Re: game-data-packager changes pending

[Michael Gilbert <michael.s.gilbert@gmail.com>]

On Wed, 17 Mar 2010 11:03:54 +0000, Jon Dowland wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 16, 2010 at 03:49:21PM -0400, Michael Gilbert
> wrote:
> > what about installing game data to /var/games instead of
> > packaging it up? that path is used, for example, by
> > bsdgames, and it is part of the FHS.
> 
> The point of packaging up the data is to satisfy Debian
> package dependencies.

if i'm not mistaken, most of the game-data packages add suppplemental
data, rather than core data.  i.e. doom-wad adds more data than
doom-sharware; and prboom, etc will still work without doom-wad.  so
in a sense that data isn't depended on, but actually enhances the
existing package data.  

so, i don't think the supplemental data necessarily needs to be packaged
as long as the game search paths will detect that data first and
automatically fall back to the packaged default.

mike