Debian package for Cube?

[Wouter van Oortmerssen]

> On 4/8/06, Wouter van Oortmerssen <wvo at gmx.net> wrote:
>> > That what i do. I create these packages:
>> >
>> > From the free source
>> > cube-client
>> > cube-server
>> >
>> > From the nonfree data files
>> > cube-client-nonfree
>> > cube-data
>>
>> That's what I said before, don't split up the packages. Put it as a single package
>> all in non-free, not built from source, using the binaries supplied by me. As
>> you can see in the readme which you didn't read, the public source code has a
>> different protocol than the binaries, for cheat protection reasons. If you allow
>> Cube to be built from source, you cause me to have to answer 100s of "why
>> can't I connect to servers" emails. If the above is not to your liking, then please
>> don't include Cube in debian at all.
>
> Surely, providing a binary with a changed network protocol as a
> security measure is merely a joke. I think that you agree that
> security through obscurity is no real security.
>
> If you really are afraid that much that people will cheat, surely
> there could be other way of detecting such conduct. Usualy people
> using these games tend to realise who's cheating and isolate the
> offender.

Why don't you read the included documentation before making comments?
I am well aware that the binaries solution is very bad, but I am not about
to restart that discussion years later.

> That said, please understand that what you are asking is quite
> impractical and not doing your project any good.
>
> I, for one, welcome our i386-only overlords! May I can dump your
> binaries in the trash bin? (I use a powerpc computer).
>
> Please understand that what you are asking does not make sense.

Debian rules do not make any sense to me, we live in different worlds.
So be it.

The reason I do not allow built-from source is that it is a support nightmare.
No, people do not read readme's, as you yourself just demonstrated. They
just email me instead.

There appears to no way to bend the debian rules to coincide with my
requirements, so Cube should NOT be included. I don't make games for
popularities' sake so this is not a loss for me. Debian users can still download
the game from my homepage if they really want it.

Wouter