Backport simutrans from Lucid

[Wesley Schwengle]

Rationale given here:

http://<email address hidden>/msg06365.html
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/simutrans/+bug/454700

This backport solves a bug in the existing Karmic version.

It builds with pdebuild and I've uploaded it to my PPA, where the build is also OK.

Attached is the debdiff for the Lucid package to be backported to Karmic.
I've changed the Maintainer to <email address hidden>, hope this is correct (could find anything on the backport wiki page about it). This is not mentioned in the changelog (can add it if needed).

[John Dong (jdong)]

There is no need for a debdiff for backporting if the package does not require any modification in order to build/function on Karmic.

The only other requirement is, have you tested the built package to make sure that it runs?

[Wesley Schwengle (wesleys)]

I cannot test the actual build.. I run 8.04, 9.04, 10.04...

I have ask for testers on the Simutrans and Ubuntu forums, but so far no responses.

[Wesley Schwengle (wesleys)]

A friend of mine tested the package on Karmic and it works as expected. He saved/loaded a game, tested a save game of mine. Which worked.

[John Dong (jdong)]

Ok, excellent; ACK from Backporters.

[Wesley Schwengle (wesleys)]

Thanks for the prompt reply!

However, I spoke to the Debian maintainer of Simutrans, and he made a sync request for simutrans, simutrans-pak64 on Lucid:

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/simutrans/+bug/538004
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/simutrans-pak64/+bug/538005

Can we put this on hold till the sync is complete and backport that version to Karmic? I can also create a new backport request if you wish to proceed with this request.

[Wesley Schwengle (wesleys)]

I simulated the sync and got the packages from Debian sid directly, build them on Karmic and had them tested by Marco Filetti. He confirmed everything works as expected.

https://launchpad.net/~wesleys/+archive/ppa?field.series_filter=karmic

After enabling my PPA he stated:

> The version numbers were a bit swapped around but I did apt-get upgrade and everything worked fine!
> The game works ok as well, load/save doesn't crash anymore.
>
> Thank you!
> Marco

Hopefully after the sync, this backport can be approved again and uploaded :)

[Wesley Schwengle (wesleys)]

The sync with Debian has been completed. Could you backport it to Karmic?

Many thanks!

[Jamie Strandboge (jdstrand)]

I: Extracting simutrans_102.2.2~ds1-1.dsc ... done.
I: Building backport of simutrans as 102.2.2~ds1-1~karmic1 ... done.