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libgee 0.20.8-3

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DescriptionGObject based collection and utility library

libgee is a collection library providing GObject-based interfaces and classes for commonly used data structures.

libgee provides the following interfaces: * Traversable - Iterable + Collection # List * BidirList # Set * SortedSet - BidirSortedSet # MultiSet # Queue * Deque + Map # SortedMap * BidirSortedMap - Iterator + BidirIterator # BidirListIterator + ListIterator # BidirListIterator * MultiMap * Future

The ArrayList, ArrauQueue, ConcurrentLinkedList, ConcurrentSet, HashSet, HashMap, HashMultiSet, HashMultiMap, LinkedList, PriorityQueue, Promise, TreeSet, TreeMap, TreeMultiSet, and TreeMultiMap classes provide a reasonable sample implementation of those interfaces. In addition, a set of abstract classes are provided to ease the implementation of new collections.

Around that, the API provides means to retrieve read-only views, efficient sort algorithms, simple, bi-directional or index-based mutable iterators depending on the collection type.

libgee is written in Vala and can be used like any GObject-based C library. It's planned to provide bindings for further languages.

This package contains the shared libraries.

MaintainerDebian GNOME Maintainers <pkg-gnome-maintainers@lists.alioth.debian.org>
Changed ByJeremy Bícha <jbicha@ubuntu.com>
Sponsorjbicha@debian.org
Distributionunstable
Architectureany all
VCSgit: https://salsa.debian.org/gnome-team/libgee.git (browse)
Trackerhttps://tracker.debian.org/pkg/libgee
Uploaded3 hours ago

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BinaryCurrently built by
gir1.2-gee-0.8libgee-0.8
libgee-0.8-2libgee-0.8
libgee-0.8-devlibgee-0.8

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.changes◂
Sourcelibgee
Version0.20.8-3
Changed-ByJeremy Bícha <jbicha@ubuntu.com>
Architecturesource amd64
Distributionunstable
DateWed, 21 Oct 2026 12:09:18 +0200
Changelog◂
libgee (0.20.8-3) unstable; urgency=medium
 .
   * Rename source package and -dev package to remove version number
   * debian/copyright: Convert to 1.0 format
   * debian/watch: Convert to Version: 5
   * Update Homepage
   * Update debhelper compat to 14
   * Update Standards Version to 4.7.4
.dsc◂
Sectionintrospection
Priorityoptional
Componentmain
Package-Listgir1.2-gee-0.8 deb introspection optional arch=any
libgee-0.8-2 deb libs optional arch=any
libgee-0.8-dev deb oldlibs optional arch=all
libgee-dev deb libdevel optional arch=any
debian/copyright◂
Format: https://www.debian.org/doc/packaging-manuals/copyright-format/1.0/
Source: https://download.gnome.org/sources/libgee/
Upstream-Name: libgee

Files: *
Copyright: 2009-2014, Maciej Piechotka
License: LGPL-2.1+

Files: gee/abstractqueue.c
 gee/abstractqueue.vala
 gee/comparable.c
 gee/comparable.vala
 gee/deque.c
 gee/deque.vala
 gee/listiterator.c
 gee/listiterator.vala
 gee/queue.c
 gee/queue.vala
 gee/timsort.c
 gee/timsort.vala
 gee/treemultimap.c
 gee/treemultimap.vala
 gee/treemultiset.c
 gee/treemultiset.vala
 tests/testdeque.c
 tests/testdeque.vala
 tests/testlinkedlistasdeque.c
 tests/testlinkedlistasdeque.vala
 tests/testpriorityqueue.c
 tests/testpriorityqueue.vala
 tests/testqueue.c
 tests/testqueue.vala
 tests/testtreemultiset.c
 tests/testtreemultiset.vala
 tests/testunrolledlinkedlistasdeque.c
 tests/testunrolledlinkedlistasdeque.vala
Copyright: 2009, Didier Villevalois
License: LGPL-2.1+

