From: ng0 <ng0@infotropique.org>
To: Rutger Helling <rhelling@mykolab.com>
Cc: 28794@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: [bug#28794] [PATCH] gnu: games: Add openrct2.
Date: Fri, 13 Oct 2017 11:43:45 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20171013114345.xyguob5nky7vluxr@abyayala> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <c594edb0f3ebbf3941b4ee88823cef5c@mykolab.com>
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Rutger Helling transcribed 5.3K bytes:
> Hey Ludo,
>
> I think it makes sense to add it, but have it be the responsibility of
> the user to provide the assets, since these files can never be bundled
> in Guix. Maybe it should explicitly mention that.
>
> Note that Guix already has a similar situation with an accepted package,
> OpenMW. OpenMW also does nothing without the original game's assets.
> Since that got accepted I figured it made sense to add this package.
>
> OpenMW seems to have been accepted in Debian too:
> https://packages.debian.org/sid/openmw.
>
> For reference, here's the list of required assets for OpenRCT2:
> https://github.com/OpenRCT2/OpenRCT2/wiki/Required-RCT2-files.
>
> Personally I think it makes sense to provide libre engine replacements
> for games, to motivate users to use those instead of running proprietary
> code. The FSF directory even explicitly mentions OpenMW for example:
> https://directory.fsf.org/wiki/OpenMW.
Additionally: Do you know if an upstream bug report already exists on
replacing the original data requirements? As much as I liked RCT2 back
then - and I still have the disks - it would be pretty cool to see a
full re-implementation with original new art!
> On 2017-10-13 08:50, ludo@gnu.org wrote:
>
> > Hi Rutger,
> >
> > Rutger Helling <rhelling@mykolab.com> skribis:
> >
> >> From 12255f73d23a078fc2da099f22564e20cf3c69cc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> >> From: Rutger Helling <rhelling@mykolab.com>
> >> Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2017 10:22:27 +0200
> >> Subject: [PATCH] gnu: games: Add openrct2.
> >>
> >> * gnu/packages/games.scm (openrct2): New variable.
> >
> > The patch LGTM. However, when starting the program, it says that it
> > needs files (supposedly artwork) from the original RollerCoaster
> > Tycoon 2 and exits immediately.
> >
> > That makes the package useless in the absence of these presumably
> > non-free files.
> >
> > Looking at
> > <https://www.gnu.org/distros/free-system-distribution-guidelines.html#non-functional-data>,
> > I think we cannot really consider these files to be non-functional data
> > because the software doesn't do anything if they are missing. So I
> > wonder whether it makes sense to include it in Guix as-is.
> >
> > WDYT? Do you know what Debian or other free distros do?
> >
> > Thank you,
> > Ludo'.
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2017-10-13 11:45 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2017-10-12 8:32 [bug#28794] [PATCH] gnu: games: Add openrct2 Rutger Helling
2017-10-13 8:50 ` Ludovic Courtès
2017-10-13 10:16 ` Rutger Helling
2017-10-13 11:43 ` ng0 [this message]
2017-10-13 12:18 ` Rutger Helling
2017-10-15 12:09 ` Adonay Felipe Nogueira
2017-10-16 7:40 ` Ludovic Courtès
2017-10-26 12:16 ` Adonay Felipe Nogueira
2017-10-14 14:45 ` bug#28794: " Ludovic Courtès
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