Bug#971924: RFP: ironseed -- science-fiction exploration/strategy adventure game in space
On Fri, 09 Oct 2020 22:46:34 +0200 Matija Nalis
<mnalis-debianbug@voyager.hr> wrote:
> Package: wnpp
> Severity: wishlist
>
> * Package name : ironseed
> Version : 0.2.4
> Upstream Author : Matija Nalis <mnalis-deb@voyager.hr>
> * URL : https://github.com/mnalis/ironseed_fpc
> * License : GPLv3
> Programming Lang: Pascal
> Description : science-fiction exploration/strategy adventure game in space
>
> It was originally both developed and published by Channel 7 for DOS in 1994.
> Gameplay is real-time, featuring trading, diplomacy, and strategy, and
> somewhat resembles Star Control 2 / Ur-Quan masters.
> DOS sources have been changed to make it possible to compile it with the
> freepascal compiler under Linux and SDL, and many bugs were fixed.
>
> Wikipedia entry: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_Seed
>
> The DOS version of the game was originally released under GPLv3 on
> http://ironseed.net by original developers,
> ported to SDL by https://github.com/y-salnikov/ironseed_fpc
> and further improved by
> https://github.com/nukebloodaxe/ironseed_fpc
> and finally many bugs fixed by:
> https://github.com/mnalis/ironseed_fpc (disclaimer: myself)
>
> It is a nice game (or I wouldn't invest time in fixing bugs in it!)
> I've done basic Debian packaging in github repo, and resulting Debian
> package builds and runs fine with me. I'm hoping to find someone willing to
> help me push it to Debian GNU/Linux, so more people can easily get it and
> have fun playing it.
>
> If more work is required on it, I'm willing to do it, if someone will
> point me in right direction. But I am not DD and thus cannot do it all
> the way through myself.
>
> If I get Debian lingo right, I'm looking for a sponsor.
>
>
Hi,
Since you'd like to do the packaging stuff yourself, you'd better take
a look at ITP/RFS process and refine your package to fit the policy.
The RFP process is to ask someone else to do the packaging.
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