Bug#812513: please add E1M8b.wad to the doom-wad_*.deb package

[Fabian Greffrath]

Am Samstag, den 13.02.2016, 14:11 +0100 schrieb Alexandre Detiste:
> The package-size / number of files is not really an issue with GDP-
> generated
> packages. Even package with one 30kb text adventure games are ok;
> they don't put any weight on mirrors infrastructure etc...

Agreed. Do you mean the WAD could get created separately if you create
the doom-wad package?

> e1m8b.wad could even be packaged like doom-wad-shareware;
> the license permit it; but I guess it's not justified;
> I prefer to use ftp-master's time on reviewing new engines (corsix-th 
> in the queue)
> that to review packages with no added-value over GDP-generated ones.

Agreed. I am also against packaging freely available PWAD files for the
Debian archive.

> ...but playing with doom1.wad under prboom+ make it immediately crash
> after stepping out from the entry gate. freedoomu.wad works fine.

PWADs should generally not work with the shareware IWAD. PrBoom+ should
detect that itself, so this is a bug.

 - Fabian
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