#1032658 ITP: go-task -- A task runner / simpler Make alternative written in Go

Package:
wnpp
Source:
wnpp
Submitter:
Mark E. Fuller
Date:
2025-11-29 16:52:35 UTC
Severity:
normal
#1032658#5
Date:
2023-03-10 15:30:35 UTC
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* Package name    : go-task
   Version         : 3.21.0-1
   Upstream Author : Task
* URL             : https://github.com/go-task/task
* License         : MIT
   Programming Lang: Go
   Description     : A task runner / simpler Make alternative written in Go

Reason for packaging: Alternative to Make with utility for development
and CI
#1032658#10
Date:
2023-12-05 22:40:46 UTC
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I'd be happy to sponsor the uploads for this package (and its
dependencies that are not already in the archive).
#1032658#13
Date:
2024-06-05 14:22:34 UTC
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* Mark E. Fuller <mark.e.fuller@gmx.de>, 2023-03-10 17:30:

The executable name is "task", but this name is already taken by
taskwarrior; see bug #1071939.
#1032658#18
Date:
2025-10-19 14:34:38 UTC
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A maintainer of the Taskfile project suggested that we could use the `go-task` name for the package any binary.

https://github.com/go-task/task/issues/1698#issuecomment-2612698016

If this is acceptable to the debain project, and sez@debian.org is still willing to sponsor it, I'd be happy my hand at packaging it.

Tim