How is it that all these hundreds of other software libraries are getting updated, but not Geany?

I don't know, I will repeat again, the Geany project does not make the Debian packages, telling the Geany project won't help. You need to tell Debian so they can ask you for whatever is relevant information about exactly what you did, your system configuration etc. Since the Debian bugtracker does not have any reports of the packages not updating its likely (putting thoughts in the Debian folks heads) that there is something unusual about your setup.

There is obviously an update process these other libraries and modules via their Developers.

Linux does not work the way Windows (and Macos) does, distros are not like their app stores, developers do not upload distro packages. Developers make generic software that can be built for many distros, and in the Geany case Windows and Macos.

The packager makes the package for the distro, and makes sure the way its built matches the distro rules and uses the versions of libraries that the distro provides. Packagers are specialists in their specific distro, it is impractical for small projects understand the rules for every distro, and to build packages for all distros.

In the case of Debian one of the rules is that only accredited Debian Developers can upload packages after they have checked them to meet the Debian rules, not any Tom, Dick or Harry project.

I'm just the messenger here. I'm not frustrated.

I'm just trying to point out how you can fix your problem, if a distro package does not exist for a specific distro, or version, or if it fails to upgrade then talk to the distro or build Geany yourself (or have someone do it for you). Telling Geany is just wasting both our time.

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