[svlug] Where and how to post contributed software

[Chris Miller]

norm at dad.org wrote:
> I'm a retired mathematician and hacker. In order to repay the open source
> community and to keep me happy and productive I'm writing software which I want
> to post somewhere as free, open source. So far, I have:
> 
>      Race. A mathematical game, that simulates an auto race. I originally
>      designed it fir children but adults seem to like it too. Will work wherever
>      Java is installed
> 
>      lnudup. It links all the files in a directory hierarchy, having the same
>      content. Has options to specify hard or soft links, only link files with
>      same name, etc. Will work under Linux, Mac and with recompilation (of the
>      small portion written in C++), other Unixes. Requires Java.
> 
>      ss. Like ps, but with finer grained control over what processes are
>      included and selection of output fields. Will work only under Linux.
>      Requires Java.
> 
>      real. Resolves symbolic links. A wrapper for glibc's realpath. (This is an
>      extremely complex programs :-) Its source, excluding #includes and blank
>      lines is 33 lines long.) Will work under Linux, and with recompilation any
>      POSIX system. Does not require Java.
> 
>      emit. Makes the kernel pretend that its arguments separated by spaces,
>      are typed on another terminal. A wrapper for ioctl(fd,TIOCSTI,x)).
>      For use in scripts.
> 
> I don't know where I should post these, or what hoops I will need to jump
> through to post them. I would appreciate advice.

Sourceforge.net is a good and easy place to get free version control.
There's so much on there that no one will really notice it...