On Mon, Apr 26, 2010 at 03:43:42AM +0000, Jacob Meuser wrote: > 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?
If they are not aware of MAME's history, probably not. They should be able to find this information using Google however. But since we have quirks now, maybe we should go for it?
