From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Mike Gerwitz Subject: On packaging old versions of libraries Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2017 11:42:51 -0400 Message-ID: <87tw0yl284.fsf@gnu.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="=-=-="; micalg=pgp-sha512; protocol="application/pgp-signature" Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:34062) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dkXp5-0001DU-78 for guix-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 23 Aug 2017 11:44:04 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dkXp4-0003yu-71 for guix-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 23 Aug 2017 11:44:03 -0400 Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::e]:49990) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dkXp4-0003yW-3T for guix-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 23 Aug 2017 11:44:02 -0400 Received: from localhost ([::1]:36892 helo=mikegerwitz-pc.gerwitz.local) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:DHE_RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:128) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1dkXp3-0007H2-PT for guix-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 23 Aug 2017 11:44:01 -0400 List-Id: "Development of GNU Guix and the GNU System distribution." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: guix-devel-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: "Guix-devel" To: guix-devel@gnu.org --=-=-= Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable There is a game my kids love playing named Secret Mayro Chronicles. Unfortunately, it's been unmaintained since 2012, and it was removed from Debian because it is no longer compatible with newer versions of libraries they package.[0] There is a maintained fork of the game, but it's quite different from the original (intentionally). I have the option of compiling it using old libraries (I would have to compile the old libraries' dependencies as well, as needed), upgrade the game by backporting changes from the fork (which I honestly doubt I have the time for right now, but I'll look into it), or run the game within a VM/container running an old Debian version. I'm going to look into what is required to backport, but if I decided to go the first route, I would probably use Guix. Would such a contribution be accepted considering it packages older libraries, which would add some cruft? At the least, I would have to compile CEGUI=C2=A00.7, but that might need older versions of libraries itself to compile. [0]: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=3D812096 =2D-=20 Mike Gerwitz Free Software Hacker+Activist | GNU Maintainer & Volunteer GPG: D6E9 B930 028A 6C38 F43B 2388 FEF6 3574 5E6F 6D05 https://mikegerwitz.com --=-=-= Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2 iQIcBAEBCgAGBQJZnaJ7AAoJEIyRe39dxRuiPOkQAIgfUuuUeHMffnC0fs5B3Kql czc6h8Ovaq8ebkBll+Lx2O2sAxByCrObBjpWhScEWTUXBP5cE/sG++L0jh0xxmm3 bFhC9CKP5Rm78emVyGKgQTAesxDI49r1VTTKWayWUkXtVnAWQm7WdP5ymXhU1o6+ FNdgntGYTlieHRHk/P0SC5bSze1oImXwwTH2jPiGdVHFRiHsTqetgi3Rhgqnv6A9 tmd8ShpYzoVWfmDfr1QKL9/CsmX9GOSj13bgUuYuhGzdCVYXrGBMjoAMqrEiwomM DN2BfKy7y2hb+GchlQC0hMt1aOlq8AaTtb/2Wrt7jzaiLAug4yQU4KHIdmVWJ3Bt ks7NVwH2e8iTm6ZllS8k+HanrXpeWF/YQhU8R3ENOPZhlcho73XGG8kHxLWVey0u VW9wtBZ0CTLjTH08REkzFL8m+lzHMfvV1InF/8Ctv4CJpuwq7SywQqYLVxZi+93O n7fo6DyqPmW8oVY9U9ubEO0+YyPXgXDypVExMR9RSNuvmUzOY+G4zhcmUGOcm7l2 L87Ak6B0dQl0qxaYjSuRzRG4AC23NAcxGJqNabXm58NyRvrB7Pifq5MaA4cI8MU+ qIXpVCU0DqXZFqvF6skYIjT9zLb3KWFZmdrcQFPr49T6cDibgnTtIVJXjRqMXjJZ wT4S9w2Q+Uk3lvSf3BdV =qgQp -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-=-=--