Bug#827666: [Fwd: Freciv in Stretch]

[Jacob Nevins]

> We provided both clients in one package back then. The reasons for
> removing the gtk3 client were "it was too experimental" and "Latest
> update of gtk+-3 libraries seem to have broken our gtk3-client
> quite completely" (your quote from #766185)
> 
> I don't mind packaging the gtk3 client separately, just make up your
> mind because it must be supported if it should be part of a stable release.

The problem in #766185 (Oct 2014, 2.4.x) was that freeciv-gtk3 seemed to
be functionally the default client in the default Debian package, or at
least people were bumping into it and its problems not by conscious
choice of a non-default client.

The reason we settled on removal rather than separate packaging at that
time was I think because of the lack of time before impending freeze for
Jessie. I've attached my original message which considered other
options.

I still think having freeciv-gtk2 and freeciv-gtk3 available in separate
packages is the right answer. It would be nice if Debian could promote
our default choice of client for a given version as expressed in
'configure' (maybe a 'freeciv' metapackage?) but that's only a
nice-to-have.

Also, the Gtk3 client has improved since that time. It's not entirely
without problems, but I'm more confident in it than I was; I think we
can support the 2.5.x Gtk3 client.
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