fs-uae emulator now available in Debian

[adrian82]

Hi folks!

Just wanted to let you know that the Amiga emulator fs-uae is now offically part of Debian [1]. I uploaded the emulator on Friday and I still busy fixing some issues that showed up after uploading the emulator to Debian.

If you stumble upon any problems, just write a bug report against the fs-uae package using the reportbug utility in Debian.

Ubuntu and derivatives should automatically receive the packages as well soon.

Cheers,

Adrian

> [1] http://packages.qa.debian.org/f/fs-uae.html

[adrian82]

Very cool! Will it work with Debian 6 or only the latest release?

Yes. Once fs-uae has migrated to testing (which will happen in 10 days), I am able to upload a backported version to wheezy-backports which allows to install the package on Debian Wheezy (version 6).

Instructions on how to use backports can be found here [1].

Adrian

> [1] http://backports.debian.org/Instructions/

[adrian82]

Wheezy is version 7 though.  Squeeze is 6.

You are right, I was messing up the version numbers. Most Debian Developers never talk about versions but we use the release names which are easier to remember.

Debian Wheezy is the current stable version and this is the one you should be using. I can provide backports to wheezy-backports only, I'm not sure whether it's still possible to upload to squeeze-backports (which also uses a different upload queue which I don't have used before).

Furthermore, Debian Squeeze won't be supported for a long time anymore, probably until around May 2014. It's therefore highly recommended to upgrade to Debian Wheezy. You do not need to reinstall for this, just do a dist-upgrade.

Cheers,

Adrian

[adrian82]

Not me, I find version numbers more intuitive.  These random names add confusion to Linux distros, medical terms, insurance fine print, and legal-speak!  

Then you're obviously in the minority. Think about IKEA, their whole product line is identified by names and not product numbers. Humans can memorize names much better and since Debian releases just about every 2-3 years, it should be easy to remember that the current version is Wheezy.

IIRC, Debian 6 was the last release that supported the Gnome2 desktop.  I like Gnome 2.

Well, yes, but Gnome 2 is no longer in development, so there is that. And, again, you shouldn't be using software which is no longer maintained besides for classic computing.

You can jump to Mate which is a fork of Gnome 2 with some improvements. I have been using Mate for some time and I have reviewed and sponsored some Mate packages, but I am currently on Gnome 3 Classic which resembles the old Gnome 2 very closely.

Adrian

[adrian82]

What, no m68k build?

Of course, it just hasn't been build yet, see:

http://buildd.debian-ports.org/status/package.php?p=fs-uae

Our buildds for m68k aren't the fastest:

http://unstable.buildd.net/index-m68k.html

We desperately need more m68k machines, so if you have one to spare. Can be anything with a 68030 or faster, be it Amiga, Mac or Atari.

Kidding of course, awesome work, and I can totally see only using distribution names instead of versions (in talking about Debian with others, I never say "You using Debian 7?" I always say "You using Debian Wheezy?").

And everyone should be able to remember the names of the Toy Story characters, shouldn't they?

Again, thanks a ton for getting fs-uae OFFICIALLY into Debian!  It's been needing a better package of UAE for a LONG time.

Yes, very sorry for the delay. But getting new packages into Debian isn't that easy, even as a Debian Developer. It took me quite a long time to get the copyright file for fs-uae correct and complete and the source tarball free of any non-free code. Debian is very strict about free software.

Just look at the copyright file:

http://ftp-master.metadata.debian.org/changelogs/main/f/fs-uae/unstable_copyright

Adrian