Bug#859567: Bug#859568: Bug#859567: retro-gtk and gnome-games-app
Hi, I have uploaded both packages based on your latest commits. It turned out that the games had not been indexed by tracker yet but now it works. I suggest to remove the debian/patches directory in gnome-games next time because it isn't used anyway. Regards, Markus signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature
Bug#859568: Bug#859567: retro-gtk and gnome-games-app
On Wed, Apr 5, 2017 at 5:54 PM, Markus Koschany wrote: > Thank you for the update. That's much better. I am fine with pulling > from your Git repository directly but I'm not a member of the pkg-gnome > team, so you need to take care of all the tagging and committing stuff > by yourself. Sure. No problem. Since it's a new package, I'll wait to push a tag until it is accepted by the ftpmasters. > I have installed tracker and tracker-gui on my system and it appears to > be working but still there are no games listed in gnome-games-app. It's > a bit late here, I need to think this over tomorrow. You could also ask in #gnome-games on irc.gnome.org Jeremy
Bug#859567: retro-gtk and gnome-games-app
Am 05.04.2017 um 22:28 schrieb Jeremy Bicha: > On Wed, Apr 5, 2017 at 3:44 PM, Markus Koschany wrote: >> Please improve the package description a little and write one or two >> additional sentences and explain what libretro is for. >> >> I think "retro-gtk is a library to make libretro frontends that use >> GTK3." doesn't ring a bell for the uninitiated. > > I will see if I can figure out something longer to silence the lintian > warning. It's not really supposed to ring bells since no one should be > installing the library directly. It's a library that is only used by > gnome-games-app and maintained by the same developer. > > The description I used is basically what I was given: > https://git.gnome.org/browse/retro-gtk/tree/retro-gtk.doap [...] Thank you for the update. That's much better. I am fine with pulling from your Git repository directly but I'm not a member of the pkg-gnome team, so you need to take care of all the tagging and committing stuff by yourself. >> I have successfully installed gnome-games-app but no games show up. What >> do I need to do to make my *.desktop file based games from Debian main >> visible in gnome-games-app? > > Are you using Debian GNOME stretch? Yes Do you have the 'gnome' > metapackage installed? No. I installed gnome-core eight years ago and never followed the gnome metapackage. However I did install the gnome metapackage right now, rebooted the system but it makes no difference. > Have you disabled tracker? > > For instance, I have the gnome-games metapackage installed so I have > 17 games that show up in gnome-games-app. I have installed tracker and tracker-gui on my system and it appears to be working but still there are no games listed in gnome-games-app. It's a bit late here, I need to think this over tomorrow. Markus signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature
Bug#859567: retro-gtk and gnome-games-app
On Wed, Apr 5, 2017 at 3:44 PM, Markus Koschany wrote: > Please improve the package description a little and write one or two > additional sentences and explain what libretro is for. How this? https://anonscm.debian.org/git/pkg-gnome/retro-gtk.git/tree/debian/control.in Are you ok with sponsoring from the git repos or do you want me to push an update to the mentors site? Thanks, Jeremy
Bug#859567: retro-gtk and gnome-games-app
On Wed, Apr 5, 2017 at 3:44 PM, Markus Koschany wrote: > Please improve the package description a little and write one or two > additional sentences and explain what libretro is for. > > I think "retro-gtk is a library to make libretro frontends that use > GTK3." doesn't ring a bell for the uninitiated. I will see if I can figure out something longer to silence the lintian warning. It's not really supposed to ring bells since no one should be installing the library directly. It's a library that is only used by gnome-games-app and maintained by the same developer. The description I used is basically what I was given: https://git.gnome.org/browse/retro-gtk/tree/retro-gtk.doap It's a bit confusing because libretro is the name of a bigger and older project to make game emulators and developer platforms. libretro-gtk is this library that is basically a separate library that I guess connects libretro with an app like gnome-games-app. There are a lot of libretro cores packaged in Debian already but they need a little integration work to be usable by gnome-games-app. https://www.libretro.com/ > I have successfully installed gnome-games-app but no games show up. What > do I need to do to make my *.desktop file based games from Debian main > visible in gnome-games-app? Are you using Debian GNOME stretch? Do you have the 'gnome' metapackage installed? Have you disabled tracker? For instance, I have the gnome-games metapackage installed so I have 17 games that show up in gnome-games-app. Jeremy
Bug#859567: retro-gtk and gnome-games-app
Control: owner -1 ! Hello Jeremy, I intend to sponsor your packages which looks good and Policy compliant to me. Two points: retro-gtk: Please improve the package description a little and write one or two additional sentences and explain what libretro is for. I think "retro-gtk is a library to make libretro frontends that use GTK3." doesn't ring a bell for the uninitiated. I have successfully installed gnome-games-app but no games show up. What do I need to do to make my *.desktop file based games from Debian main visible in gnome-games-app? Regards, Markus signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature
