Bug#691152: deutex ignores freedoom.wad
Fabian Greffrath
fabian at greffrath.com
Thu Oct 25 07:19:05 UTC 2012
Am 24.10.2012 17:39, schrieb Jon Dowland:
> Sure. I think we need to replace deutex, really. There's a small risk
> that one day, Freedoom's palette might differ from Doom's, in which case
> we'll introduce subtle differences/problems by relying on it. But Doom's
> palette is not copyrightable; once derived from the commercial data such
> a table could be freely distributed. And a deutex-like tool that had
> such a table in it and didn't depend on the IWAD for manipulating PWADs
> would be great. (+one with PNG support/default to PNG and various other
> quirks and DOSisms removed :))
I have no strong opinion about this, as I simply lack the experience
with such tools. Do you already have a candidate to replace deutex in
mind or are you going to fork it and develop it into the desired
direction?
- Fabian
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