On Mon, Jun 21, 2004 at 07:42:34PM -0600, Benjamin Cutler wrote: > Package name : cc65 > Version : 2.10.1 > Upstream Author : Ullrich von Bassewitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > URL : http://www.cc65.org/ > License : zlib-alike > Description : Cross development suite for 65xxx processors > > cc65 in a suite of utilities designed to allow development of programs that > run on computers and consoles based off the 65xxx series of processors. > It includes a C compiler, an assembler, a linker, and several libraries to > better allow development for a specific platform. Supported platforms > include: > > * Processors: 6502/65C02/65816 > * Commodore > -C64 > -GEOS C64 > -C128 > -C16 > -C116 > -Plus/4 > -P500/600/700 > * Apple ][ > * Atari (8-bit) > * Oric Atmos > * Nintendo Entertainment System > * Supervision Game Console > > See the homepage at http://www.cc65.org/ for more details! > ---- > > I was digging around trying to find a useful emulation-related utilities > after my failed attempt at packaging Gens due to legal issues[0], and > somebody pointed me to this little gem. At first it appeared that it was > non-free[1], but after some digging around I discovered it's just fine[2]. > Now, the odd part is that the tarball came with some debian stuff already in > it, so it looks like somebody tried to package this about two years ago. (I > saw a thread on an l.d.o list about it because of the legal issues mentioned > in [1], but I can't remember where and I can't find it again.) I can't find > any reference to it in the archive, unless I'm missing something obvious, so > I don't think it ever actually made it into Debian. It was pretty old > (Standards 3.2.1), and it split a 3 meg package into about 7 or 8 > subpackages, which strikes me as a little silly, so I snagged the man pages > and wrote the rest of the debian/ tree from scratch. ITP is at [3], and > packages are available on m.d.n[4][5]. Copyright file is at [6] if you want > to glance at what I wrote for it without downloading first. Comments are > welcome, and thanks in advance. :) > > [0] http://lists.debian.org/debian-legal/2004/06/msg00136.html > [1] http://lists.debian.org/debian-legal/2004/06/msg00482.html > [2] http://lists.debian.org/debian-legal/2004/06/msg00488.html > [3] http://bugs.debian.org/255572 > [4] http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/c/cc65/ > [5] http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/c/cc65-common/ > [6] http://www.cs.colostate.edu/~cutler/debian/cc65.copyright >
That is a solid RFS! I still didn't made time to check it out and will not able the next few days. Try to find a sponsor at Debian mailinglist that have interrest in other architectures and/or embedded application. This posting is only to get attention for the package it's deserves. Cheers Geert Stappers -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
