Hi Phil, On Tue, 15 Oct 2024 at 04:45, Phil Wyett <philip.wy...@kathenas.org> wrote: > [ ... snip ... ] > This package uses a fork of the upstream github repo. Is there a particular > reason for not using it?
Primarily this is to build against a source that includes additional modifications, and removes vendored library code (a Debian best-practice, but also a general software development practice that I tend to agree with). Apart from the vendored-code removal, I've offered each modification within pull requests to upstream, with mixed results that I expect may be due to the fact that it isn't worth the time/effort for the developer to review and apply them all (the game was released nearly a decade ago, and the developer is working on other titles). On a related note: the homepage field for the package contains a hyperlink to the game's webpage on the developer website, instead of a link to my fork of the codebase on GitHub. This is somewhat intentional, because players will require the corresponding game data (hence the package is assigned to the Debian contrib section), and that game data is available for purchase from the developer. Regards, James
