Games SIG "State of the Union"

[Hans de Goede]

Michael Thomas wrote:
> Goede, J.W.R. de wrote:
>> Hi All,
>>
>> I don't know if any of you realise it, but this month its a year ago that
>> Tibbs started the games SIG. Hence this "Games SIG State of the Union".
>>
> [...]
>> Your opinion on the future of the Games SIG is much appreciated, add
>> your 2 cents please!
> 
> Since you asked...  :)
> 
> I've been exteremely impressed with the large number of quality
> games that have appeared.  A Games menu in the gnome panel that
> doesn't fit on a 1600x1200 screen is a _good_ problem to have. :) Along
> those lines, there are a few things to consider:
> 
> 1) Breaking the menu up into more manageable submenus.  I think
> Hans started some work on this, but it got stalled somewhere.
> Maybe he can update us on the status and we can find some warm
> bodies to help push it forward.
> 

Good that you mention that, I actually have that nailed pretty much down
I just need to finish it up and package it, I'll see if I can find some
time for that soon.

> 2) A Fedora Games spin, or live CD.  I've been tossing this idea
> around in my head for a few weeks, and I don't know if it's a
> good idea or not.  On the one hand, it would be good publicity to
> show what we've done, and what great free games are available for
> both Fedora and Linux in general.  On the other hand, lack of
> decent free 3D support for the two popular video card
> manufacturers will stir up the "3D sucks in Fedora/Linux"
> chanting again, and may turn into bad publicity.  I read a review
> recently (I forget where) of a 'Game Edition' of some linux
> distro, and it got panned because of the lack of real 3D support.
> 

I've been thinking about a Fedora Games spin too :)

> Another topic that has been discussed on the mailing list related
> to Hans' #7 is adding the games sig mailing list in the
> InitialCC: field in the package database/owners.list for game
> packages.  This would alert the entire sig to bugs quickly.  The
> mailing list does not get a lot of traffic already, and I tend to
> see few bug reports on games now, so I don't think this should
> cause any real burden on everyone's inbox.  If there are no
> objections, then I'll start by adding the mailing list as a cc:
> on my own packages.
> 

Sounds like a great idea, but we need a CVS admin for this as we can no
longer edit owners.list .

> Thanks for all the fun it's been this past year, and I look forward
> to more of the same this year.  :)
> 

Yeah, so do I :)

Regards,

Hans