sync openttd 1.0.0-1 from Debian unstable
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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openttd (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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Undecided
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Bug Description
Binary package hint: openttd
OpenTTD released version 1.0.0 a week ago. Due to Debian's ries.d.o being down, the package only entered unstable a few days ago, though.
I'm asking for a Freeze Exception for the following reasons:
- OpenTTD 1.0.x is the first version to be completely DFSG-free. A community of artists have created a new graphic set from scratch and the game engine can now be used without depending on the original, non-free data. This would allow to move the package from multiverse to universe in Ubuntu.
- This is a network game. The new upstream version is already widely used in most multiplayer servers, and the current version in lucid isn't protocol-compatible with the new branch.
- The package fixes most of the currently open Ubuntu bugs.
- The new code has been through a very delicate polishing process: several beta versions, and three release candidates. No important issues are known.
Please note that to make OpenTTD a valid candidate for universe, new packages will need to be imported from Debian:
- openttd-opengfx (directly recommended by openttd)
- nforenum and grfcodec (Build-Dependencies of openttd-opengfx)
- openttd-opensfx (for optional sounds)
- catcodec (Build-Dependencies of -opensfx).