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Re: [PATCH 2/2] gnu: Add allegro-5.0.
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Thompson, David |
Subject: |
Re: [PATCH 2/2] gnu: Add allegro-5.0. |
Date: |
Wed, 20 Jul 2016 09:03:23 -0400 |
On Wed, Jul 20, 2016 at 1:52 AM, Ricardo Wurmus <address@hidden> wrote:
>
> Thompson, David <address@hidden> writes:
>
>> On Tue, Jul 19, 2016 at 4:57 PM, Ricardo Wurmus <address@hidden> wrote:
>>> * gnu/packages/game-development.scm (allegro-5.0): New variable.
>>
>> I assume you have a use-case that calls for keeping multiple versions
>> of Allegro 5 around? Looks fine to me, if so.
>
> Allegro 5.2 merges the unstable with the stable branch. It breaks API
> and requires applications to define “ALLEGRO_UNSTABLE” to use unstable
> features.
>
> Allegro 5.0.11 is the last of the stable releases and the last to use
> the pkg-config identifier “allegro-5.0”, which some applications look
> for.
>
> I’m not sure if this is enough to justify keeping 5.0 or if we should
> patch the configure scripts of applications that look for “allegro-5.0”.
I think this is a good reason to keep a 5.0 package around. Thanks
for explaining.
- Dave
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