packages up for adoption -- good for new maintainers
Are you a new debian developer, looking for some packages to maintain?
If so, this list is for you. I need to drop some of my simpler packages
to make way for other work. All of the below are up for adoption -- just
mail me. Otherwise, I will continue to maintain them.
abuse and abuse-lib
The side scrolling action game from crack dot com. It has one bug,
which a competant X programmer could probably fix easily. If you take
these you should at least consider taking abuse-sfx, which currently
has no maintainer and is non-free. Note that abuse is orphaned
upstream, and I can't find anyone working on it.
atari800
Emulator for the atari 800, 130xe, and similar computers. No open
bugs.
blast
A cool hack that shows just how evil the shape extention is, if E
didn't already make that abundently clear. No bugs, no upstream
maintainer, a trivial package.
floatbg
Another cute X hack. No upstream maintainer that I can find. It has
one bug, which I have a patch for in the BTS, but the patch probably needs
some work before it is applied. Any even barely-competant X programmer
can handle this package easily. Heck, even I can almost manage it!
luxman
A good pac man clone. No bugs. No upstream maintainer I can find.
mctools-lite
A really nice mixer and a so-so cd player. It has 4 open bugs. The
maintainer is not very responsive, though he does still seem to be
around.
megahal
A fun conversation simulator using markov chains. 2 open bugs, and an
active and responsive upstream author who is a Debian user.
mirrormagic
A fun little X game. No bugs, responsive author.
nwrite
A nicer replacement for write. No bug reports.
pente
Fun game. No bug reports, and the program is basically perfect, so
it's low maintenence.
rxp
A validating xml parser. This does include a library package, so it's
not for absolute newbiews. No bug reports.
space-orbit
Fairly realistic game involving flying around the solar system. Can
double an an educational aid. No bugs, reponsive author.
thrust
Clone of a classic C64 game. No bugs, responsive author, although
development has been stalled for several years.
toshutils
Utilities for toshiba laptops -- needs someone who uses a toshiba
laptop to maintain it, and I no longer do. No bugs, and the author is
still developing new features for it. This is _not_ a trivial package,
it includes a kernel module.
unclutter
Handy program to hide the X mouse cursor. No bugs, author is probably
missing, though I've never actually had any reason to contact them.
wmnetselect
No bugs reports. Trivial little program to launch netscape with some
handy features.
wordplay
Anagram generator. No bugs, no updates since 1996 or so.
xbl
Rather neat 3d tetris game. No bugs.
xboing
Breakout type game. 3 bugs.
xfishtank
Like the name says.. There is one bug that could be easily fixed by a
competant X programmer, and I've never contacted the author --
it's quite an old program, but still fun.
xflip
A little X toy. No bugs.
xmountains
Generates snow-capped mountain ranges as wallpaper. No bugs.
xonix-jahu
Odd little X game. Upstream author seems to have moved on to
other things. There is one bug.
xtet42
Multi-player tetris. No bugs.
xzoom
Magnifies a region of the X display. No bugs.
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