On 07/19/2016 09:56 PM, Bruno Wolff III wrote:
On Tue, Jul 19, 2016 at 21:01:28 -0400, "Justin W. Flory" <jflory7@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:For this reason, as the maintainer of the Games Spin, I added you to the FAS group and also made you an administrator.What were you thinking of controlling with that group?
I was mostly thinking of the group serving an organizational purpose. It makes it easy to see who has met the minimum qualification of introducing themselves on the mailing list and has expressed interest in contributing to the SIG (membership in the group could be based off of more qualifications in the future, but I figure for now, it's useful to keep the barrier low and see who all is interested in contributing, and then going from there).
We were discussing in the channel earlier some games "on the radar" that could be included in Fedora. Some of those idling around had ideas for games or even game engines that may be worth pushing for inclusion in Fedora. It might be worth comparing lists of ideas you have along with some of the new ones in channel.I've occasionally added some to the wish list. The recent change in restrictions in emulators could allow some that couldn't be in Fedora in the past.
From my thoughts, packaging emulators and having a strong experience showcasing them to users is definitely important. Emulators are one of the most common forms of gaming I see around now, so I think if we could create a well-supported environment for emulators, we could use that to help make a larger impact in the FOSS gaming world and also for Fedora.
For reference, are there a list of these games or a rough idea of where to look for games that are already packaged, but need support? It would be useful to have a list of these games so we can either try to find ways of improving support for the game (possibly by trying to work with upstream) or coming with other ideas or ways.I would guess most of them. Hans seems to have more than he has time for. I have too many, to do a good job on them all and will add any current packager as a co-maintainer for any I am the contact for. Not all games are marked as such in comps, but you could look for the ones that are and have bugs indicating there are upstream updates that aren't in Fedora. That would get some to start with. Other distros are also a good resource, both for finding games and for help with packaging issues.
Cool, these would definitely be good jumping-off places. I think starting with some games currently packaged in Fedora and bringing them up to speed would be a good way to improve the gaming experience short-term.
-- Cheers, Justin W. Flory jflory7@xxxxxxxxx
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