[Update Package] SuperTuxKart 0.9

[Rohan "HEXcube" Villoth]

A new version of the popular Go Kart racing game 𝐒𝐮𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐓𝐮𝐱𝐊𝐚𝐫𝐭 is out (http://supertuxkart.blogspot.in/2015/04/supertuxkart-09-released.html ). The 0.9 release is a major upgrade over the 0.8.x series. One of the main changes is the graphics improvements brought by the new 𝐀𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚 rendering engine (forked from the previous Irrlicht engine). For more details on Antarctica see http://supertuxkart.sourceforge.net/Antarctica:_Overview

SuperTuxKart 0.9 deb packages are relatively unavailable for Ubuntu and Debian distros. However, 𝐃𝐞𝐛𝐢𝐚𝐧 unstable has packaged 0.9 and this version was pulled by the latest development release Ubuntu 15.10 𝑾𝒊𝒍𝒚 𝑾𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒘𝒐𝒍𝒇 ( See https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/supertuxkart ). The latest SuperTuxKart package on Debian unstable: https://packages.debian.org/sid/supertuxkart

So, I request SuperTuxKart be updated to 0.9 for 𝐔𝐛𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐮 𝟏𝟒.𝟎𝟒𝐋𝐓𝐒 and newer releases.

[Christoph Korn (c-korn)]

Taking supertuxkart 0.9-5 as starting point.

[Christoph Korn (c-korn)]

Package has been built for trusty.

[Christoph Korn (c-korn)]

Published.

Thanks.

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supertuxkart (0.9-1~getdeb1) trusty; urgency=medium

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 -- Christoph Korn <email address hidden> Sat, 15 Aug 2015 22:37:54 +0200

[Rohan "HEXcube" Villoth (hexcube)]

Unfortunately on my AMD machine, the game segfaults when race starts :-( SuperTuxKart also complains about my drivers being old, while in fact I'm running the latest 𝐂𝐚𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐲𝐬𝐭 (fglrx) driver available on 𝐔𝐛𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐮 𝟏𝟒.𝟎𝟒𝐋𝐓𝐒. This is the output of 𝚐𝚕𝚡𝚒𝚗𝚏𝚘 | 𝚐𝚛𝚎𝚙 𝙾𝚙𝚎𝚗𝙶𝙻:
𝙾𝚙𝚎𝚗𝙶𝙻 𝚟𝚎𝚗𝚍𝚘𝚛 𝚜𝚝𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚐: 𝙰𝚍𝚟𝚊𝚗𝚌𝚎𝚍 𝙼𝚒𝚌𝚛𝚘 𝙳𝚎𝚟𝚒𝚌𝚎𝚜, 𝙸𝚗𝚌.
𝙾𝚙𝚎𝚗𝙶𝙻 𝚛𝚎𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚛 𝚜𝚝𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚐: 𝙰𝙼𝙳 𝚁𝚊𝚍𝚎𝚘𝚗(𝚃𝙼) 𝙷𝙳 𝟼𝟺𝟾𝟶𝙶
𝙾𝚙𝚎𝚗𝙶𝙻 𝚌𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝚙𝚛𝚘𝚏𝚒𝚕𝚎 𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚜𝚝𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚐: 𝟺.𝟹.𝟷𝟹𝟹𝟽𝟺 𝙲𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝙿𝚛𝚘𝚏𝚒𝚕𝚎 𝙲𝚘𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚡𝚝 𝟷𝟹.𝟹𝟻.𝟷𝟶𝟶𝟻
𝙾𝚙𝚎𝚗𝙶𝙻 𝚌𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝚙𝚛𝚘𝚏𝚒𝚕𝚎 𝚜𝚑𝚊𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚕𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚞𝚊𝚐𝚎 𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚜𝚝𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚐: 𝟺.𝟺𝟶
𝙾𝚙𝚎𝚗𝙶𝙻 𝚌𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝚙𝚛𝚘𝚏𝚒𝚕𝚎 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚡𝚝 𝚏𝚕𝚊𝚐𝚜: (𝚗𝚘𝚗𝚎)
𝙾𝚙𝚎𝚗𝙶𝙻 𝚌𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝚙𝚛𝚘𝚏𝚒𝚕𝚎 𝚙𝚛𝚘𝚏𝚒𝚕𝚎 𝚖𝚊𝚜𝚔: 𝚌𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝚙𝚛𝚘𝚏𝚒𝚕𝚎
𝙾𝚙𝚎𝚗𝙶𝙻 𝚌𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝚙𝚛𝚘𝚏𝚒𝚕𝚎 𝚎𝚡𝚝𝚎𝚗𝚜𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚜:
𝙾𝚙𝚎𝚗𝙶𝙻 𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚜𝚝𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚐: 𝟺.𝟺.𝟷𝟹𝟹𝟽𝟺 𝙲𝚘𝚖𝚙𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚋𝚒𝚕𝚒𝚝𝚢 𝙿𝚛𝚘𝚏𝚒𝚕𝚎 𝙲𝚘𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚡𝚝 𝟷𝟹.𝟹𝟻.𝟷𝟶𝟶𝟻
𝙾𝚙𝚎𝚗𝙶𝙻 𝚜𝚑𝚊𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚕𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚞𝚊𝚐𝚎 𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚜𝚝𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚐: 𝟺.𝟺𝟶
𝙾𝚙𝚎𝚗𝙶𝙻 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚡𝚝 𝚏𝚕𝚊𝚐𝚜: (𝚗𝚘𝚗𝚎)
𝙾𝚙𝚎𝚗𝙶𝙻 𝚙𝚛𝚘𝚏𝚒𝚕𝚎 𝚖𝚊𝚜𝚔: 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚙𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚋𝚒𝚕𝚒𝚝𝚢 𝚙𝚛𝚘𝚏𝚒𝚕𝚎
𝙾𝚙𝚎𝚗𝙶𝙻 𝚎𝚡𝚝𝚎𝚗𝚜𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚜:

