnocode.co.uk>
    cnf/m4/ax_compiler_flags_cflags.m4:26

  Reini Urban <rurban@cpan.org>
    cnf/m4/ax_compiler_flags_cflags.m4:27

  Roy Stogner <roystgnr@ices.utexas.edu>
    cnf/m4/ax_cxx_compile_stdcxx.m4:37

  St Andrews
    doc/ref/streams.xml:9

  Steven G. Johnson <stevenj@alum.mit.edu>
    cnf/m4/ax_pthread.m4:60

  Thomas Jahns <jahns@dkrz.de>
    cnf/m4/ax_execinfo.m4:26

  X Consortium
    cnf/install-sh:10

  Zack Weinberg <zackw@panix.com>
    cnf/m4/ax_cxx_compile_stdcxx.m4:36

Result: ATTENTION REQUIRED — 27 authors not in debian/copyright
mechtilde 2 hours ago ● public

Licenserecon

Command: lrc | grep -v 'Superfluous file pattern'
Exit code: 0

de: Versions: licenserecon '17.0'  licensecheck '3.3.9-1'

Quellbaum analysieren  ....
Lesen d/copyright  ....
Ungültige DEP-5 Kopfzeile in debian/copyright
Failed to process debian/copyright
mechtilde 2 hours ago DISCUSS ● public

As you can see in the public notes
there are more then 20 authors not listed with their files.
It is not possible to check copyright compliants without
d/copyright in DEP-5 format.

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