Bug#1038083: libsdl-perl: Is a language binding for an obsolete version of SDL

Simon McVittie smcv at debian.org
Thu Jun 15 14:04:11 BST 2023


Source: libsdl-perl
Tags: trixie sid wontfix
User: pkg-sdl-maintainers at lists.alioth.debian.org
Usertags: libsdl1.2

libsdl-perl is a language binding for SDL 1.2, which is unmaintained
upstream (superseded by SDL 2).

I'm assuming that a binding for SDL 2 would have to be a separate package
under a different name, so I've marked this as wontfix: it's likely that
the only way it can be closed is if libsdl-perl is removed from Debian,
after porting or removing the games that currently depend on it.

Alien::SDL2, Alien::libsdl2 and SDL2::FFI seem to be possible replacements,
none of which are currently packaged in Debian. I have no knowledge of
their level of quality, so I am unable to make a recommendation.

The following games directly or indirectly depend on libsdl-perl:

- dizzy
- frozen-bubble
- pangzero

-- 
This bug report is part of a mass-bug-filing:
<https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2023/06/msg00120.html>



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