[bug#63435] Add vcmi 1.2.1 to games.scm

[Vagrant Cascadian <vagrant@debian.org>]

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On 2023-05-11, Liliana Marie Prikler wrote:
> Am Mittwoch, dem 10.05.2023 um 22:43 -0700 schrieb Vagrant Cascadian:
>> I had successfully built with various qt*@6 packages, but they are
>> not currently building; it seems to support qt*@5 too.
>> 
>> Some things failed to build with gcc-11, so I tried gcc-12 and it
>> worked!
> Can you elaborate what things?  I doubt it makes elaborate use of
> C++20/23 features, does it?

Well, just retried with the default gcc, and it worked this time! so I
guess I will just switch the next patch iteration back to the default
gcc...


>> We probably want to try to apply Debian's "privacy-breach" patch to
>> disable phoning home, as well as the reproducible builds patch and
>> some additional reproducibility patches I am working on, but figured
>> I would submit the package to guix for review now, in case anyone
>> else wants to join me down this rabbit hole...
> Well, it won't be added to Guix without such patches, so someone needs
> to go down this rabbit hole.

Will try applying some of those patches now...


>> +    (native-inputs (list boost
> The following lines get very long, consider breaking before (list
>> +                         ffmpeg
>> +                         ;; Build errors with gcc-11
>> +                         gcc-12
>> +                         ;; googletest ; needed for tests, but tests
...
>> +                         zlib))

While I share your opinion, I tried changing it in various ways, and
"guix style" changed it right back. I do not really want to fight with
"guix style" too much... even if I disagree a bit with the results.


>> +     "@code{vcmi} is an implementation of Heroes of Might and
>> +Magic III (aka HOMM3) game engine.  It requires assets and game
>> resources to
>> +play; it will look for them at @file{~/.local/share/vcmi} folder.")
> Use an @acronym or just spell it out.

Presuming you mean "(aka HOMM3)" ... honestly, maybe best to just drop
it entirely; I am not sure it adds much.


Thanks for the review!


live well,
  vagrant

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