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Bug 129900 - nwn-cep-1.50 sources no longer available upstream
Summary: nwn-cep-1.50 sources no longer available upstream
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: Gentoo Linux
Classification: Unclassified
Component: [OLD] Games (show other bugs)
Hardware: All Linux
: High normal (vote)
Assignee: Gentoo Games
URL: http://nwn.bioware.com/players/cep.html
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Depends on: 81248
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Reported: 2006-04-13 22:19 UTC by Ryan Hill (RETIRED)
Modified: 2006-04-17 12:39 UTC (History)
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Description Ryan Hill (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2006-04-13 22:19:40 UTC
nwn-cep is a community made expansion pack for Neverwinter Nights, and hosted on nwvault[1].  The ebuild has a fetch restriction, requiring the user to manually download the sources.  Unfortunately, the source for the latest version in portage - 1.50 - is no longer available for download _anywhere_.  Versions 1.51 and 1.52 are available but are not in portage due to Bug #81248

i can see a couple courses of action (and i'm sure there are others/better)

- mask 1.5.0 until Bug #81248 is worked out
- bump to 1.52 without HotU and SoU support for now, and add it in later on
- find a site that's still hosting 1.5.0 and point the SRC_URI there
- find a copy of the 1.5.0 source somewhere and host it on our mirrors*

* I may be way out to lunch, but does this ebuild really need a fetch restriction?  It's a free collection of game resources developed and distributed by the community, completely independent from Bioware.  

http://nwn.bioware.com/players/cep_faq.html#01

There doesn't seem to be a specific mention of any licence or copyright on the CEP site or in the sources.  It seems to be public-domain.  A confirmation would probably be a good idea though.

[1] http://nwvault.ign.com/View.php?view=User.EntriesListing&id=21363
Comment 1 Ryan Hill (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2006-04-13 22:37:40 UTC
Scratch that last option.  It looks like it's not public-domain after all:

http://nwn.bioware.com/forums/viewtopic.html?topic=342694&forum=83
(6th post)
Comment 2 Chris Gianelloni (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2006-04-17 12:39:06 UTC
OK.  I've added two separate ebuilds for 1.52 into the tree.  There is a 1.52-r1 ebuild, which is in package.mask, that goes with the ebuilds from 106789, while the 1.52 ebuild works with the current stable.

Enjoy!