ScummVM in Debian

Max Horn fingolfin at scummvm.org
Mon Jun 21 18:41:22 UTC 2010


Hi there,

another mail regarding ScummVM in Debian: I just realized that you use this description string:

  "free implementation of LucasArts' SCUMM interpreter"

This description is really quite off (and has been for some years). It's a bit like describing Debian as
  "a free implementation of a package management system"
Not completely wrong, but still off the mark and missing a lot of the whole thing.

SCUMM games are now only a small fraction of all the games we support. The SCI engine, for example, about which I had emailed you guys in the past, has nothing to do with SCUMM.
I won't even start arguing about the technical details of whether the term "interpreter" is correct for a bytecode machine... ;-).

May I suggest using something more encompassing and generic like
  "Engine for several graphical adventure games"
?


Cheers,
Max


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