SDL2-* backported to wheezy

[Manuel A. Fernandez Montecelo]

2015-11-18 12:54 GMT+00:00 Gianfranco Costamagna
<costamagnagianfranco at yahoo.it>:
> Hi pkg-sdl maintainers,
>
> as you have already noticed, I uploaded the libsdl2-* stack to wheezy backports
>
>
> Processing of libsdl2-net_2.0.0+dfsg1-2~bpo70+1_amd64.changes   Debian FTP Masters
> Processing of libsdl2-ttf_2.0.12+dfsg1-2~bpo70+1_amd64.changes   Debian FTP Masters
> Processing of libsdl2-mixer_2.0.0+dfsg1-5~bpo70+1_amd64.changes   Debian FTP Masters
> Processing of libsdl2-image_2.0.0+dfsg-3~bpo70+1_amd64.changes   Debian FTP Masters
> libsdl2-image_2.0.0+dfsg-3~bpo70+1_amd64.changes is NEW   Debian FTP Masters
> libsdl2-mixer_2.0.0+dfsg1-5~bpo70+1_amd64.changes is NEW   Debian FTP Masters
> libsdl2-net_2.0.0+dfsg1-2~bpo70+1_amd64.changes is NEW   Debian FTP Masters
> libsdl2-ttf_2.0.12+dfsg1-2~bpo70+1_amd64.changes is NEW   Debian FTP Masters
>
> this will be probably needed by hedgewars, a game that is switching to sdl2, and that needs
> backporting because otherwise people will have troubles in online gaming (I mean, each versions
> can play only with users running the same version, and with new releases older rooms becomes empty soon).
>
> So, I uploaded the stuff, even if I won't need it probably for some months (and maybe wheezy will be
>
> deprecated before), but I think it is a good move to have some new libraries to backports,
> because upstream is deprecating sdl1, and they are really stable libraries with not manu security issues
> so far :)

Thanks, Gianfranco.

Just to clarify that he contacted some of us in private a few days
ago, and I asked him to drop a note here so everybody knows what's
going on.


Cheers.
-- 
Manuel A. Fernandez Montecelo <manuel.montezelo at gmail.com>