[Pkg-games-ubuntu] [Bug 557696] Re: upgrade-request: version 1.8 released

[Gerfried Fuchs]

        Hi!

* Gabriele Tozzi <gabriele at tozzi.eu> [2010-04-08 23:54:51 CEST]:
> Sounds like "since 2.4 kernel series are still developed and supported,
> we don't need to include ubuntu 2.6 kernel in ubuntu".

 Erm, no, doesn't even remotely. wesnoth 1.8 was just released last
week, kernel 2.6 is pretty old already.

> Wesnoth 1.8 is out. It has new features, new graphics, and the majority
> of people migrated to it. Making ubuntu packages available should be a
> priority.

 I don't make the rules for the release schedule, I am just outlining
the facts - which includes correcting the false reasoning of the
original bug reporter that it wouldn't be possible to connect to the
official servers anymore with 1.6.

> Having the chance to install multiple versions of wesnoth may
> be a cool feature for developers, but it's completely useless for
> everyday users.

 That might be true, but it is a major difference in the packaging work
and thus a point that needs to get raised because of the way the release
works. If it will get ignored I'm fine with it, but I have been told at
the last ubuntu release that an update of wesnoth won't happen because
of major packaging changes.

> How can I expect to fix bug #1 if you don't ship new software asap?

 asap might sometimes be too early. Even the hypothetical "enemy" of bug
#1 is aware of that. Again, I'm not making the rules, I am just pointing
out the facts that there are rules in place that might hinder this wish.
There is always the option of going through the backports service - and
I do plan to offer backports for the former releases too, once I managed
to dig into the procedures for that enough.

 Thanks for understanding,
Rhonda

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upgrade-request: version 1.8 released
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Status in “wesnoth” package in Ubuntu: New
Status in “wesnoth” source package in Lucid: Won't Fix

Bug description:
Binary package hint: wesnoth

Wesnoth 1.8 has been recently released (http://www.wesnoth.org/start/1.8/) It looks like there's debian packages already built at http://packages.debian.org/experimental/wesnoth-1.8 . Can we get a sync from debian to this version to allow connection to the official servers again?

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: wesnoth 1:1.6.5-1build1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-19.28-generic 2.6.32.10+drm33.1
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-19-generic x86_64
Architecture: amd64
Date: Thu Apr  8 08:53:06 2010
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release amd64 (20091027)
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_AU.utf8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: wesnoth