Files: benchmark/benchmark.c
 benchmark/benchmark.vala
 benchmark/benchmarksorts.c
 benchmark/benchmarksorts.vala
 gee/abstractcollection.c
 gee/abstractcollection.vala
 gee/abstractlist.c
 gee/abstractlist.vala
 gee/abstractmap.c
 gee/abstractmap.vala
 gee/abstractset.c
 gee/abstractset.vala
 tests/testreadonlycollection.c
 tests/testreadonlycollection.vala
 tests/testreadonlylist.c
 tests/testreadonlylist.vala
 tests/testreadonlymap.c
 tests/testreadonlymap.vala
 tests/testreadonlyset.c
 tests/testreadonlyset.vala
Copyright: 2007, Jürg Billeter
  2008, Jürg Billeter
  2009, Didier Villevalois
License: LGPL-2.1+

Files: tests/testarraylist.c
 tests/testarraylist.vala
 tests/testhashmap.c
 tests/testhashmap.vala
 tests/testhashmultimap.c
 tests/testhashmultimap.vala
 tests/testhashmultiset.c
 tests/testhashmultiset.vala
 tests/testlist.c
 tests/testlist.vala
 tests/testmain.c
 tests/testmain.vala
 tests/testmultimap.c
 tests/testmultimap.vala
 tests/testmultiset.c
 tests/testmultiset.vala
 tests/testset.c
 tests/testset.vala
 tests/testtreemultimap.c
 tests/testtreemultimap.vala
Copyright: 2008, Jürg Billeter
  2009, Didier Villevalois, Julien Peeters
License: LGPL-2.1+

Files: gee/collection.c
 gee/collection.vala
 gee/iterable.c
 gee/iterable.vala
 gee/list.c
 gee/list.vala
 gee/map.c
 gee/map.vala
 gee/readonlylist.c
 gee/readonlylist.vala
 gee/readonlymap.c
 gee/readonlymap.vala
 gee/readonlyset.c
 gee/readonlyset.vala
 gee/set.c
 gee/set.vala
 tests/testlinkedlist.c
 tests/testlinkedlist.vala
 tests/testunrolledlinkedlist.c
 tests/testunrolledlinkedlist.vala
Copyright: 2007-2009 Jürg Billeter
License: LGPL-2.1+

Files: gee/abstractmultimap.c
 gee/abstractmultimap.vala
 gee/abstractmultiset.c
 gee/abstractmultiset.vala
 gee/hashmultimap.c
 gee/hashmultimap.vala
 gee/hashmultiset.c
 gee/hashmultiset.vala
 gee/multimap.c
 gee/multimap.vala
 gee/multiset.c
 gee/multiset.vala
Copyright: 2009, Ali Sabil
License: LGPL-2.1+

Files: gee/bidirmapiterator.c
 gee/bidirmapiterator.vala
 gee/readonlysortedset.c
 gee/readonlysortedset.vala
 gee/sortedset.c
 gee/sortedset.vala
Copyright: 2009, Didier Villevalois, Maciej Piechotka
  2011, Maciej Piechotka
License: LGPL-2.1+

Files: Makefile.in
 benchmark/Makefile.in
 doc/Makefile.in
 gee/Makefile.in
 tests/Makefile.in
Copyright: 1994-2021, Free Software Foundation, Inc.
License: FSFULLR

Files: gee/mapiterator.c
 gee/mapiterator.vala
 gee/priorityqueue.c
 gee/priorityqueue.vala
Copyright: 2009, Didier Villevalois
  2011, Maciej Piechotka
  2012-2014, Maciej Piechotka
License: LGPL-2.1+

Files: tests/testhashset.c
 tests/testhashset.vala
 tests/testtreeset.c
 tests/testtreeset.vala
Copyright: 2009, Didier Villevalois, Julien Peeters
License: LGPL-2.1+

Files: gee/bidiriterator.c
 gee/bidiriterator.vala
 gee/functions.c
 gee/functions.vala
Copyright: 2009, Didier Villevalois, Maciej Piechotka
License: LGPL-2.1+

Files: gee/hashmap.c
 gee/hashmap.vala
 gee/hashset.c
 gee/hashset.vala
Copyright: 1995-1997, Peter Mattis, Spencer Kimball and Josh MacDonald
  1997-2000, GLib Team and others
  2007-2009, Jürg Billeter
  2009-2014, Maciej Piechotka
License: LGPL-2.1+

Files: compile
Copyright: 1999-2021 Free Software Foundation, Inc. Written by Tom Tromey <tromey@cygnus.com>
License: GPL-2+ with Autoconf-data exception

