#1051717 split wtf(6) in a separate package?

Package:
bsdgames
Source:
bsdgames
Description:
collection of classic textual unix games
Submitter:
Antoine Beaupre
Date:
2023-09-11 17:21:06 UTC
Severity:
normal
#1051717#5
Date:
2023-09-11 17:11:51 UTC
From:
To:
I wonder if wtf(6) should be split in a separate package. It's a
genuinely useful package (as opposed to a "game") that I have only
discovered recently, even though I have been familiar with BSD games
for more than a few decades at this point (!).

It seems to be effectively maintained in its own fork right now, with
updates on the acronyms files maintained in debian/patches, which
... doesn't seem ideal.

void-linux seem to have their own git repo for this now:

https://github.com/void-linux/netbsd-wtf

... and it seems relatively up to date. It *looks* like the upstream
source is split between:

http://cvsweb.netbsd.org/bsdweb.cgi/src/share/misc/?only_with_tag=MAIN

and:

http://cvsweb.netbsd.org/bsdweb.cgi/src/games/wtf/?only_with_tag=MAIN

... so I'm not sure how we should handle that, but maybe converging
over the above git repo would be best?

Another upstream I found is:

https://sourceforge.net/projects/bsd-games/

... but i'm not sure how valid that actually is either.

Arch seems to be using this as an upstream now:

https://github.com/vattam/BSDGames

See:

https://archlinux.org/packages/extra/x86_64/bsd-games/

... but that doesn't ship the wtf(6) program!

Anyway, just a thought!