Bug#1144131: ITP: hqc -- Hamming Quasi-Cyclic (HQC) implementation

Simon Josefsson <[email protected]> Tue, 11 Aug 2026 14:40:01 +0200

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Package: wnpp
Severity: wishlist
Owner: Simon Josefsson <[email protected]>
X-Debbugs-Cc: [email protected]

* Package name    : hqc
  Version         : 5.0.0
  Upstream Author : HQC Team, Slim Bettaieb, Loïc Bidoux, et al
* URL             : https://gitlab.com/pqc-hqc/hqc https://pqc-hqc.org/
* License         : public domain
  Programming Lang: C
  Description     : Hamming Quasi-Cyclic (HQC) implementation

 This repository provides the official implementation of HQC, a
 code-based Key Encapsulation Mechanism (KEM) whose security is based on
 the hardness of solving the Quasi-Cylic Syndrome Decoding (QCSD)
 problem. HQC is one of the selected algorithms from the NIST's
 Post-Quantum Cryptography Standardization Project.

I'm hoping this package will provide a shared library:

https://gitlab.com/pqc-hqc/hqc/-/work_items/28

But even if they won't, there could be some value in packaging the
reference implementation anyway.

Possibly the Debian source package name should be 'pqc-hqc' instead of
just 'hqc', but I haven't started on this yet so wanted to create an ITP
bug for further discussion and coordination.

/Simon

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