Files: depcomp
Copyright: 1996-2021, Free Software Foundation, Inc.
  1999-2021, Free Software Foundation, Inc.
License: GPL-2+ with Autoconf-data exception

Files: missing
Copyright: 1996-2021 Free Software Foundation, Inc. Originally written by Fran,cois Pinard <pinard@iro.umontreal.ca>, 1996
License: GPL-2+ with Autoconf-data exception

Files: m4/ltoptions.m4
 m4/lt~obsolete.m4
Copyright: 2004-2005, 2007, 2009, 2011-2019, 2021-2022, Free
  2004-2005, 2007-2009, 2011-2019, 2021-2022, Free
License: FSFULLR

Files: config.guess
 config.sub
Copyright: 1992-2023, Free Software Foundation, Inc.
License: GPL-3+ with Autoconf-data exception

Files: gee/arraylist.c
 gee/arraylist.vala
Copyright: 2004-2005, Novell, Inc
  2005, David Waite
  2007-2008, Jürg Billeter
  2009, Didier Villevalois
  2010-2014, Maciej Piechotka
License: LGPL-2.1+

Files: gee/linkedlist.c
 gee/linkedlist.vala
Copyright: 2004-2005, Novell, Inc
  2005, David Waite
  2007-2008, Jürg Billeter
  2009, Mark Lee, Didier Villevalois
  2010-2014, Maciej Piechotka
License: LGPL-2.1+

Files: tests/testcollection.c
 tests/testcollection.vala
Copyright: 2008, Jürg Billeter
  2009, Didier Villevalois, Julien Peeters
  2011-2013, Maciej Piechotka
License: LGPL-2.1+

Files: tests/testtreemap.c
 tests/testtreemap.vala
Copyright: 2008, Maciej Piechotka
  2009, Didier Villevalois, Julien Peeters
License: LGPL-2.1+

Files: tests/testmap.c
 tests/testmap.vala
Copyright: 2008, Jürg Billeter
  2009, Didier Villevalois, Julien Peeters, Maciej Piechotka
License: LGPL-2.1+

Files: gee/iterator.c
 gee/iterator.vala
Copyright: 2007-2008, Jürg Billeter
  2009, Didier Villevalois, Maciej Piechotka
  2010-2011, Maciej Piechotka
License: LGPL-2.1+

Files: tests/testcase.c
 tests/testcase.vala
Copyright: 2009, Julien Peeters
License: LGPL-2.1+

Files: gee/readonlycollection.c
 gee/readonlycollection.vala
Copyright: 2007-2008, Jürg Billeter
  2010-2014, Maciej Piechotka
License: LGPL-2.1+

Files: ltmain.sh
Copyright: 1996-2019, 2021-2022, Free Software Foundation, Inc.
  2004-2019, 2021, Bootstrap Authors
  2010-2019, 2021, Bootstrap Authors
License: GPL-2+ with libtool exception

Files: configure
Copyright: 1992-1996, 1998-2017, 2020-2023, Free Software Foundation,
  2014, Free Software Foundation, Inc.
  2023, Free Software Foundation, Inc.
License: FSFULLR and GPL-2+ with libtool exception

Files: m4/libtool.m4
Copyright: 1996-2001, 2003-2019, 2021-2022, Free Software
  2011, Free Software Foundation, Inc.
  2014, Free Software Foundation, Inc.
License: FSFULLR and GPL-2+ with libtool exception

Files: m4/introspection.m4
Copyright: 2003-2005, Thomas Vander Stichele <thomas at apestaart dot org>
  2009, Johan Dahlin
License: FSFAP

Files: m4/ax_require_defined.m4
Copyright: 2014, Mike Frysinger <vapier@gentoo.org>
License: FSFAP

Files: m4/ltsugar.m4
Copyright: 2004-2005, 2007-2008, 2011-2019, 2021-2022, Free Software
License: FSFULLR

Files: m4/ltversion.m4
Copyright: 2004, 2011-2019, 2021-2022, Free Software Foundation,
License: FSFULLR

Files: aclocal.m4
Copyright: 1996-2021, Free Software Foundation, Inc.
License: FSFULLR

