Fedora Games SIG August 2016

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09 Aug '16

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Creating a tracker bug for games-sig packages
by Ben Rosser 08 Aug '16

08 Aug '16

I learned recently that the Java SIG has a tracker bug that's intended to be a list of all Java packages in the review queue (as I learned recently, when submitting one): https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=652183. Does it sound like a good idea to make such a tracker bug for the Games SIG? I was thinking of going through the review queue and trying to identify any package that is either a game or something related to a game (like a library) in preparation for this, over the next few days. Currently there are some lists on the wiki, notably a "games in progress" section (https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/SIGs/Games#Games_Being_Packaged) but my suspicion is that it doesn't get updated that often. Odds are that a tracker bug might get out of sync with reality too, but if we want to improve the state of gaming in Fedora, a good place to start might be to identify all current games related packages stuck in the queue and do our best to get them out of the queue? Ben Rosser

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Self introduction
by Erik Schilling 08 Aug '16

08 Aug '16

Hello, I am Erik Schilling, 21 years old and studying computer science in Germany. I do not maintain a lot of packages really... But all of my packages are gaming related. I currently maintain Flare, Valyria Tear and Tiled. I do not have a lot of time currently (finishing my bachelor thesis at the moment), but I just rejoined the IRC (I am Ablu) and will hang around a bit. Regards, Erik

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Self presentation: Alexandre Moine
by Alexandre Moine 08 Aug '16

08 Aug '16

Hi, My name is Alexandre Moine and I'm a young french student in math and computer science. I currently maintain Rogue, wastedge, adonthell and opencity in officials Fedora repos and I have submitted HyperRogue ( https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1155793 ). I also maintain openMw in rpmfusion (I seen the question on another list, and if someone ask itself: openMw cannot be included now in Fedora because it has dependencies in rpmfusion-free) So, I can help in all packaging things. I'm not really an experimented programmer, but I have some knowledge in python, C and C++. I'm also an ambassador, and I will be happy to say that Fedora can be a gaming station. There is a lot of people that don't want Fedora for gaming reason. To sum up, I can do simple things, and I will be happy to learn if someone doesn't know how to use his time :) Alexandre

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Self Introduction: Dennis Payne
by Dennis Payne 08 Aug '16

08 Aug '16

I've used Red Hat/Fedora for a long time. I've been attempting to become a packager but something more needs to be setup still. My btbuilder is one of those package tickets that has been sitting for a long time. I have a spec file all set to package ostrich riders as well but have been waiting for btbuilder to get in. (Also I've unbundled plume-creator to get it included but that isn't a game.) Including some minetest mods would be nice but minetest isn't conducive for that. It requires mods be installed per user. Also some mods conflict with each other. -- Dennis Payne dulsi(a)identicalsoftware.com Roon's Raccoon Sprintladder: https://ideas.lego.com/projects/126010

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Self introduction
by Jon Ciesla 08 Aug '16

08 Aug '16

Hi! Jon Ciesla, first time caller, long time listener. Fedora packager since rawhide was Fedora 7. Linux user and game player since RedHat 7.1. I'm on FPC, and maintain a pile of stuff, including lots of games/ Useful links: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/pkgdb/packager/limb/ http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Limb I can package, review, offer advice, etc. I have 2 kids so I'm highly motivated to keep several games working and find new ones. :) Peace, -me -- http://cecinestpasunefromage.wordpress.com/ ------------------------------------------------ in your fear, seek only peace in your fear, seek only love -d. bowie

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Self-introduction: WebPigeon
by Joseph Walton-Rivers 08 Aug '16

08 Aug '16

Hello, I'm interested in helping with the group, as I mentioned on IRC. I used to be a Fedora infrastructure apprentice (before other commitments got in the way) and have an interest in games. My `day job` is a phD student researching creating believable characters. I've created some Fedora packages in the past and happy to help where I can :). Regards, Joseph/WebPigeon

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Self-introduction: Rémi Verschelde (Akien)
by Rémi Verschelde 08 Aug '16

08 Aug '16

Hi there, Seeing the recent activity on this ML, I'm joining in. My name is Rémi Verschelde, I'm French and living in Germany, and have been using Linux and playing libre games since 2005 with the last Mandrake (10.2) and the Mandriva/Mageia. I'm likely one of the black sheeps here as I am neither a Fedora packager nor a Fedora user :-) I am however a Mageia packager and user (another RPM-based community-driven distro [0], for those that don't know it) and believe in cross-distro collaboration on packaging, so I often try to reach out to Fedora and Debian maintainers to share developments. In Mageia, I'm likely the most active packager of games and game-related tools (currently registered as maintaining 300+ packages [1], though I tend to effectively maintain a few other games registered to other less active contributors). I'm also involed in Mageia's QA and Atelier (artwork, marketing and communication) teams, as well as co-leader of the packaging team (we're a small community of developers, so multitasking is needed ;)). More recently, I also got involved in upstream development of various games and tools: * Godot Engine [2], where I helped build a true free software community of co-developers using my experience contributing to and leading libre communities. I'm now one of its main developers (though clearly not the most technically competent, I still dabble at C++). * OpenDungeons [3], a Dungeon Keeper-inspired libre 3D game using OGRE/CEGUI/SFML and C++. I'm less active there now due to some loss of momentum and Godot Engine + Mageia taking all my free time. * Various projects from KOBUGE-Games [4], an amateur game development "studio" focusing only on making libre games (GPLv3+ for most of them, some MIT) using Godot Engine. That's it for an already too long introduction, looking forward to working with you on games packaging so that both Fedora and Mageia can benefit from it. Cheers, Rémi [0] https://mageia.org [1] https://people.mageia.org/u/akien.html [2] https://godotengine.org/ [3] https://opendungeons.github.io/ [4] https://github.com/KOBUGE-Games/

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