[needs-packaging] cc65 and ca65

[Damian Yerrick]

CA65 is a toolchain, including an assembler, linker, and libraries, for developing programs in assembly language for 8-bit microcomputers with a 6502 family processor.

URL: http://www.cc65.org/
License: zlib
Notes:
The official distribution is called "CC65" after the non-free C compiler that it includes. I am not requesting that this compiler be packaged.

Related packages include FCE Ultra (fceu), an emulator to run Nintendo Entertainment System programs.

I checked jaunty, sid, and launchpad [needs-packaging] today, and none appears to mention "cc65" nor "ca65".

[Chris Crisafulli (itnet7)]

Thank you for taking the time to request this package and helping to make Ubuntu better. I confirm that there aren't any current available packages in Debian or Ubuntu. Since this bug has enough information provided for a developer to begin work, I'm going to mark it as confirmed and let them handle it from here. Thanks for taking the time to make Ubuntu better!

[Brian Murray (brian-murray)]

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This bug is tagged needs-packaging which identifies it as a request for a new package in Ubuntu. As a part of the managing needs-packaging bug reports specification, https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QATeam/Specs/NeedsPackagingBugs, all needs-packaging bug reports have Wishlist importance. Subsequently, I'm setting this bug's status to Wishlist.

[Damian Yerrick (tepples)]

It appears someone managed to package it for Debian, but it isn't in a major repository.
http://www.trikaliotis.net/debian

Other related packages include fceux, the emulator that replaces fceu.

[Damian Yerrick (tepples)]

As of May 2015, the owner of copyright in the compiler has relicensed it as well under the zlib license. This means everything is DFSG free.

https://github.com/cc65/cc65/commit/aeb849257277a6b98542de8579697b81c6dd70e6