Package: wnpp
Severity: normal
Owner: James Montgomery <james@bitrefactory.com>
Control: affects -1 src:libbs2b
Control: block 1007187 by -1
Hi - I intend to adopt the libbs2b package.
The package is currently orphaned (see Bug #1007187), and I plan to resume maintenance.
As part of the adoption, I propose modernizing the package and switching the upstream source to the more active and maintained fork at:
https://github.com/alexmarsev/libbs2b
This GitHub-hosted fork:
- Has a more permissive MIT license,
- Offers cleaner and more modern autotools integration,
- Is already packaged in other distributions (e.g., Alpine),
- Is actively used in audio toolchains.
My initial goals for the package include:
- Switching to the GitHub source while preserving ABI compatibility,
- Updating packaging to current Debian Policy and debhelper standards,
- Fixing all Lintian warnings,
- Verifying and improving reproducibility,
- Publishing work to Salsa and requesting sponsorship via mentors.
I will update the existing orphan bug with a cross-reference to this ITA.
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James
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