Michael Thomas wrote: > Goede, J.W.R. de wrote: >> Hi All, >> >> I don't know if any of you realise it, but this month its a year ago that >> Tibbs started the games SIG. Hence this "Games SIG State of the Union". >> > [...] >> Your opinion on the future of the Games SIG is much appreciated, add >> your 2 cents please! > > Since you asked... :) > > I've been exteremely impressed with the large number of quality > games that have appeared. A Games menu in the gnome panel that > doesn't fit on a 1600x1200 screen is a _good_ problem to have. :) Along > those lines, there are a few things to consider: > > 1) Breaking the menu up into more manageable submenus. I think > Hans started some work on this, but it got stalled somewhere. > Maybe he can update us on the status and we can find some warm > bodies to help push it forward. > Good that you mention that, I actually have that nailed pretty much down I just need to finish it up and package it, I'll see if I can find some time for that soon. > 2) A Fedora Games spin, or live CD. I've been tossing this idea > around in my head for a few weeks, and I don't know if it's a > good idea or not. On the one hand, it would be good publicity to > show what we've done, and what great free games are available for > both Fedora and Linux in general. On the other hand, lack of > decent free 3D support for the two popular video card > manufacturers will stir up the "3D sucks in Fedora/Linux" > chanting again, and may turn into bad publicity. I read a review > recently (I forget where) of a 'Game Edition' of some linux > distro, and it got panned because of the lack of real 3D support. > I've been thinking about a Fedora Games spin too :) > Another topic that has been discussed on the mailing list related > to Hans' #7 is adding the games sig mailing list in the > InitialCC: field in the package database/owners.list for game > packages. This would alert the entire sig to bugs quickly. The > mailing list does not get a lot of traffic already, and I tend to > see few bug reports on games now, so I don't think this should > cause any real burden on everyone's inbox. If there are no > objections, then I'll start by adding the mailing list as a cc: > on my own packages. > Sounds like a great idea, but we need a CVS admin for this as we can no longer edit owners.list . > Thanks for all the fun it's been this past year, and I look forward > to more of the same this year. :) > Yeah, so do I :) Regards, Hans _______________________________________________ Fedora-games-list mailing list Fedora-games-list@xxxxxxxxxx http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-games-list