Files: m4/pkg.m4
Copyright: 2004, Scott James Remnant <scott@netsplit.com>.
  2012-2015, Dan Nicholson <dbn.lists@gmail.com>
License: GPL-2+ with Autoconf-data exception

Files: gitlog-to-changelog
Copyright: 2008-2025, Free Software Foundation, Inc.
  assignment.
License: GPL-3+

Files: m4/vala.m4
Copyright: 2010, Marc-Andre Lureau
  2011, Rodney Dawes <dobey.pwns@gmail.com>
License: LGPL-2.1+

Files: install-sh
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License: X11
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 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
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DFSG Assistant LLM REVIEW 0 blocker, 0 important, 0 minor

This is an LLM based review using a Debian Inference based workflow. It was not written by a member of the DFSG team and has not been checked by one. It is not a decision on the package: it may be wrong, and it may have missed things.

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DFSG NEW review for libgee version 0.20.8-3

Summary

  • Licensing is DFSG-compliant and debian/copyright is accurate: Yes
  • Packaging is of good quality: Yes
  • Issues: 0 blocker, 0 important, 0 minor
  • debian/watch: version 5
  • debian/copyright: machine-readable
  • Scan before the review: nothing found

Licensing

debian/copyright is machine-readable DEP-5 1.0 with a comprehensive Files:* catch-all (LGPL-2.1+) and dedicated stanzas for every file group with different holders or licences. The pre-review scan's dfg-author-check scanned 282 files and found every copyright holder already named in debian/copyright. The bulk of the library and tests are LGPL-2.1+; the autotools/FSF helper scripts (compile, depcomp, missing, config.guess/sub, ltmain.sh, configure, m4/*) have their own stanzas with correct licences (FSFULLR, FSFAP, GPL-2+/3+ with Autoconf-data/libtool exceptions, X11 for install-sh), all verified against the file headers. Generated .c/.gir/.vapi files all have their .vala sources present (preferred form for modification). No non-free terms, no binaries, no vendored code, no unlicensed files found.

Packaging

Clean, current GNOME-team packaging: debhelper compat 14, dh-sequence-gir, dpkg-build-api (=1), Standards-Version 4.7.4 (current first-two components, fine), hardening=+all, symbols file with Build-Depends-Package, Multi-Arch: same, and a proper libgee-0.8-dev→libgee-dev rename handled with a transitional libgee-0.8-dev package plus Breaks/Replaces in libgee-dev. No patches (empty series), no maintainer scripts needing review, salsa-ci and upstream metadata present, changelog sane.

Issues

None.

Verified

  • Read debian/copyright in full: DEP-5 1.0 format, every Files stanza, Copyright holders, License short names, and all inline License paragraphs (FSFAP, FSFULLR, GPL-2+ Autoconf-data, GPL-2+ libtool, GPL-3+, GPL-3+ Autoconf-data, LGPL-2.1+, X11) reproduced where not in /usr/share/common-licenses.
  • The pre-review scan reported: scanned 282 files, 'every holder found is named in debian/copyright' (the only item the scan listed; nothing else flagged).
  • Spot-checked representative headers (gee/hazardpointer.vala, gee/concurrentlist.vala, benchmark/*, plus the hashmap/hashset stanza for the GLib-derived file) — all LGPL-2.1+ matching their stanzas and holders.
  • Generated .c files coexist with their .vala sources; Gee-0.8.gir and gee-0.8.vapi with their source; no file lacks a preferred form for modification in the tree.
  • No binaries, minified files, fonts, images, firmware or vendored third-party library in the tree; only standard autotools helper scripts, each given its own accurate licence stanza.
  • Read debian/control, rules, changelog, source/format (3.0 quilt), patches/series (empty), gbp.conf, upstream/metadata, salsa-ci.yml and all .install/.docs/.symbols files.
  • gir1.2-gee-0.8 and the library packages rely on debhelper compat-14 auto-added substvars (${gir:Depends}) — correct at this level.
  • uscan found the packaged version as the newest upstream release (upstream 0.20.8, packaged 0.20.8).
  • Every pointer of debian/copyright to /usr/share/common-licenses names a file that is there (GPL-2, GPL-3, LGPL-2.1).

Not confirmed

  • Build/runtime behaviour not exercised (read-only review); nothing in debian/rules references a missing file and all Build-Depends names exist in the archive.

Proposed changes

None.

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