Bug#811133: game-data-packager: z_code.py produces packages which only support the engine installed at build-time

[Stephen Kitt]

Package: game-data-packager
Version: 43
Severity: normal

Dear Maintainer,

z_code.py looks at whichever engine is available at build-time and
hard-codes that into the resulting .desktop file. Ideally the package
should use the zcode-interpreter alternative, although that isn't
supported by all packages Z-Machine emulators currently, and doesn't
work well with X- v. terminal-based interpreters.

Regards,

Stephen


-- System Information:
Debian Release: stretch/sid
  APT prefers unstable-debug
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable-debug'), (500, 'testing'), (500, 'stable'), (200, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Foreign Architectures: i386

Kernel: Linux 4.3.0-1-amd64 (SMP w/8 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)

Versions of packages game-data-packager depends on:
ii  fakeroot        1.20.2-1
ii  python3         3.4.3-7
ii  python3-debian  0.1.27
ii  python3-yaml    3.11-3
pn  python3:any     <none>

game-data-packager recommends no packages.

Versions of packages game-data-packager suggests:
ii  arj                        3.10.22-14
ii  binutils                   2.25.90.20160101-2
ii  cabextract                 1.6-1
ii  cdparanoia                 3.10.2+debian-11
ii  dynamite                   0.1.1-2
ii  gcc                        4:5.3.1-1
pn  gdebi | gdebi-kde          <none>
ii  gir1.2-gtk-3.0             3.18.6-1
ii  gir1.2-pango-1.0           1.38.1-1
ii  innoextract                1.5-1
ii  jlha-utils [lzh-archiver]  0.1.6-4
pn  lgc-pg                     <none>
ii  lgogdownloader             2.26-1
ii  lhasa [lzh-archiver]       0.3.0-2
ii  make                       4.0-8.2
ii  p7zip-full                 9.20.1~dfsg.1-4.2
ii  python3-gi                 3.18.2-2
pn  unace-nonfree              <none>
ii  unar                       1.9.1-1
pn  unrar                      <none>
ii  unshield                   1.0-1
ii  unzip                      6.0-20
ii  vorbis-tools               1.4.0-7

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