RFS: 0ad

[Vincent Cheng]

On Thu, Apr 7, 2011 at 12:59 AM, Paul Wise <pabs at debian.org> wrote:

> On Thu, Apr 7, 2011 at 10:58 AM, Vincent Cheng <vincentc1208 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > - package libenet1.2, and replace 0ad's build dependency on libenet-dev
> with
> > this new package
>
> I'd prefer to have only one version of enet in Debian, but I
> understand the reasoning here (protocol incompatibility).
>
> > - package libmozjs185, and remove the spidermonkey code that's currently
> in
> > the source tarball (this could be deferred until alpha 5 is released,
> since
> > according to Philip, 0 A.D. hasn't been ported to work with it yet; for
> now,
> > I guess we'll have to leave the spidermonkey code embedded in the source
> > tarball)
>
> Why can't you use the versions of SpiderMonkey already in the archive
> (1.9.1.18, 2.0)?
>
> Similar to why 0 A.D. needs libenet 1.2; Philip explained earlier that 0
A.D. needs a specific version of Spidermonkey (1.8.5) in order to maintain
compatibility, since it uses advanced Spidermonkey features and users with
different versions of Spidermonkey may run into issues in multiplayer games
(as an


> > - determine what, if anything, needs to be removed from the source
> tarball
> > (the only thing I've removed so far is
> > /libraries/fcollada/src/FCollada/FColladaTest/Samples/Eagle.DAE)
>
> I'd suggest also removing any embedded code copies that aren't used by
> the Debian package.
>
> > As for the fonts, since they aren't used during the build or at runtime,
> > would it really be necessary to package them separately (is there any
> point
> > in having an unused package in Debian's repositories)? Removing them from
> > the source tarball would be a much faster alternative, unless upstream
> > decides to set up a build system to convert/render those fonts at build
> > time.
>
> I covered this in my earlier mail, was my guess about how they are
> used incorrect?
>
> Just wanted some clarification; if upstream chooses not to implement a
build system where fonts are converted into glyphs/bitmaps during the build,
and instead stick with pre-rendered glyphs in the source package, it would
be ok to simply strip out the fonts, and not have to package them separately
as you suggested in an earlier mail?


> --
> bye,
> pabs
>
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>
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