Re: ITP: jazz2-native -- Native engine for the Jazz Jackrabbit 2 video game

Antoine Le Gonidec <[email protected]> Fri, 12 Sep 2025 13:23:11 +0200

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Le Fri, Sep 12, 2025 at 12:35:11PM +0200, Alexandre Detiste a écrit :
> Why did you called it jazz2....native.... ?

Because it’s the name used upstream, I did not look further than that.
If I were to prepare the package today, I would probably call it jazz2.

> Is it to allow co-existence with an existiing package generated with play.it ?

No, when this happens I always change the name of the packages generated
by ./play.it.

> Could jazz2 do the same thing and replace the play.it package ?

An update to the ./play.it games collection providing support for Jazz
Jackrabbit 2 is already pending, to rely on this new package instead of
shipping a copy of the Jazz² Resurrection engine, once it gets through
the NEW queue.

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