Bug#811214: RFS: retroarch/1.3.0-1 [ITP]

[Sérgio Benjamim <sergiobenrocha2@gmail.com>]

Hi rondom,

Mupen64Plus for libretro is a fork and is not maintainable by upstream. 
The libretro guys changed a lot of things,
so right now it's quite a different emulator with even different 
compatibility list. They are incompatible.

Others emulators are upstream friendly, like Nestopia, mGBA and Genesis 
Plus GX.


Sergio Benjamim


On 18/01/2016 12:17, rondom@rondom.de wrote:
> I had a look at libretro-mupen64plus (out of curiosity only). I saw that
> it bundles a copy of mupen64plus and its modules.
>
> Due to the fact that Mupen64plus can be used as a library and it is
> already in Debian I am wondering in how far this copy differs from the
> upstream mupen64plus.
> Given that emulators handle a lot of untrusted data from various
> (sometimes shady) sources I am wondering whether it is possible/feasible
> to use the already packaged mupen64plus with libretro.
>
> I am not very familiar with libretro, so please excuse my ignorance.
>
> On 18/01/16 02:00, Sérgio Benjamim wrote:
> > RetroArch has these 2 packages as dependencies:
> >
> > retroarch-assets: http://mentors.debian.net/package/retroarch-assets
> > (icons for the menu drivers, like XMB)
> >
> > libretro-core-info: http://mentors.debian.net/package/libretro-core-info
> > (has useful info about authors, license, supported extensions, firmware)
> >
> >
> > There are some packages for libretro cores:
> >
> > Game Boy [Color]: http://mentors.debian.net/package/libretro-gambatte
> >
> > Game Boy Advance: http://mentors.debian.net/package/mgba (it's already
> > in the NEW queue)
> >
> > Nintendo DS: http://mentors.debian.net/package/libretro-desmume
> >
> > Genesis and other Sega consoles/handhelds:
> > http://mentors.debian.net/package/genesisplusgx
> >
> > NEC PC Engine / TurboGrafx:
> > http://mentors.debian.net/package/libretro-beetle-pce-fast
> >
> > PlayStation: http://mentors.debian.net/package/libretro-beetle-psx
> >
> > Nintendo 64: http://mentors.debian.net/package/libretro-mupen64plus
> >
> > SNES: http://mentors.debian.net/package/libretro-bsnes-mercury
> >
> > SNES: http://mentors.debian.net/package/snes9x
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Sergio Benjamim