Remove NEStra, FCEU, Gfceu, fceu-server from jaunty
Bug #316782 reported by
amano
This bug affects 1 person
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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Ubuntu |
Won't Fix
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Undecided
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
Please remove the old unmaintained NES emulator cruft and package a current one.
A [needs-packaging] request for Nestopia (the most compatible one with advanced features like NTSC filters) can be found here: https:/
Offering Nestopia in the repos should be sufficient for all your NES emulation needs. The cruft should be removed and thus not displayed in Add/Remove...
Further information:
1) My version: Ubuntu 8.10
2) all other NES cruft (nestra, fceu-server, fceu, gfceu)
3) A current NES emulator (with GUI) should be offered in Add/Remove...
4) Ancient versions of deprecated NES emulators are offered to be installed now.
I added the Ubuntu Universe Sponsors to this bug since this bug should be related to the bug about packaging Nestopia (the most advanced open source emulator).
I googled for when the other projects were abandoned:
For NEStra, I couldn't find a homepage anymore. It doesn't even have sound emulation and thus shouldn't be shipped.
FCE Ultra as a project is abandoned as well. There is a new successor project is called FCEUX which started in Summer 2008. This new package is just one package (so the old division in fceu(x) and gfceu(x) is obsolete).
In either way. FCE Ultra and its packages is obsolete and should be removed.
NEStopia is currently the most advanced emulator and should be packaged instead.