On Fri, 09 Oct 2020 22:46:34 +0200 Matija Nalis <mnalis-debian...@voyager.hr> wrote: > Package: wnpp > Severity: wishlist > > * Package name : ironseed > Version : 0.2.4 > Upstream Author : Matija Nalis <mnalis-...@voyager.hr> > * URL : https://github.com/mnalis/ironseed_fpc > * License : GPLv3 > Programming Lang: Pascal > Description : science-fiction exploration/strategy adventure game in > space > > It was originally both developed and published by Channel 7 for DOS in 1994. > Gameplay is real-time, featuring trading, diplomacy, and strategy, and > somewhat resembles Star Control 2 / Ur-Quan masters. > DOS sources have been changed to make it possible to compile it with the > freepascal compiler under Linux and SDL, and many bugs were fixed. > > Wikipedia entry: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_Seed > > The DOS version of the game was originally released under GPLv3 on > http://ironseed.net by original developers, > ported to SDL by https://github.com/y-salnikov/ironseed_fpc > and further improved by > https://github.com/nukebloodaxe/ironseed_fpc > and finally many bugs fixed by: > https://github.com/mnalis/ironseed_fpc (disclaimer: myself) > > It is a nice game (or I wouldn't invest time in fixing bugs in it!) > I've done basic Debian packaging in github repo, and resulting Debian > package builds and runs fine with me. I'm hoping to find someone willing to > help me push it to Debian GNU/Linux, so more people can easily get it and > have fun playing it. > > If more work is required on it, I'm willing to do it, if someone will > point me in right direction. But I am not DD and thus cannot do it all > the way through myself. > > If I get Debian lingo right, I'm looking for a sponsor. > > Hi,
Since you'd like to do the packaging stuff yourself, you'd better take a look at ITP/RFS process and refine your package to fit the policy. The RFP process is to ask someone else to do the packaging.
