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Review: sparsebitset 1.3-1

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Descriptionefficient sparse bit set implementation for Java

SparseBitSet holds large numbers of bits, or bits at very high offsets, in far less memory than the standard java.util.BitSet. BitSet keeps one contiguous array covering every offset up to the highest bit that has been set, so recording a single bit near the top of the int range costs hundreds of megabytes.

SparseBitSet uses a structure modelled on virtual memory instead, and allocates only the blocks it actually needs, for an overhead of about 0.03 32-bit words per 64 bits. It offers the same logical operations as BitSet - and, inclusive or, exclusive or, and and-not - over all or part of the set.

MaintainerDebian Java Maintainers <pkg-java-maintainers@lists.alioth.debian.org>
Changed ByEmmanuel Bourg <ebourg@apache.org>
Sponsorebourg@apache.org
Distributionunstable
Architectureall
VCSgit: https://salsa.debian.org/java-team/sparsebitset.git (browse)
Closes#1148390
Trackerhttps://tracker.debian.org/pkg/sparsebitset
Uploaded1 month, 17 days ago

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Architecturesource all
Distributionunstable
DateSat, 19 Sep 2026 14:56:21 +0200
Sourcesparsebitset
Version1.3-1
Changed-ByEmmanuel Bourg <ebourg@apache.org>
Changelog◂
sparsebitset (1.3-1) unstable; urgency=medium
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   * Initial release (Closes: #1148390)
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Priorityoptional
Componentmain
Package-Listlibsparsebitset-java deb java optional arch=all
Sectionjava
debian/copyright◂
Format: https://www.debian.org/doc/packaging-manuals/copyright-format/1.0/
Upstream-Name: SparseBitSet
Upstream-Contact: Brett Wooldridge <brett.wooldridge@gmail.com>
Source: https://github.com/brettwooldridge/SparseBitSet
Files-Excluded: *.pdf

Files: *
Copyright: 2013-2023, Brett Wooldridge
           2009, Paladin Software International
License: Apache-2.0

Files: debian/*
Copyright: 2026, Emmanuel Bourg <ebourg@apache.org>
License: Apache-2.0

License: Apache-2.0
 On Debian systems, the full text of the Apache License 2.0 can be found in
 the file '/usr/share/common-licenses/Apache-2.0'.

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accepted — allocated to awm 1 month, 14 days ago, started 1 month, 14 days ago, completed 1 month, 14 days ago.

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