MIR for s2tc, required by various games
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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s2tc (Debian) |
Fix Released
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Unknown
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s2tc (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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Undecided
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Didier Roche-Tolomelli |
Bug Description
[Availability]
The package is already in Ubuntu universe and builds for all architectures:
[FULLYBUILT] amd64
[FULLYBUILT] armel
[FULLYBUILT] armhf
[FULLYBUILT] i386
[FULLYBUILT] powerpc
[Rationale]
As documented in bug #1053029, the s2tc library provides texture functionality required by a range of commercial games, yet must be manually installed by users.
As a high level goal we wish to make Ubuntu a stronger platform for gaming in general, including commercial games. Including this package in main will address an issue that inhibits a number of games from "just working".
[Security]
* No CVEs found for s2tc
* No secunia advisories for s2tc
* No executables have suid or sgid bits
* No executables installed to /sbin or /usr/sbin
* No daemons
* No privileged ports are opened
* No add-ons or plugins to security-sensitive software
(Although the package itself is an extension to mesa for use by 3D gfx applications)
[Quality Assurance]
* No configuration or documentation is required following installation
* There are no debconf questions
* The package is well maintained in Debian
* No bug reports are open against this package in Ubuntu
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* No bug reports are open against this package in Debian
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* There are no known major outstanding issues that make the program unusable
* The package does not require exotic hardware
* A basic test suite is included in the package, however it requires network access (it downloads jpgs from various game sites)
* A debian/watch file is included but there are no upstream release tags
[UI Standards]
* No UI, it's a library
[Dependencies]
* mesa-common-dev (main) satisfies all build dependencies
* No unusual run time dependencies
[Standards compliance]
* Meets FHS and Debian Policy standards
[Maintenance]
* Development is complete, so maintenance work is very light.
* Expecting this package will just be kept in sync with Debian.
[Background Information]
This package provides a patent-free implementation of the S3TC lossy texture compression algorithms for mesa. These algorithms are designed to be well-suited for compressing textures in hardware-
References:
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description: | updated |
Changed in s2tc (Ubuntu): | |
assignee: | nobody → Didier Roche (didrocks) |
description: | updated |
Changed in s2tc (Debian): | |
status: | Unknown → New |
Changed in s2tc (Debian): | |
status: | New → Fix Committed |
Changed in s2tc (Debian): | |
status: | Fix Committed → Fix Released |
See also bug 823062.