Feature changed by: Simone Dedo (Templare) Feature #312919, revision 2 Title: Provide a package for Desura in non-OSS openSUSE 12.1: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Desirable Requested by: Audard Guillaume (agui) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: Desura is a video game store, competitor of Steam, which provides many Indie games for Linux and Windows. See www.desura.com They released recently a client for Linux (both 32bits and 64bits), and it could be added to the non-OSS repository. Business case (Partner benefit): openSUSE.org: Currently, it is quite difficult to install games which are not in the repositories and for which there are not rpms, such as most of the ones in the Humble Bundles. With Desura, you can purchase and install games easily, and it also manages updates. Most indie game developpers don't provide a repository for openSUSE, so you would have to track their website to get updates. For now, to install Desura, you have to go on their website, download a .tar.gz archive, extract it and launch a program in a console. Having it in the repositories would ease the installation for most users. + Discussion: + #1: Simone Dedo (templare) (2011-10-25 19:53:48) + Amazing idea! -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/312919

Feature changed by: Simone Dedo (Templare) Feature #312919, revision 5 Title: Provide a package for Desura in non-OSS openSUSE 12.1: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Desirable Requested by: Audard Guillaume (agui) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: Desura is a video game store, competitor of Steam, which provides many Indie games for Linux and Windows. See www.desura.com They released recently a client for Linux (both 32bits and 64bits), and it could be added to the non-OSS repository. Business case (Partner benefit): openSUSE.org: Currently, it is quite difficult to install games which are not in the repositories and for which there are not rpms, such as most of the ones in the Humble Bundles. With Desura, you can purchase and install games easily, and it also manages updates. Most indie game developpers don't provide a repository for openSUSE, so you would have to track their website to get updates. For now, to install Desura, you have to go on their website, download a .tar.gz archive, extract it and launch a program in a console. Having it in the repositories would ease the installation for most users. Discussion: #1: Simone Dedo (templare) (2011-10-25 19:53:48) Amazing idea! #2: Jedi Beeftrix (jedibeeftrix) (2011-10-26 11:44:31) (reply to #1) +1000 awesome idea. betweem desura and the app-store suse would go a long way towards providing the user experience people take for granted on windows and mac. + #3: Simone Dedo (templare) (2011-10-26 12:15:22) (reply to #2) + Absolutely Agree with Jedi Beetfrix! -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/312919

Feature changed by: Simone Dedo (Templare) Feature #312919, revision 8 Title: Provide a package for Desura in non-OSS openSUSE 12.1: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Desirable Requested by: Audard Guillaume (agui) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: Desura is a video game store, competitor of Steam, which provides many Indie games for Linux and Windows. See www.desura.com They released recently a client for Linux (both 32bits and 64bits), and it could be added to the non-OSS repository. Business case (Partner benefit): openSUSE.org: Currently, it is quite difficult to install games which are not in the repositories and for which there are not rpms, such as most of the ones in the Humble Bundles. With Desura, you can purchase and install games easily, and it also manages updates. Most indie game developpers don't provide a repository for openSUSE, so you would have to track their website to get updates. For now, to install Desura, you have to go on their website, download a .tar.gz archive, extract it and launch a program in a console. Having it in the repositories would ease the installation for most users. Discussion: #1: Simone Dedo (templare) (2011-10-25 19:53:48) Amazing idea! #2: Jedi Beeftrix (jedibeeftrix) (2011-10-26 11:44:31) (reply to #1) +1000 awesome idea. betweem desura and the app-store suse would go a long way towards providing the user experience people take for granted on windows and mac. #3: Simone Dedo (templare) (2011-10-26 12:15:22) (reply to #2) Absolutely Agree with Jedi Beetfrix! #4: Bart Otten (bartotten) (2011-11-17 18:52:15) +over9000 I am really looking forward cause I am downloading Desura at the moment. They are considering to make the client OSS :) + #5: Simone Dedo (templare) (2011-11-17 21:43:23) (reply to #4) + Oh yeah! -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/312919

Feature changed by: Jedi Beeftrix (Jedibeeftrix) Feature #312919, revision 11 Title: Provide a package for Desura in non-OSS openSUSE 12.1: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Desirable Package Wishlist: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Desirable Requested by: Audard Guillaume (agui) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: Desura is a video game store, competitor of Steam, which provides many Indie games for Linux and Windows. See www.desura.com They released recently a client for Linux (both 32bits and 64bits), and it could be added to the non-OSS repository. Business case (Partner benefit): openSUSE.org: Currently, it is quite difficult to install games which are not in the repositories and for which there are not rpms, such as most of the ones in the Humble Bundles. With Desura, you can purchase and install games easily, and it also manages updates. Most indie game developpers don't provide a repository for openSUSE, so you would have to track their website to get updates. For now, to install Desura, you have to go on their website, download a .tar.gz archive, extract it and launch a program in a console. Having it in the repositories would ease the installation for most users. Discussion: #1: Simone Dedo (templare) (2011-10-25 19:53:48) Amazing idea! #2: Jedi Beeftrix (jedibeeftrix) (2011-10-26 11:44:31) (reply to #1) +1000 awesome idea. betweem desura and the app-store suse would go a long way towards providing the user experience people take for granted on windows and mac. #3: Simone Dedo (templare) (2011-10-26 12:15:22) (reply to #2) Absolutely Agree with Jedi Beetfrix! #4: Bart Otten (bartotten) (2011-11-17 18:52:15) +over9000 I am really looking forward cause I am downloading Desura at the moment. They are considering to make the client OSS :) #5: Simone Dedo (templare) (2011-11-17 21:43:23) (reply to #4) Oh yeah! + #6: Jedi Beeftrix (jedibeeftrix) (2012-01-22 12:13:20) + desura game client now opensourced: http://www.ubuntuvibes.com/2012/01/desura-game-client-open-sourced-as.html + this must be included as a default package in 12.2! -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/312919

