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Message #38 received at 34523 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: <pkill9 <at> runbox.com>
To: "pkill9" <pkill9 <at> runbox.com>
Cc: swedebugia <swedebugia <at> riseup.net>, 34523 <34523 <at> debbugs.gnu.org>,
 me <me <at> tobias.gr>
Subject: Re: [bug#34523] Add tetrinet
Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2019 15:44:44 +0000 (GMT)

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Here is a patch that:
 - Removes the full stop after 'no tests'
 - Changes the synopsis from "Multiplayer tetris" to "Multiplayer tetris game".
 - Replaces the description with what you (swedebugia) suggested.

> As an aside I did not find a working server anywhere ... There is a possibility to host your own server with jetrix though.

Oh I realised you meant a server program - the tetrinet package builds one called 'tetrinet-server', I tested it just now by running these commands in separate terminals:

`tetrinet-server`
`tetrinet player1 localhost`
`tetrinet player2 localhost`

Sending messages as the two different players shows up correctly in each tetrinet client, so I think the server works fine.

On Tue, 26 Feb 2019 15:20:28 +0000 (GMT), <pkill9 <at> runbox.com> wrote:

> Hi Swedebugia,
> 
> > having looked it up online I prefer the WP synopsis:
> > "TetriNET is a console multiplayer online Tetris game for up to six people."
> > 
> > There is a gnome version also. We should state clearly that this is a
> > console/text-mode client.
> 
> What does 'WP' mean?
> 
> > As an aside I did not find a working server anywhere and the homepage of
> > the project is dead. There is a possibility to host your own server with
> > jetrix though.
> 
> I played Tetrinet with someone over a server, but I can't remember what the address was.
> 
> You can't access the homepage of the project? I can access http://tetrinet.or.cz fine. Or do you mean it hasn't been updated in ages?
> 
> > There could be trademark issues with the name/game also see
> > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tetris_Company
> 
> Regarding the potential trademark issues, both FSF-approved distros Parabola and PureOS have Tetrinet in their repositories[1][2], so I think it would be acceptable to add it to Guix. And if a copyright claim is made in the future it can always be removed.
> 
> [1] Tetrinet in Parabola - https://www.parabola.nu/packages/?q=tetrinet
> [2] Tetrinet in PureOS - https://software.pureos.net/search_pkg?term=tetrinet
> 
> Thanks
> 
> On Sat, 23 Feb 2019 07:23:43 +0100, swedebugia <swedebugia <at> riseup.net> wrote:
> 
> > On 2019-02-23 10:26, swedebugia wrote:
> > > For the sake of making it easy to find when searching synopsies I
> > > suggest you add "game" to the end of yours.
> > > -- 
> > > Sent from my k-9 mail for Android.
> > 
> > having looked it up online I prefer the WP synopsis:
> > "TetriNET is a console multiplayer online Tetris game for up to six people."
> > 
> > There is a gnome version also. We should state clearly that this is a
> > console/text-mode client.
> > 
> > As an aside I did not find a working server anywhere and the homepage of
> > the project is dead. There is a possibility to host your own server with
> > jetrix though.
> > 
> > There could be trademark issues with the name/game also see
> > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tetris_Company
> > 
> > -- 
> > Cheers Swedebugia

[0001-gnu-Add-tetrinet.patch (text/x-patch, attachment)]

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