[Slackbuilds-users] Adopting Orphaned Packages

B. Watson urchlay at slackware.uk
Mon Jul 27 21:32:30 UTC 2026



On Mon, 27 Jul 2026, Lumin Etherlight via SlackBuilds-users wrote:

>        development/cppcheck
>        development/ecl
>        development/opencvs
>        games/firestorm
>        network/mod_evasive
>        academic/latex2html
>        network/ejabberd
>        network/iperf
>        network/pgbouncer
>        office/dictd
>        system/audit
>        system/dtach
>        system/virt-viewer

OK, I gave you all the above except mod_evasive, which was already
taken by Roberto Puzzanghera

>        As for  the next section, those  just caught
>  my eye  as some seemingly  important, traditional,
>  or cool  packages, but I don't  currently have the
>  capacity or interest to handle them.  Posting them
>  here for others to perhaps consider adopting them.

Yes, I considered adopting some of these myself... but I already have
over 1000 builds, so I'm resisting the urge.


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