Bug#730554: New version - minetest 0.4.8 released at November 23, please update packages and add minetest-mod-* to Recommends

Tue Nov 26 15:10:31 UTC 2013

Hello,

for the reccord, I did already gave a try at packaging 0.4.8 (I just
pushed my changes to the packaging git). It seems however that
upstream have patched one of their dependencies again (I may be wrong
because I just updated the patches and gave it a spin without really
investiguating the issue reported yet).

I strongly think that this is wrong to modify dependencies, so I'll
try to come up with a solution somehow. If you can help, eg by
providing a patch for this issue, it'd be really appreciated. If you
want to become co-maintainer of minetest, I'd be very happy to welcome
you in the "group" (I'm alone so far).

Many thanks also for pointing me on the packaged mods, I wasn't aware
of them.  

Bye, Mt.

PS: I should also push my minetest-modpack-mobf at some point, I guess.

On Tue, Nov 26, 2013 at 04:38:56PM +0200, Mantas Kriaučiūnas wrote:
> Package: minetest
> Version: 0.4.7+repack-3
> 
> Minetest package is outdated in Debian - new minetest 0.4.8 was released on 
> November 2013.
> 0.4.8 release contains lots of improvements and bugfixes comparing to older 0.4.7 version, which is currently in Debian.
> It's very important to have 0.4.8 packaged, because lots of mods doesn't work with 0.4.7
> Also it would be nice to add to Recommends (or Suggests) fields some mods, which
> are already packaged in Debian: minetest-mod-moreblocks, minetest-mod-moreores, minetest-mod-pipeworks
> 
> 0.4.7 → 0.4.8 New Features
> Big gameplay changes:
>     Added drowning (PilzAdam, RealBadAngel, BlockMen)
>     Added weather support (proller) 
> 
> Smaller gameplay tweaks:
>     Added new sounds (someone who can't decide if he wants to be called mitori or mito551)
>     Don't predict placing and removing nodes if interact privilege is missing (PilzAdam) 
> 
> Logistic changes:
>     Clean up rendering code a bit (increases FPS by 5 to 10) (Exio)
>     Added support for IPv6 (matttpt)
>     Don't write player files all the time if they are not modified (PilzAdam)
>     Made the main menu Lua based (sapier, kahrl)
>     Change static ContentFeatures array into a vector (rathgit, kahrl)
>     Allow multiple singleplayer games at the same time (PilzAdam)
>     Added texture pack selection to main menu (Novatux)
>     Don't write files directly but rather write to a temporary file that gets renamed after succesfully written; fixes many causes of corrupted files (PilzAdam)
>     Adjust the Lua API structure and improve header inclusion to decrease compile time (kahrl)
>     Database abstraction, LevelDB support (sfan5, wieszak, xyz)
> 
> Visual changes:
>     Added support for bumpmapping (RealBadAngel)
>     Added diagonal liquid animation (kahrl)
>     Damage updates and effects are now sent to other players (PilzAdam) 
> 
> Other things: 
>     Play player_damage.ogg when recieving damage and player_falling_damage.ogg on falling damage (PilzAdam)
>     Added basic unicode support to the console in Linux (Exio)
>     Added a setting for max loop count per step in liquid update (PilzAdam)
>     Added math mapgen with fractal based worlds (proller)
>     Disallow the name 'singleplayer' in a multiplayer server (PilzAdam)
>     Added max_objects_per_block to minetest.conf to control the maximum number of static objects per block (Novatux)
>     Removed broken farmesh (kahrl)
>     Added language setting to minetest.conf which forces Minetest to use specified translation (xyz) 
> 
> Bug Fixes
>     Fixed print(nil) crashing the server (kahrl)
>     Fixed output of profiler (F6) when using freetype (kahrl)
>     Fixed bug where wrong item is selected when dropping something in the inventory on another stack (kahrl)
>     Fixed lighting bug caused by disappearing lava (PilzAdam)
>     Fixed /unban command crashing the server (kahrl)
>     Fixed lighting bug with 6d facedir (RealBadAngel)
>     Fixed and improved view range tuner (celeron55)
>     Fixed and improved anticheat (celeron55)
>     Fixed server getting completely choked up on even a little of DoS (celeron55)
>     Fixed crack overlay for animated textures (kahrl)
>     Added fallback font for Chinese, Japanese and Korean languages, the translations in those languages can now be displayed (xyz)
>     Fixed most object duplication bugs (celeron55) 
> 
> Modding-related Changes
>      Added ingame modstore to download mods from mmdb (sapier)
>      Added minetest.register_decoration() (kwolekr)
>      Added schematic support; new functions minetest.place_schematic() and minetest.create_schematic() (kwolekr)
>      Seperated formspecs of furnace and chests to provide override by mods (BlockMen)
>      Added Lua VoxelManip (kwolekr) http://forum.minetest.net/viewtopic.php?id=6396
>      Added vector helpers (ShadowNinja)
>      Added range to item definition (PilzAdam)
>      Added after_use to item definition (Novatux)
>      Added liquid_range to node definition (PilzAdam)
>      Added collide_with_objects to entitiy definition, to disable object <-> object collision (PilzAdam)
>      Added minetest.facedir_to_dir() and 6d facedir support for minetest.dir_to_facedir() (hdastwb)
>      Added gettext for image_button (BlockMen)
>      Added stepheight to entity definition (sapier)
>      Added support for multiple wherein nodes in <code>minetest.register_ore() (PilzAdam)
>      Added minetest.register_on_cheat() (celeron55)
>      Added automatic_face_movement_dir to entity definition (sapier)
>      Added player:hud_set_hotbar_image() and player:hud_set_hotbar_selected_image() (PilzAdam, BlockMen)
>      Added percent scaling for HUD images (BlockMen, kahrl)
>      Added minetest.get_gametime() (Novatux)
>      Moved tree growing and grass growing ABMs to Lua (Novatux)
>      Added minetest.register_on_craft() and minetest.register_craft_predict() (Novatux) 
> 
> Formspec Additions/Changes:
>     pwdfield, vertlabel, tabheader, dropdown and checkbox (sapier)
>     <noclip>;<drawborder>;<pressed texture name> options for image_button (sapier, BlockMen)
>     textlist and box with color support (sapier, sfan5)
>     listcolors and bgcolor (BlockMen, kahrl)
>     <auto_clip> option for background images (BlockMen)
>     Added support for a callbeck on formspec close (Novatux) 
> 
> See http://dev.minetest.net/Changelog
> 
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