steam auto packager

[Alexandre Detiste]

>My not-so-secret long-term plan is that gdp will eventually get an
>optional-but-recommended GUI mode using pygi, which automatically offers
>to refresh any game whose packaging has had significant changes, using
>the already-installed files.

While googling on how to read the **/ SteamApps/appmanifest_*.acf files, I found this other pygi GUI:

https://github.com/dotfloat/steam-appmanifest

[ This is a short python script that tricks Steam for Linux into downloading non-Linux apps.

This is MIT-licensed, so we can borrow some of it. (its Debian friendly, but not Debian-specific)

This is a hack tough, some DBus interraction would be a dream:
http://steamcommunity.com/app/221410/discussions/0/882964117848047297/


>That would be a better fit for Steam detection than anything command-line
Ok ! The steam command line would remain as a mostly debug/dev tool, like make-template.