From: Pierre Neidhardt <mail@ambrevar.xyz>
To: Ricardo Wurmus <rekado@elephly.net>
Cc: 35234@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: [bug#35234] [PATCH] gnu: Add the-dark-mod.
Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2019 11:39:33 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <878swflfze.fsf@ambrevar.xyz> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87d0lsib4l.fsf@elephly.net>
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Ricardo Wurmus <rekado@elephly.net> writes:
> Hi Pierre,
>
>> * gnu/packages/games.scm (the-dark-mod): New variable.
> […]
>> + (synopsis "Game based on the Thief series by Looking Glass Studios")
>> + (description (format #f "The Dark Mod (TDM) is stealth/infiltration game
>> +based on the Thief series by Looking Glass Studios. Formerly a Doom III mod,
>> +it is now released as a standalone.
>> +
>> +The game data must be fetched manually by running @command{tdm_update}.
>> +The ~a environment variable specifies the location where the game data is
>> +saved (defaults to ~a)."
>> + the-dark-mod-env-var-name the-dark-mod-env-var-value))
>
> Is this actually free software? Does it depend on the proprietary Thief
> game data to be playable? What is the purpose of tdm_update?
It is: I added a comment in the license section: all the data fetched by
the "tdm_update" executable is under CC. tdm_update is the in-house
package manager. It's sad the game data is not versioned, but I don't
see a way around it at the moment.
We have quite a few game engines in our repository that
depend on proprietary game data to be playable. But The Dark Mod is not one
of them.
> The value of the description field must be a plain string. It should
> not be a format expression to allow for translations.
Hmm... I really liked that I could make the environment variable
customizable, but I guess I'll have to hard-code it in the description then.
Thanks for the review!
--
Pierre Neidhardt
https://ambrevar.xyz/
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2019-04-12 9:40 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2019-04-11 18:16 [bug#35234] [PATCH] gnu: Add the-dark-mod Pierre Neidhardt
2019-04-11 19:40 ` Ricardo Wurmus
2019-04-12 9:39 ` Pierre Neidhardt [this message]
2019-04-12 11:22 ` Ricardo Wurmus
2019-04-12 12:02 ` Pierre Neidhardt
2019-04-21 14:13 ` Ricardo Wurmus
2019-04-21 16:18 ` Ludovic Courtès
2019-04-22 9:02 ` Pierre Neidhardt
2019-04-22 9:19 ` Ricardo Wurmus
2019-04-22 9:42 ` Pierre Neidhardt
2019-04-22 16:50 ` Ludovic Courtès
2019-04-22 17:42 ` Pierre Neidhardt
2019-04-22 10:01 ` Adonay Felipe Nogueira
2019-04-22 9:40 ` Adonay Felipe Nogueira
2019-04-22 11:56 ` Ricardo Wurmus
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