notes on packages mentioned

[Nathanael Nerode <neroden@twcny.rr.com>]

Jordi Mallach <jordi@debian.org> wrote:
>infocom, int-fiction, jlex, libggidemos, propsel, rocks-n-diamonds,
  xserver-ggi: this maintainer looks like completely MIA. I see tbm has
  noticed already :>

"infocom" was abandoned upstream several years ago.  The "Infocom Task 
Force", who wrote it, has disbanded.  The function of this program is 
entirely replaced by "frotz","xzip", "jzip", and possibly other 
alternatives.  So the package should probably be removed entirely.

"int-fiction"'s sole purpose is as a sort of hacked up version of the 
alternatives system, ans so should probably be entirely removed too.  There 
should be a dummy package "zcode-interpreter" which is supplied by 
frotz/xzip/jzip etc., and the 'alternatives' system should be used to 
select a default zcode interpreter.

--Nathanael Nerode, interactive fiction fan