Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: Michel Alexandre Salim <mic...@michel-slm.name> X-Debbugs-Cc: debian-de...@lists.debian.org
* Package name : distrobox Version : 1.2.14 Upstream Author : Luca Di Maio <luca.dima...@gmail.com> * URL : https://distrobox.privatedns.org/ * License : GPL Programming Lang: Bash Description : Another tool for containerized command line environments on Linux Use any linux distribution inside your terminal. Enable both backward and forward compatibility with software and freedom to use whatever distribution you’re more comfortable with. - usefulness Much more flexible than Toolbx, which inspires it: https://fedoramagazine.org/toolbx-a-developers-new-best-friend/ - Toolbx requires specialized containers which currently are only available for Fedora. - not a dependency for another package - I use it everyday, for compatibility testing on different distributions and releases - comparison with similar packages - more flexible than Toolbx - this wraps Podman and Docker and preconfigure the containers (e.g. giving them home directory access, installing the shell you use on the host on the container too) so it's much easier to use - maintenance - no packaging team seems to match, so I plan to maintain this individually. I'm new to Debian packaging (coming from Fedora where I'm the equivalent of a Debian Developer), so will be using https://mentors.debian.net/. I do have more packages to ITP, but want to start small with a package where the upstream author has expressed an interest in getting this packaged: https://github.com/89luca89/distrobox/issues/153 - yes, I will need a sponsor