wesnoth 1.4

Jon Ciesla limb at jcomserv.net
Tue Apr 1 18:45:05 UTC 2008


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>>>>>>> "JC" == Jon Ciesla <limb at jcomserv.net> writes:
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>> JC> I've got it built for F9/rawhide, but since it looks like 1.4
>> JC> breaks saved game compatibility, I'm not sure I'm going to build
>> JC> it for F-8.
>>
>> I have always avoided breaking Nazghul saved games in stable Fedora
>> releases, because the updates happen automatically and you don't want
>> users being broken overnight because they happened to let an update
>> happen.
>>
>> I also work to make my upstream aware of this kind of thing, because
>> in their mind you just don't build a newer version if you have a game
>> in progress and that doesn't really mesh with how distros work.  So
>> far they've been receptive and helpful.
>>
>> If someone really wants new features, I'm happy to give them a koji
>> build they can install manually with the understanding that it breaks
>> their games.  But overnight breakage of existing games is right out.
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> Even to preserve other existing functionality, i.e. network play?
>

FYI, it is now built in Koji, but I've not done a Bodhi update for it yet,
so the kittens are safe.

http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/buildinfo?buildID=44545

Can any regular players comment?  And possibly d/l the koji build and test
against their saved games?  My assertion that 1.4 broke saved games is
based on anecdotal evidence, not direct observation.

>>  - J<
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