Paul TBBle Hampson wrote:
On Mon, Aug 27, 2007 at 09:53:07PM -0400, Michael Gilbert wrote:
Dear mentors and games team,
Heh, more than 9 months old. But I only just came across the ITP. ^_^
I am looking for a sponsor for my package steam-powered.
* Package name: steam-powered
On Mon, Aug 27, 2007 at 09:53:07PM -0400, Michael Gilbert wrote:
Dear mentors and games team,
Heh, more than 9 months old. But I only just came across the ITP. ^_^
I am looking for a sponsor for my package steam-powered.
* Package name: steam-powered
Version : 5
Upstream
* Michael Gilbert [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2007-09-03 21:38:09 CEST]:
if someone is willing to package and maintain it, then why not? i
thought the goal was for debian to be the universal operating system.
how can the system be universal if software is refused because it is
used to run non-dfsg
Michael, please preserve attribution lines so it's clear who wrote
what you're quoting.
Michael Gilbert [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
This sub-thread is discussing whether we *want* software in Debian
whose only purpose is to sell non-free software.
like i said before, the purpose of the
Le Tue, Sep 04, 2007 at 08:59:02AM +0200, Gerfried Fuchs a écrit :
But even then this doesn't get you any further - calling up other
more-or-less bad examples doesn't make yours any better, that's
kindergarden argumentation line.
Yes, but the social contract doesn't regulate where one
Hey Michael,
like i said before, the purpose of the package is to help the average
user to easily run the software of their choice on linux. steam does
include a store, but it is by no means the only purpose for the
software.
I want that choice too. I'm playing Half-life1 (CS) and
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Ben Finney wrote:
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There's nothing in the social contract that compels anyone to include
any specific software in Debian if they are disinclined to do so. The
package in question has as its sole purpose the promotion of non-free
software.
David Given [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Given that I've just seen pretty much exactly the same conversation
on -devel about a week ago, and that this keeps popping up, it's
obvious that there *is* demand for working non-free software on
Debian. (I use it myself.)
It's obvious that people want
Le Tue, Sep 04, 2007 at 07:06:19PM +1000, Ben Finney a écrit :
David Given [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Given that I've just seen pretty much exactly the same conversation
on -devel about a week ago, and that this keeps popping up, it's
obvious that there *is* demand for working non-free
Charles Plessy wrote:
Fortunately, the wise people who wrote the Social Contract made it
clear:
We have created contrib and non-free areas in our archive for these
works. The packages in these areas are not part of the Debian system,
although they have been configured for use with
Patrick Schoenfeld schrieb:
Charles Plessy wrote:
Fortunately, the wise people who wrote the Social Contract made it
clear:
We have created contrib and non-free areas in our archive for these
works. The packages in these areas are not part of the Debian system,
although they have been
Michael Gilbert [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I am looking for a sponsor for my package steam-powered.
* Package name: steam-powered
Version : 5
Upstream Author : Michael Gilbert
* URL : no website
* License : gpl
Section : contrib/games
Does the
Michael Gilbert [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
The users *are* free to choose the software that's out there. The
Debian project is also free to refuse to choose what software it
distributes.
the key word is distribution. the question is whether the part of
the software to be added to the
2007/9/3, Ben Finney [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
Michael Gilbert [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
The users *are* free to choose the software that's out there. The
Debian project is also free to refuse to choose what software it
distributes.
the key word is distribution. the question is whether
On Monday 03 September 2007 11:29:17 Miriam Ruiz wrote:
I for one would prefer not to concentrate too much in adding that kind of
software to Debian, and even less in trying to promote it if there's no
real demand for it beforehand.
Very well said, Miriam. There are similar issues with other
This sub-thread is discussing whether we *want* software in Debian
whose only purpose is to sell non-free software.
like i said before, the purpose of the package is to help the average
user to easily run the software of their choice on linux. steam does
include a store, but it is by no means
I for one would prefer not to concentrate too much in adding that
kind of software to Debian, and even less in trying to promote it
if there's no real demand for it beforehand.
there is demand. 90% of computer users play games, and steam has a
lot of users (3 million players per month [1]).