So to see how it runs under open source 𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐨𝐧 driver, I did a live boot of the latest point release of 𝐔𝐛𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐮 𝟏𝟒.𝟎𝟒𝐋𝐓𝐒 (Ubuntu 14.04.3 with 3.19 kernel and graphics stack from Ubuntu 15.04 Vivid). And surprisingly, it ran fine under the default graphics settings. When I upped the graphics effects to maximum it still ran well, albeit with a lag. This is the output of 𝚐𝚕𝚡𝚒𝚗𝚏𝚘 | 𝚐𝚛𝚎𝚙 𝙾𝚙𝚎𝚗𝙶𝙻:
𝙾𝚙𝚎𝚗𝙶𝙻 𝚟𝚎𝚗𝚍𝚘𝚛 𝚜𝚝𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚐: 𝚇.𝙾𝚛𝚐
𝙾𝚙𝚎𝚗𝙶𝙻 𝚛𝚎𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚛 𝚜𝚝𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚐: 𝙶𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚒𝚞𝚖 𝟶.𝟺 𝚘𝚗 𝙰𝙼𝙳 𝚂𝚄𝙼𝙾𝟸
𝙾𝚙𝚎𝚗𝙶𝙻 𝚌𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝚙𝚛𝚘𝚏𝚒𝚕𝚎 𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚜𝚝𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚐: 𝟹.𝟹 (𝙲𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝙿𝚛𝚘𝚏𝚒𝚕𝚎) 𝙼𝚎𝚜𝚊 𝟷𝟶.𝟻.𝟸
𝙾𝚙𝚎𝚗𝙶𝙻 𝚌𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝚙𝚛𝚘𝚏𝚒𝚕𝚎 𝚜𝚑𝚊𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚕𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚞𝚊𝚐𝚎 𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚜𝚝𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚐: 𝟹.𝟹𝟶
𝙾𝚙𝚎𝚗𝙶𝙻 𝚌𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝚙𝚛𝚘𝚏𝚒𝚕𝚎 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚡𝚝 𝚏𝚕𝚊𝚐𝚜: (𝚗𝚘𝚗𝚎)
𝙾𝚙𝚎𝚗𝙶𝙻 𝚌𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝚙𝚛𝚘𝚏𝚒𝚕𝚎 𝚙𝚛𝚘𝚏𝚒𝚕𝚎 𝚖𝚊𝚜𝚔: 𝚌𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝚙𝚛𝚘𝚏𝚒𝚕𝚎
𝙾𝚙𝚎𝚗𝙶𝙻 𝚌𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝚙𝚛𝚘𝚏𝚒𝚕𝚎 𝚎𝚡𝚝𝚎𝚗𝚜𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚜:
𝙾𝚙𝚎𝚗𝙶𝙻 𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚜𝚝𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚐: 𝟹.𝟶 𝙼𝚎𝚜𝚊 𝟷𝟶.𝟻.𝟸
𝙾𝚙𝚎𝚗𝙶𝙻 𝚜𝚑𝚊𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚕𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚞𝚊𝚐𝚎 𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚜𝚝𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚐: 𝟷.𝟹𝟶
𝙾𝚙𝚎𝚗𝙶𝙻 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚡𝚝 𝚏𝚕𝚊𝚐𝚜: (𝚗𝚘𝚗𝚎)

It seems either AMD's proprietary driver's quality is getting really bad or open source drivers are doing really good :-) This looks like an upstream bug anyway. So, I'll try reporting this on SuperTuxKart's GitHub repo https://github.com/supertuxkart/stk-code . Hope they fix it by 0.9.1 release so that we AMD Catalyst users can get a taste of SuperTuxKart's new version.

Thanks @c-korn for taking the trouble of packaging the latest SuperTuxKart package and making it available on PlayDeb. I'll report back if the devs release a fix.