On Sun, Apr 25, 2010 at 04:58:50PM +0200, Pierre Riteau wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 22, 2010 at 02:09:02AM +0200, Landry Breuil wrote:
> > On Thu, Apr 22, 2010 at 12:03:23AM +0000, Jacob Meuser wrote:
> > > is there still a use for xmame or has it truly been superceeded
> > > by sdlmame/sdlmess?
> > 
> > As i already told you privately, xmame is dead upstream and its devs
> > consider sdl* the endorsed replacement. So if anyone is really attached
> > to xmame and doesn't want to switch to sdlmame, provide a valid reason,
> > or be prepared to see xmame die with extreme prejudice.
> > 
> > Landry
> 
> Yes, xmame is completely dead, sdlmame should be used instead.
> 
> Actually, sdlmame has been integrated in upstream MAME, it's not a
> separate release anymore. So, would it make sense to rename the
> sdlmame/sdlmess ports to mame/mess, or is it too much pain for no real
> gain?

I guess that depends on how confusing it would be to users?  I mean,
if a user is looking for mame, would they know to look for sdlmame?

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