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From: <pkill9 <at> runbox.com>
To: "swedebugia" <swedebugia <at> riseup.net>
Cc: 34523 <34523 <at> debbugs.gnu.org>, me <me <at> tobias.gr>
Subject: [bug#34523] Add tetrinet
Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2019 07:01:03 +0000 (GMT)

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> A ha, I completely missed the imbedded server. Maybe we should mention in the description that it includes a client and server.

Ok I added that

On Tue, 26 Feb 2019 21:40:34 +0100, swedebugia <swedebugia <at> riseup.net> wrote:

> pkill9 <at> runbox.com skrev: (26 februari 2019 16:44:44 CET)
> >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
> 
> A ha, I completely missed the imbedded server. Maybe we should mention in the description that it includes a client and server.
> -- 
> Sent from my k-9 mail for Android.

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

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