Attal in Ubuntu is almost not playable, 4 new attal versions (0.9.3, 0.9.4, 0.10, 0.10.1) released, please update

[Mantas Kriaučiūnas]

Hi,

Attal package in Ubuntu is almost not playable (comparing to latest versions, released in 2005 and 2006) and *very* outdated - currently Ubuntu Dapper has attal, which was released in 2004 :( Besides current attal from Ubuntu often crashes :(((

I've packaged latest version and put debianized source and .deb packages for Ubuntu 5.10 (Breezy) at ftp://ftp.akl.lt/Linux/Baltix/Baltix-Ubuntu_packages/games/
(attal needs QT4.1 from Ubuntu Dapper, so I also backported QT4.1 to Ubuntu 5.10, you can get it from same repozitory - ftp.akl.lt/Linux/Baltix/Baltix-Ubuntu_packages/ )

Please package 0.10.1 version, this version should be more playable, look
at changelog from 0.9.3, 0.9.4, 0.10 and 0.10.1 - http://www.attal-thegame.org :

2005-05-18 14:20:18 [pascal] - Attal 0.9.3 released!

The whole Attal's team is pleased to announce the 0.9.3 release of Attal.
Here is a list of main improvements added:

    * Highlight lord when selected
    * Better start game management (autoFill with AI, hide AI
(experimental), better campaign management)
    * Improved fight mode (client, server, bug fix)
    * Improved scenarioEditor
    * Disposition for decoration now used for pathfinding
    * Add command line help
    * Management of different screen resolutions
    * Management of log level at command line
    * Management of player vision on savefiles
    * Usability improvements (highlight internals buildings, more info given, better buy building interface, castle improved, market improved)
    * Improve AI (AI can use market, better management of internals buildings)
    * New scenarii
    * Bug fixing

2005-09-09 12:54:35 [pascal] - Attal 0.9.4 released!

The whole Attal's team is pleased to announce the 0.9.4 release of Attal.
Here is a list of main improvements added:

    * Teams management (server,client,ai,scenario editor)
    * Tavern implemented
    * Usability improvements
    * Save of campaigns implemented
    * Handling of animations in themeEditor
    * Added make install (and uninstall) for unix
    * Bug fixing
    * Medieval theme: Animations for the 'druidic' creatures

[Mantas Kriaučiūnas (mantas)]

One more new attal version (0.10) was released - please update Ubuntu packages to 0.10 if possible. Here is changelog (pasted from sourceforge sources release notes):

Release Name: 0.10

Notes:
- Porting to Qt4
- Windows port
- New displayLord Interface
- Start game management improved
- Grid implemented in scenarioEditor
- Fight: Usability improvements, Add active unit animation, Better handling of cursors for fight, New end game dialog, Various bug fixing
- Music management improvements
- Calendar improved (now saved during game and managed in scenario editor and in theme editor)
- Campaign: improve editor, fix some bugs and saving
- Usability improvements and bug fixing
- Medieval theme: First Campaign : How Ol'Bar become famous

[Lukas Fittl (lfittl)]

Is the cyberpunk theme already useable? Should I generate a attal-theme-cyberpunk package?

You can test my packages here:

http://ixios-software.com/~lfittl/ubuntu-pkg/attal/

[Lukas Fittl (lfittl)]

As we are in Upstream Version Freeze now, it's somehow difficult to get this into dapper, best would be if you just wait for debian.

[Mantas Kriaučiūnas (mantas)]

Attal from Ubuntu dapper is *very* outdated and almost not playable (in this old version tavern is not implemented and there are no way to recruit new hero :( ) and latest upstream version looks good and is playable (I've tested your packages from http://ixios-software.com/~lfittl/ubuntu-pkg/attal/ - recompiled these on ubuntu breezy and they works really better, than current ubuntu packages).
Upstream Version Freeze for Ubuntu 6.04 (Dapper) shouldn't couse problems with updating attal, because "first phase of our progressive freeze means that no new upstream versions of packages should be uploaded *without* *prior* *approval*". (look at https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel-announce/2006-January/000057.html ). So you should just ask for approval and tell, that current attal in ubuntu isn't playable.

[Barry deFreese (bddebian)]

This didn't make it in Dapper and is still not updated in Debian. I will see if I can take a look for Edgy. Sorry.

[Barry deFreese (bddebian)]

Just a side note. I just tried to build your package on Dapper and it FTBFSs. I'll keep poking. Thanks.

[Barry deFreese (bddebian)]

OK, I got the FTBFS fixed, but it looks like you aren't building all the binary packages. Installing the produced deb, I get:

dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of attal:
 attal depends on attal-theme-medieval (>= 0.10-0ubuntu1); however:
  Package attal-theme-medieval is not installed.

[Barry deFreese (bddebian)]

Sorry, that is my bad. attal-theme-medieval is a seperate source package. Did you happen to build a deb for that too? Thanks again.

[Barry deFreese (bddebian)]

Mantas, I took your attal package, fixed up a few things and built a new version of attal-themes-medieval from CVS. I sent it to the Debian BTS on the above bug#. I hope the Debian maintainer will use it. If not, I will see about uploading it for Edgy. Thanks for the work!

[Lukas Fittl (lfittl)]

Assign to me again, this time I will really update this, together with bddebian.

[Lukas Fittl (lfittl)]

Finally updated, thanks again to bddebian for his work.