I may be helping Cedega produce a package for Arch... any thoughts?

smitty · 2008-02-07 02:01:40

It is possible I may be helping Cedega produce a *.pkg.tar.gz for their product line. I figured this may be good experience as well as helping out the community, in general. I am aware that some people like Wine and some may like Cedega, in addition. I would like to hear some thoughts on how this would help benefit ArchLinux community. Currently, as I know it, there is only a *.tar.gz file for Archlinux. Which means they have to compile it in order for it to work. However, I feel it would be nice to have a Cedega-<ver>.pkg.tar.gz that people can download. They seemed to be interested in my offer. I wanted to to know what ArchLinux community's opinion, would be, however, before I decide on such an endeavour. All comments are appreciated, of course!

P.S. Should I have a Poll on this?

peart · 2008-02-07 02:08:40

There's a "regular" cedega and a CVS cedega in the AUR. The CVS one is an orphan, so you could claim ownership of it.

smitty · 2008-02-07 02:18:09

One other thing I want to add is do I need to become a "TU" status for this (I read about this on the AUR page)? If, so, what would be the procedures for doing so?

smitty · 2008-02-07 02:28:25

Well, I didn't realize that apparently it's "already done"! I just checked on this site:
http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?d … s=0&SeB=nd

And, I believe it is the current version. However, on the Cedega forum, not many are aware that it exists for this distro. Perhaps I may just "spread the awareness".

Oops! I just now realized that it's still not in *.pkg.tar.gz format. Does this mean I should continue with my original intent?

Last edited by smitty (2008-02-07 02:30:58)

peart · 2008-02-07 02:48:52

Well, with the AUR, there are nearly 7000 packages that are just a download+compile away from being in the pkg.tar.gz format. If you think that there is a demand for a pre-made Cedega package, go for it. But the AUR makes things pretty easy...

You don't have to be a TU to adopt a package, but only TUs can offer pre-made packages in the [community] repo. You would have to find your own way of making your binary package available.

jacko · 2008-02-07 03:52:02

smitty wrote:

Well, I didn't realize that apparently it's "already done"! I just checked on this site:
http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?d … s=0&SeB=nd
And, I believe it is the current version. However, on the Cedega forum, not many are aware that it exists for this distro. Perhaps I may just "spread the awareness".
Oops! I just now realized that it's still not in *.pkg.tar.gz format. Does this mean I should continue with my original intent?

There is no reason to offer a pkg.tar.gz file of cedega, that is what the AUR and makepkg is for. You alter the PKGBUILD to however you like and then run the command makepkg in the directory of the PKGBUILD and when its done u will have a compiled binary.

No need for anyone to host a binary package, anyone wanting to use cedega has a computer that is easily capable to compile the program with makepkg.

TO ANY DEV THAT READS THIS: this is what I mean by awareness of the AUR. AUR is the answer to all this OP's questions yet he is unaware of the process to complete such task. Just another friendly reminder.

Last edited by jacko (2008-02-07 03:53:43)

jb · 2008-02-07 05:27:24

I was under the impression that providing binary packages of cedega is against their license. Has this changed?

hpestilence · 2008-02-07 08:00:45

If I understood this right, smitty wants to make a pacman package that transgaming can distribute so that all you have to do is download the package through your paid account.

iphitus · 2008-02-07 09:02:33

Which means that they just need to build the PKGBUILD above and distribute that. Easy.

smitty · 2008-02-07 09:04:33

hpestilence wrote:

If I understood this right, smitty wants to make a pacman package that transgaming can distribute so that all you have to do is download the package through your paid account.

Yes, this was exactly my intention. I think it goes along with ArchLinux's philosophy of "Keep It Simple". I'm not saying that the end-user couldn't use the "*.tar.gz" method in place of the "*.pkg.tar.gz" method. I would just make it simpler for the client.

Rasi · 2008-02-07 10:16:13

iphitus wrote:

Which means that they just need to build the PKGBUILD above and distribute that. Easy.

wow... we should convince them to do that and then fee them

jacko · 2008-02-07 16:03:19

Rasi wrote:

iphitus wrote:
Which means that they just need to build the PKGBUILD above and distribute that. Easy.
wow... we should convince them to do that and then fee them

that would be against the GPL license, yes?

Misfit138 · 2008-02-07 17:55:56

jacko wrote:

TO ANY DEV THAT READS THIS: this is what I mean by awareness of the AUR. AUR is the answer to all this OP's questions yet he is unaware of the process to complete such a task..

What are you proposing, exactly?
There is an 'AUR' tab at the top right of the website, wiki articles dedicated to AUR, and tools like yaourt to search and use the AUR..

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