Ancient, dead upstream, generally awful.
The bug has been referenced in the following commit(s): https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/commit/?id=3ae76123efe37d890b3eeb2accd8cc052691e055 commit 3ae76123efe37d890b3eeb2accd8cc052691e055 Author: James Le Cuirot <chewi@gentoo.org> AuthorDate: 2024-07-01 22:10:22 +0000 Commit: James Le Cuirot <chewi@gentoo.org> CommitDate: 2024-07-01 22:10:22 +0000 profiles: Last rite games-arcade/{spacerider,tuxdash,xsfcave} Ancient, dead upstream, generally awful. Removal on 2024-08-01. Bug: https://bugs.gentoo.org/935307 Bug: https://bugs.gentoo.org/935308 Bug: https://bugs.gentoo.org/935309 Signed-off-by: James Le Cuirot <chewi@gentoo.org> profiles/package.mask | 7 +++++++ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)
Hi chewi, I get "dead upstream" can cause maintenance burden, but "ancient" should not be a justification by itself, and "generally awful" without elaborating on why, does not give a good impression. Best regards,
As I just wrote on the mailing list: I have no problem with having merely old games in our repo. It helps if they are still actively maintained, but they don't necessarily have to be. In fact, I have been rather sad to see others drop games in the past. The games still need to have some merit though. We are not a museum, and I would rather focus energy on the much better games that still need our attention. Experiences are subjective, of course, but I seriously doubted I would have found these games entertaining at the time, let alone now. I'll admit that TuxDash had some potential. It honoured the look of the original very well, which I am old enough to have played in the 80s. The maps are entirely random though, so there is practically no skill involved. A quick search revealed many other open source clones that are probably much better. I'll try to be more descriptive in my masks next time.
The bug has been closed via the following commit(s): https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/commit/?id=8aa982f5af344ba0915c147655a4f88d2214fbde commit 8aa982f5af344ba0915c147655a4f88d2214fbde Author: Arthur Zamarin <arthurzam@gentoo.org> AuthorDate: 2024-08-01 19:45:08 +0000 Commit: Arthur Zamarin <arthurzam@gentoo.org> CommitDate: 2024-08-01 19:45:08 +0000 games-arcade/tuxdash: treeclean Closes: https://bugs.gentoo.org/935308 (pkgremoved) Signed-off-by: Arthur Zamarin <arthurzam@gentoo.org> games-arcade/tuxdash/Manifest | 1 - .../files/tuxdash-0.8-fix-build-system.patch | 11 --- .../tuxdash/files/tuxdash-0.8-fix-c++14.patch | 101 --------------------- .../tuxdash/files/tuxdash-0.8-fix-paths.patch | 45 --------- games-arcade/tuxdash/metadata.xml | 8 -- games-arcade/tuxdash/tuxdash-0.8-r1.ebuild | 47 ---------- profiles/package.mask | 1 - 7 files changed, 214 deletions(-)