The users *are* free to choose the software that's out there. The
Debian project is also free to refuse to choose what software it
distributes.
the key word is distribution. the question is whether the part of
the software to be added to the archive is distributable. for
steam-powered, all
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Hi,
I build your packages and installed steam-powered and counter-strike
steam-powered downloaded
http://www.steampowered.com/download/SteamInstall.msi but it seems that
it was not installed
when I run /usr/games/steam-powered or
Bjoern Boschman [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I build your packages and installed steam-powered and counter-strike
steam-powered downloaded
http://www.steampowered.com/download/SteamInstall.msi but it seems
that it was not installed
This is a mailing list for assisting people who build packages
On Wed, Aug 29, 2007 at 10:51:11PM +1000, Ben Finney wrote:
Bjoern Boschman [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I build your packages and installed steam-powered and counter-strike
steam-powered downloaded
http://www.steampowered.com/download/SteamInstall.msi but it seems
that it was not installed
Hi,
On Wednesday 29 August 2007, Michael Gilbert wrote:
number for counter-strike. if the user doesn't own the game when
it is launched like this, steam will bring up the page for the user
to purchase it.
Are there free games available on the steam plattform?
I ask because the vast majority
Bjoern Boschman wrote:
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Hi,
I build your packages and installed steam-powered and counter-strike
steam-powered downloaded
http://www.steampowered.com/download/SteamInstall.msi but it seems that
it was not installed
when I run
Are there free games available on the steam plattform?
sadly there are no steam games that are free of cost. however, it is
free of cost to run the steam application itself, to use it to browse
their pages, to use their communicator to chat with friends, and to
play no-cost game demos.
I ask
Michael Gilbert [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
users should not be forced to adopt only free software. they should
be free to choose whether they wish to take the pragmatic or
idealogical road for all of their software.
Please, not this chestnut again.
The users *are* free to choose the software
Le Thu, Aug 30, 2007 at 11:57:58AM +1000, Ben Finney a écrit :
Michael Gilbert [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
users should not be forced to adopt only free software. they should
be free to choose whether they wish to take the pragmatic or
idealogical road for all of their software.
Please,
Ben Finney [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
The users *are* free to choose the software that's out there. The
Debian project is also free to refuse to choose what software it
distributes.
Hmm. While the Debian project is free to refuse to choose what
software, that's not what I meant :-) I obviously
On Mon, Aug 27, 2007 at 09:53:07PM -0400, Michael Gilbert wrote:
Dear mentors and games team,
I am looking for a sponsor for my package steam-powered.
* URL : no website
So you think having it debian native is a good thing?
It builds these binary packages:
counter-strike -
So you think having it debian native is a good thing?
sure, why not? the guts of the program are so simple that i don't
think it would really be that useful to set up a website or svn. in a
sense www.steampowered.com perhaps should be considered the upsteam?
this package is just a wrapper to
Dear mentors and games team,
I am looking for a sponsor for my package steam-powered.
* Package name: steam-powered
Version : 5
Upstream Author : Michael Gilbert
* URL : no website
* License : gpl
Section : contrib/games
It builds these binary
Just a few suggestions:
1) I'd add 'set -u' and 'set -e' to the top of
steam-powered: I do this for every shell script I write.
This might require some of the script to be re-written
to cope with unbound variables, etc.
2) line 39:
eval set -- $(getopt --quiet --alternative
On 28-Jun-2007 03:52.00 (BST), Michael Gilbert wrote:
Your package should also depends on wine and curl since your script use
them.
the control file already has dependencies on wine, curl, cabextract,
whiptail, and catdoc, so i think this is ok?
The Architecture entry in the control
On 6/29/07, Rob Andrews wrote:
The Architecture entry in the control file is any - wine is only
available[0] on i386 and amd64, so build will fail on other architectures.
You should match wine's Architecture line.
i've now modified the control file so that the package will be built
only for
On 6/29/07, Jon Dowland wrote:
Just a few suggestions:
1) I'd add 'set -u' and 'set -e' to the top of
steam-powered: I do this for every shell script I write.
This might require some of the script to be re-written
to cope with unbound variables, etc.
i've added set -u to the script.
On Wed, Jun 27, 2007 at 03:17:35PM +1000, Ben Finney wrote:
Michael Gilbert [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
* Package name: steam-powered
Version : 0.8.0
Upstream Author : Michael Gilbert
* URL : no web site
* License : gpl for steam-powered script,
On 6/27/07, Ben Finney wrote:
What license do you have for the package? non-free isn't a license,
it's a descriptor.
the entire contents of the steam-powered package are fully licensed
under the GPL (there is no non-free content in the package). however,
the steam-powered script does download
Dear mentors and game maintainers,
I am looking for a sponsor for my package steam-powered.
* Package name: steam-powered
Version : 0.8.0
Upstream Author : Michael Gilbert
* URL : no web site
* License : gpl for steam-powered script, non-free for
downloaded
Michael Gilbert [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
* Package name: steam-powered
Version : 0.8.0
Upstream Author : Michael Gilbert
* URL : no web site
* License : gpl for steam-powered script, non-free for
downloaded game and game data
What license do you have for
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