From 8e703939d5372df5ff08c943cddaf073a04dcf36 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Paul Sladen Date: Mon, 6 Apr 2009 02:35:54 +0300 Subject: [PATCH] * Add README.Debian covering Debian-centric patches --- debian/README.Debian | 24 ++++++++++++++++++++++++ debian/changelog | 1 + debian/openbve.docs | 1 + 3 files changed, 26 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) create mode 100644 debian/README.Debian diff --git a/debian/README.Debian b/debian/README.Debian new file mode 100644 index 0000000..234dc64 --- /dev/null +++ b/debian/README.Debian @@ -0,0 +1,24 @@ +OpenBve is in theory cross-platform in both Source, and Binary +(compiled) form because it uses CLI/CLR (".Net"/Mono). + +This version for Debian/Ubuntu is compiled from source-code and +includes additional small changes; mainly to add Unix-specific (and +Debian/Ubuntu packaging-specific) file paths. + +OpenBve itself is fairly well designed and abstracts most of the +file-handling, including functions for case-insensitive filename +resolution, but out-of-the-box does not provide suitable default +save/load locations for Unix. + +Most of these necessary alternate paths have been incorporated by +upstream and enabled by the "/fhs" switch. The rest are explicitly +patched on top as part of the Debian packaging process. + +The source is also patched to remove the artifical restriction of the +Train/ and Railway/ directories needing to be in the same place. +Removing this psuedo-requirement allows testing out newly-downloaded +routes saved in your home-directory with a fully packaged route +located under /usr/share/games/bve/ --- or vice-versa. + +Have fun, and try not to crash! + diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog index 0570184..e06674d 100644 --- a/debian/changelog +++ b/debian/changelog @@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ openbve (1.0.2.0-0buntu1) unreleased; urgency=low * Don't display hidden .files and .folders in ListViews * Include 'changelog.html' and 'releasenotes.html' downloaded from the website * Fix case in manpage documentation for '~/.config/OpenBve/' + * Add README.Debian covering Debian-centric patches -- Paul Sladen Sun, 05 Apr 2009 12:33:10 +0000 diff --git a/debian/openbve.docs b/debian/openbve.docs index 1cb9f0c..5edde42 100644 --- a/debian/openbve.docs +++ b/debian/openbve.docs @@ -3,3 +3,4 @@ debian/known-issues.txt debian/routes-and-trains.txt debian/changelog.html debian/releasenotes.html +debian/README.Debian \ No newline at end of file -- 1.6.0.4