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Bug#134546: tuxnes package: Do we need to get it some attention?



On Thu, Nov 13, 2003 at 11:56:07AM -0800, Mike Mestnik wrote:
> I just installed tuxnes with testing and I think it is ready for inclusion.

I agree!  I'm not a Debian developer either, unfortunately, so I can't
just upload it.  Actually, I'm now realizing that I haven't really
touched any NES-related software since I made this package, and I'm
probably not suitable as a maintainer.  I'm going to change my ITP bug
into an RFP.

> I was having trouble finding current info on nes emulators FCE
> appers to be the only one undergoing development, thought I don't think it's as good as
> tuxnes|nestra|ines.  I know there are some real nes freaks ought there, my roommate is one, I just
> was having trouble hooking up.  Do you know where I should look?

Unfortunately, not really.

> I would like to help make nes roms supported by debian, even get a database setup for things like
> mirroring and genie codes.  I was thinking about making an nesroms-common package to contain this
> database.  However not being a registered developer makes anything like this tough or worth while.

Hmmm...  This is interesting.  Has the licensing/redistributability of
NES ROMs changed recently?  Last I heard, all of the commercial NES
games are copyrighted material, and cannot be legally redistributed.
That makes them completely unsuitable for inclusion in Debian.

> Here is a whishlist bug report.
> tuxnes: failed to use -f when it knew it needed to /w raid-on-bb.
> 
> #!/bin/sh
> rom=/home/barbm/nes/nintendo/ninaddon/raid_on_bungling_bay.nes
> # The above image has the following 7 bytes at offset 0x985 "factory".
> 
> ggcodes="$ggcodes -g sxsiasvk"
> ggcodes="$ggcodes -g sxvvpiax"
> 
> exec tuxnes -mv -f $ggcodes $rom
> # The above works just fine.

I'm unfortunately not in any position to do anything about that bug.
You should send that report to the TuxNES developers' mailing list;
though it is almost always idle, I believe the core developers are still
subscribed and responsive.

HTH,

 - Keegan

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