Bug#1143900: ITP: stuffit-rs -- Rust library and CLI tool for StuffIt archives

Jonas Smedegaard <[email protected]> Sat, 08 Aug 2026 11:44:43 +0200

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Quoting Daniel Markstedt (2026-08-08 09:15:25)
> Package: wnpp
> Severity: wishlist
> Owner: Daniel Markstedt <[email protected]>
> X-Debbugs-CC: [email protected], 
> [email protected]
> 
> * Package name    : stuffit-rs
>    Version         : 0.2.0
>    Upstream Contact: Ben Letchford <[email protected]>
> * URL             : https://github.com/benletchford/stuffit-rs
> * License         : MIT and Apache-2.0
>    Programming Lang: Rust
>    Description     : read and write StuffIt (.sit) archives
> 
> This package provides a 'stuffit' CLI tool for decompressing .sit 
> archives or create new ones using a selection of StuffIt compression 
> algorithms. It also ships a Rust library and C ABI library for 
> application developers.
> .
> StuffIt is a popular compression format on older Macintosh computers.
> 
> I intend to maintain this package in the Debian Netatalk team: the 
> upcoming release version of Netatalk will link with the C ABI library.

Perhaps you would find interest in helping dust of and implement an old
idea of mine: A Debian Pure Blend for supporting Macintosh:
https://wiki.debian.org/DebianMac

You might also consider tracking all Macintosh-related packages as a
virtual "team" - similar to how I've done for semantic web tools:
https://tracker.debian.org/teams/semweb/

 - Jonas

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