[Scummvm-devel] Release 0.12.0: Tagged

David Weinehall tao at debian.org
Tue Sep 2 21:12:24 CEST 2008


On Tue, Aug 26, 2008 at 12:28:24AM +0000, Eugene Sandulenko wrote:
[snip]

Finally managed to get my server working, so I'm able to work on the
Debian package now.

> Here is recommended contents for release archive for your build:
> 
>   AUTHORS
>   COPYING
>   COPYING.LGPL (new file)

Is this really necessary?  The end product is a static binary that
combines GPL and LGPL, thus only GPL is relevant.  For the source it's
of course still important to include the file though (but for Debian
builds I never modify the upstream tarball anyway, unless impossible to
avoid to meet the DFSG).

>   COPYRIGHT
>   NEWS
>   README (generic ScummVM one)
>   modern.zip (if your port uses new GUI)
>   modern.ini (if your port uses new GUI)
>   pred.dic (from dists directory)
>   your build binary
>   your build-specific README (optional)
>   whatever else

OK.

>   queen.tbl (from dists/engine-data directory)
>   sky.cpt (from dists/engine-data directory)

Debian has separate flight-of-the-amazon-queen and beneath-a-steel-sky
packages, so these shouldn't be needed.

>   lure.dat (from dists/engine-data directory)

Lure of the Temptress has not yet been packaged for Debian; when/if it is
I expect this file to be shipped in that package.

>   kyra.dat (from dists/engine-data directory)
>   drascula.dat (from dists/engine-data directory)

These cannot be shipped with the Debian package, since they do not meet
the DFSG (unless I'm mistaken -- they *are* generated from the game
data, which isn't available under a free license, right?).

> Please, continue to be uniform in this aspect as well across our ports.

Sorry to disappoint you in this regard...


Regards, David
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