From: "Thompson, David" <dthompson2@worcester.edu>
To: "Björn Höfling" <bjoern.hoefling@bjoernhoefling.de>
Cc: 30380@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: [bug#30380] gnu: Add dolphin-emulator.
Date: Wed, 7 Feb 2018 15:53:03 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAJ=RwfbOySqzLGMqiSVa7PKw1+5E2967Q-e_g8TV4fdwyQB=bQ@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20180207214353.36366a2c@alma-ubu>
Hello,
On Wed, Feb 7, 2018 at 3:43 PM, Björn Höfling
<bjoern.hoefling@bjoernhoefling.de> wrote:
> On Wed, 7 Feb 2018 11:58:02 -0500
> "Thompson, David" <dthompson2@worcester.edu> wrote:
>
>> Here a couple of patches that add the Dolphin emulator. I used a Git
>> snapshot because the project goes *years* between releasing official
>> source tarballs while at the same time directing users to use binaries
>> built from the latest commit in their Git repo, so I think packaging
>> the Git source aligns best with what a Dolphin user would expect.
>>
>> - Dave
>
> Hi Dave,
>
> I haven't done a full review, here are some things I noticed:
>
> * License is GPLv2+, not only v2.
> * dolphin/Data/Sys/GC/font_*.bin: Licensed under ASL2.0.
> * The homepage states this package is only available for x86_64.
> If that is true, add a line like this to your package:
> (supported-systems '("x86_64-linux"))
> * dolphin/Installer/dxredist/ contains (Windows) binaries. Remove with
> a snippet.
> * Remove dolphin/Externals in a snippet. Or at least those that you
> have added as dependencies.
> * There are binaries in the distribution:
> dolphin/Data/Sys/GC/dsp_coef.bin and dsp_rom.bin
> The commit message says something like "based off of observed
> effects on the virtual machine", but still this is binaray. Or is there
> some way of building this from commented assembly? Here is the full
> commit message:
> https://github.com/dolphin-emu/dolphin/commit/e3531d17d700339828d7bab192c66fba5fcbac86
>
> * Finally, doesn't this encourage people to use non-free software, i.e.
> the original manufacturers game discs? Or is there any free software
> implementation running on this emulator?
>
> Björn
Nevermind. I am dropping this patch set.
Sorry,
- Dave
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2018-02-07 20:54 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2018-02-07 16:58 [bug#30380] gnu: Add dolphin-emulator Thompson, David
2018-02-07 20:43 ` Björn Höfling
2018-02-07 20:53 ` Thompson, David [this message]
2018-02-09 10:21 ` Ludovic Courtès
2018-02-09 14:11 ` Thompson, David
2018-02-09 15:52 ` Manolis Ragkousis
2018-02-09 16:10 ` Thompson, David
2018-02-16 9:20 ` [bug#30380] gnu: Add dolphin-emu Rutger Helling
2018-02-20 22:52 ` Björn Höfling
2018-02-21 9:48 ` Rutger Helling
2018-02-21 15:19 ` Marius Bakke
2018-02-21 15:55 ` Rutger Helling
2018-02-21 16:37 ` Leo Famulari
2018-02-21 21:55 ` Björn Höfling
2018-02-22 8:46 ` bug#30380: " Rutger Helling
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