Bug#213025: Debian
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Hi,
> * Tobias Toedter <t.toedter@gmx.net> [2003-09-27 20:06]:
> > * Package name : animals-game
> >
> > The main reason why I wrote this little script is that there is a
> > game called "animals" in Debian, which has RC bugs and isn't cared
> > for. Moreover, it is a relatively large (considering the purpose)
> > C-Project, and this script consists of some lines of perl code. The
> > virtual package "junior-games-text" is still depending on animals. It
> > could now replace that dependancy with this package.
>
> I wouldn't want to see two packages in the archive, basically doing
> the same and having the same name. Does animals-game have all the
> functionality of animals so it could actually replace that package?
Absolutely. You can have all that and more! NOW how much would you pay? ;-)
Seriously: animals is to be removed from testing for the upcoming release,
and I had a look into that package while searching for trivial to fix RC
bugs.
It's a children's game, all it does it creating a binary tree of animals
and yes/no-questions for distinguishing between them. You have to enter all
data yourself, it's an example of a self-lerning program.
Originally, I suggested to remove this program, but later on, I found a
perl script by Randal L. Schwartz doing exactly this thing. I added some
code for I18n to it and decided to package it for Debian, since the virtual
package junior-games-text still depends on animals, which stops animals to
be removed.
And yes, I contacted Randal about this matter, and he considers his code to
be published under the same license as Perl itself.
So I think that all issues are solved, and I don't see a reason to not
replace animals with animals-game. If you still have objections, please do
not hesitate to contact me again.
Cheers,
- --
Tobias
"I never forget a face, but in your case I'll be glad
to make an exception."
-- Groucho Marx
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