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Architecturesource amd64 all
Distributionexperimental
DateWed, 27 May 2026 10:52:36 +0200
Sourcegap
Version4.16.0~beta2-1
Changed-ByBill Allombert
Changelog
gap (4.16.0~beta2-1) experimental; urgency=medium
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   * 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
Sectionmath
Priorityoptional
Componentmain
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
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
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* Gene Cooperman
* Glen Whitney
* Götz Pfeiffer
* Greg Gamble
* Hans Ulrich Besche
* Heiko Theißen
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* Udo Polis
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* Vladimir Janjic
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* Volkmar Felsch
* Werner Nickel
* Wilf Wilson
* Willem de Graaf
* Wolfgang Merkwitz

and others

Review Information

accepted — allocated to siretart 1 month, 6 days ago, started 1 month, 6 days ago, completed 1 month, 6 days ago.

Final Comment

Superseded by review of later version

Other Reviews of this Package

VersionHashAllocatedCompletedReviewerStatusDetails
4.16.0~beta2.2-2 efb36b70… 2026-06-20 09:52 2026-06-20 09:53 siretart accepted VIEW
4.16.0~beta2.2-1 7032ebbf… 2026-06-20 09:53 2026-06-20 09:53 siretart accepted VIEW

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