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Bug#1110478: ITP: augustus -- Re-implementation of Caesar III with changes to gameplay



Hi, thank you for trying to package Augustus here!
I'm a huge fan of the mod!
Personal opinion: perhaps augustus-game would suffice. If I do apt
search augustus now:


augustus/oldstable 3.5.0+dfsg-2 arm64
  gene prediction in eukaryotic genomes

augustus-data/oldstable 3.5.0+dfsg-2 all
  data files for AUGUSTUS

augustus-doc/oldstable 3.5.0+dfsg-2 all
  documentation files for AUGUSTUS

Perhaps augustus-game and a clear description along the lines of:
"Caesar III game free software re-implementation" would make this O.K.
I'd shy away from using 'Caesar' in the name due to that being
copyrighted.
Let me know if I can help with packaging somewhat.

Have a nice day,
Alexandru Mihail

On Wed, 2025-08-06 at 17:14 +0200, Hefee wrote:
> Package: wnpp
> Severity: wishlist
> Owner: Hefee <hefee@debian.org>
> X-Debbugs-Cc: debian-devel@lists.debian.org,
> pkg-games-devel@lists.alioth.debian.org,
> debian-med-packaging@lists.alioth.debian.org, debian@vv221.fr,
> hefee@debian.org
> User: pkg-games-devel@lists.alioth.debian.org
> Usertags: wnpp
> 
> * Package name    : augustus
>   Version         : 4.0.0
>   Upstream Contact: Tomasz Drzewiecki <tomidd@wp.pl>
> * URL             : https://github.com/Keriew/augustus
> * License         : AGPL-3.0
>   Programming Lang: C++
>   Description     : Re-implementation of Caesar III with changes to
> gameplay
> 
>  Augustus is a fully working open-source version of Caesar III, with
> enhanced,
>  customizable gameplay to Caesar III using project Julius UI
> enhancements.
>  Gameplay enhancements include:
>  .
>  - Roadblocks
>  - Market special orders
>  - Global labour pool
>  - Partial warehouse storage
>  - Increased game limits
>  - Zoom controls
>  - And more!
>  .
>  Because of gameplay changes and additions, save files from Augustus
> are NOT
>  compatible with Caesar III or Julius. Augustus is able to load
> Caesar 3 save
>  files, but not the other way around. If you want vanilla experience
> with visual
>  and UI improvements, or want to use save files in base Caesar III,
> check Julius.
>  .
>  Augustus requires the original assets (graphics, sounds, etc) from
> Caesar 3 to
>  run. It optionally supports the high-quality MP3 files once provided
> on the
>  Sierra website.
> 
> I intend to package it within the debian games team (currently not
> been part of this team).
> Augustus is a fork of Julius (already pacakges), so it may makes
> sense to join forces
> together with Antoine Le Gonidec.
> 
> A known problem:
> There is a nameclash with augustus "gene prediction in eukaryotic
> genomes" [https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/augustus] in the source name
> and the executable according to the Debian Policy 10.1:
> "packages must not install any newly conflicting programs to
> /usr/games"
> 
> Does anyone have good idea about a new name for source package and
> the
> executable?
> 
> 
> You can find a already buildable version on salsa:
> https://salsa.debian.org/hefee/augustus
> 
> Regards,
> 
> hefee
> 

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