Bug#782847: RFS: endless-sky/0.7.9-1 [ITP]

2015-04-24 Thread Michael Zahniser
On 04/19/2015 01:40 AM, Paul Wise wrote: I don't intend to sponsor this but here are some further comments: I've addressed most of the comments on the initial package, and uploaded a new version. To access further information about this package, please visit the following URL: http://men

Bug#782847: RFS: endless-sky/0.7.9-1 [ITP]

2015-04-19 Thread Paul Wise
On Mon, Apr 20, 2015 at 1:00 AM, Michael Zahniser wrote: > The build process does print all the build commands, and would also print > compiler warnings (at the -Wall level) if there were any. Is that > sufficient, or are you saying I need the g++ -v option that prints dozens of > lines of informa

Bug#782847: RFS: endless-sky/0.7.9-1 [ITP]

2015-04-19 Thread Nils Dagsson Moskopp
Michael Zahniser writes: > I agree that having the "source" for all the graphics available for > anyone to view or modify is important. But I can't just export from > Blender files: for the 3D images, I touched them up by hand in GIMP > after rendering them, adding texture, scuff marks, color

Bug#782847: RFS: endless-sky/0.7.9-1 [ITP]

2015-04-19 Thread Michael Zahniser
Thanks for the feedback, Paul! That "codespell" program is a really helpful tool that I had not known about before. The build process does print all the build commands, and would also print compiler warnings (at the -Wall level) if there were any. Is that sufficient, or are you saying I need t

Bug#782847: RFS: endless-sky/0.7.9-1 [ITP]

2015-04-18 Thread Paul Wise
On Sun, Apr 19, 2015 at 4:33 AM, James Cowgill wrote: > On Sat, 2015-04-18 at 14:31 -0400, Michael Zahniser wrote: >>Dear mentors, >> >>I am looking for a sponsor for my package "endless-sky". > > Here are some comments: I don't intend to sponsor this but here are some further comments: A

Bug#782847: RFS: endless-sky/0.7.9-1 [ITP]

2015-04-18 Thread James Cowgill
On Sat, 2015-04-18 at 18:02 -0400, Michael Zahniser wrote: > Thanks for the quick feedback! > > If SSE 4.1 is not acceptable, is it possible to at least depend on SSE > 3? I use some SSE intrinsics to optimize geometric calculations. Should > I modify the code so those instructions are used only

Bug#782847: RFS: endless-sky/0.7.9-1 [ITP]

2015-04-18 Thread Michael Zahniser
Thanks for the quick feedback! If SSE 4.1 is not acceptable, is it possible to at least depend on SSE 3? I use some SSE intrinsics to optimize geometric calculations. Should I modify the code so those instructions are used only if a special command line option is given? That would mean all the

Bug#782847: RFS: endless-sky/0.7.9-1 [ITP]

2015-04-18 Thread James Cowgill
On Sat, 2015-04-18 at 14:31 -0400, Michael Zahniser wrote: >Dear mentors, > >I am looking for a sponsor for my package "endless-sky". Here are some comments: build: The build passes -msse4.1 to g++. This will fail on non-x86 arches and produce binaries which don't work without sse 4.1 pr

Bug#782847: RFS: endless-sky/0.7.9-1 [ITP]

2015-04-18 Thread Michael Zahniser
Package: sponsorship-requests Severity: wishlist Dear mentors, I am looking for a sponsor for my package "endless-sky". * Package name: endless-sky Version : 0.7.9-1 Upstream Author : Michael Zahniser * URL : http://endless-sky.github.io * License :