Bug#933221: openarena: suggestion to make openarena -players-mature optional

[Tom Goulet]

On Sat, Jul 27, 2019 at 07:42:52PM +0100, Simon McVittie wrote:
> On Sat, 27 Jul 2019 at 13:01:48 -0400, Tom Goulet wrote:
> > I was hoping to get openarena installed, but without the -mature package.
> This was possible in OpenArena 0.8.1, but it can't actually work since
> 0.8.5 because of the way the 0.8.5 and 0.8.8 patches were structured.

> I've tried to explain this in the package description without making it
> too long:
> 
>     In OpenArena 0.8.1 these player models were optional, but the
>     structure of the 0.8.5 patch means they cannot be removed from 0.8.5
>     or later versions.
> 
> If you have suggestions for better wording I'd be happy to consider them.

I read that, but I guess I didn't take it in.  I think I possibly didn't realise
that the sentence applies to the current version.  It says 081 in the package
name, so I assumed I was using that version.  Possibly you could say, "The
structure of OpenArena has changed this version, and the openarena package
cannot be installed without this package.  This applies to the current version,
which is 0.8.5, even though it says openarena-081- in the package names."
 
> With or without these "mature"[1] player models, OpenArena is rather violent
> (it's a Free Software clone of Quake III Arena), so I wouldn't recommend
> it for children in any case.

Yeah, that's a whole separate debate, but I'm satisfied with your answer.

I was hoping that the wishlist bug report would have some worth in the BTS
anyway, if only for a discussion like this.

Thanks for your competent and helpful reply.

Tom