On Sat, 11 Apr 2009 17:51:09 +0200, Evgeni Golov wrote: > Dear debian-boot, > > some time ago I was cleaning the gnujump package and noticed some > commented notes about udeb creation in the packaging, asking the > main-maintainer, he said that this was an idea to give users the > possibility to play while waiting for D-I, but was never finished. > > So now I'd like to ask you, what you think about the idea to add some > (small) games, so users can relax while D-I is fetching packages etc. > The games should be easy and fast-playing (no civilization clone where > you need 2 hours for a good game :)), so I'd suggest something like > bsdgames, sudoku, ninvaders etc, but also the already named gnujump > (sdl), maybe some poker and tetris games... You guess what I mean :) > > Please add your 0.02€ to the bin, and tell us whether you like the idea > (and if so, which games you'd love to see).
I thought it was a great idea, but ISTR reading somewhere that the idea was patented. Unfortunately I have not found a reference after some quick Googling, so perhaps it is not the case. :) > Kind regards > Evgeni Golov > Debian Games Team > > PS: please keep -games@ CC'ed if possible. -- Sam Morris https://robots.org.uk/ PGP key id 1024D/5EA01078 3412 EA18 1277 354B 991B C869 B219 7FDB 5EA0 1078 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-boot-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
