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> Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2012 10:42:31 +0800
> Subject: Re: Clanlib2.3 in debian? > From: pabs@debian.org > To: debian-devel-games@lists.debian.org; nozzy123nozzy@gmail.com > > On Tue, Feb 14, 2012 at 3:54 AM, Andreas Moog wrote: > > > I saw that there were tries to get clanlib in to Debian [1]. > > > > I want to get that effort going so I'd like to know if you remember any > > issues there may have been in the past? Was there a special reason why > > the packaging effort was dropped? > > We already have clanlib1. > > Are there any free games that support clanlib2? > > What is your motivation wrt clanlib2? > I am a core developer of ClanLib. Yes, if I remember correctly, the main reason the nobody has packaged ClanLib 2 for debian, is that there are few free games that require it. Although I believe that there is a package for fedora (since I have personally received a XLib related patch for it) (Myself, I use ClanLib on the Microsoft Windows platform) The games that use ClanLib are: http://clanlib.org/wiki/Projects_using_ClanLib If someone does decide to package ClanLib, it is advisable to use ClanLib 2.3.5 (In SVN, soon to be released). If contains a minor XLib focus patch any few other minor fixes. |