Feature changed by: Jedi Beeftrix (Jedibeeftrix) Feature #312919, revision 13 Title: Provide a package for Desura in non-OSS Package Wishlist: Evaluation by engineering manager Priority Requester: Desirable Requested by: Audard Guillaume (agui) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: Desura is a video game store, competitor of Steam, which provides many Indie games for Linux and Windows. See www.desura.com They released recently a client for Linux (both 32bits and 64bits), and it could be added to the non-OSS repository. Business case (Partner benefit): openSUSE.org: Currently, it is quite difficult to install games which are not in the repositories and for which there are not rpms, such as most of the ones in the Humble Bundles. With Desura, you can purchase and install games easily, and it also manages updates. Most indie game developpers don't provide a repository for openSUSE, so you would have to track their website to get updates. For now, to install Desura, you have to go on their website, download a .tar.gz archive, extract it and launch a program in a console. Having it in the repositories would ease the installation for most users. Discussion: #1: Simone Dedo (templare) (2011-10-25 19:53:48) Amazing idea! #2: Jedi Beeftrix (jedibeeftrix) (2011-10-26 11:44:31) (reply to #1) +1000 awesome idea. betweem desura and the app-store suse would go a long way towards providing the user experience people take for granted on windows and mac. #3: Simone Dedo (templare) (2011-10-26 12:15:22) (reply to #2) Absolutely Agree with Jedi Beetfrix! #4: Bart Otten (bartotten) (2011-11-17 18:52:15) +over9000 I am really looking forward cause I am downloading Desura at the moment. They are considering to make the client OSS :) #5: Simone Dedo (templare) (2011-11-17 21:43:23) (reply to #4) Oh yeah! #6: Jedi Beeftrix (jedibeeftrix) (2012-01-22 12:13:20) desura game client now opensourced: http://www.ubuntuvibes.com/2012/01/desura-game-client-open-sourced-as.html this must be included as a default package in 12.2! #7: Andreas Jaeger (a_jaeger) (2012-03-06 14:12:18) (reply to #6) So, that's desurium - since it's GPLv3, openSUSE could include it. Anybody interested in packaging it? See http://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:How_to_contribute_to_Factory + #8: Jedi Beeftrix (jedibeeftrix) (2012-03-07 18:31:52) (reply to #7) + cheers AJ, fingers crossed. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/312919

Feature changed by: Denisart Benjamin (posophe) Feature #312919, revision 15 Title: Provide a package for Desura in non-OSS Package Wishlist: Evaluation by engineering manager Priority Requester: Desirable Requested by: Audard Guillaume (agui) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: Desura is a video game store, competitor of Steam, which provides many Indie games for Linux and Windows. See www.desura.com They released recently a client for Linux (both 32bits and 64bits), and it could be added to the non-OSS repository. Business case (Partner benefit): openSUSE.org: Currently, it is quite difficult to install games which are not in the repositories and for which there are not rpms, such as most of the ones in the Humble Bundles. With Desura, you can purchase and install games easily, and it also manages updates. Most indie game developpers don't provide a repository for openSUSE, so you would have to track their website to get updates. For now, to install Desura, you have to go on their website, download a .tar.gz archive, extract it and launch a program in a console. Having it in the repositories would ease the installation for most users. Discussion: #1: Simone Dedo (templare) (2011-10-25 19:53:48) Amazing idea! #2: Jedi Beeftrix (jedibeeftrix) (2011-10-26 11:44:31) (reply to #1) +1000 awesome idea. betweem desura and the app-store suse would go a long way towards providing the user experience people take for granted on windows and mac. #3: Simone Dedo (templare) (2011-10-26 12:15:22) (reply to #2) Absolutely Agree with Jedi Beetfrix! #4: Bart Otten (bartotten) (2011-11-17 18:52:15) +over9000 I am really looking forward cause I am downloading Desura at the moment. They are considering to make the client OSS :) #5: Simone Dedo (templare) (2011-11-17 21:43:23) (reply to #4) Oh yeah! #6: Jedi Beeftrix (jedibeeftrix) (2012-01-22 12:13:20) desura game client now opensourced: http://www.ubuntuvibes.com/2012/01/desura-game-client-open-sourced-as.html this must be included as a default package in 12.2! #7: Andreas Jaeger (a_jaeger) (2012-03-06 14:12:18) (reply to #6) So, that's desurium - since it's GPLv3, openSUSE could include it. Anybody interested in packaging it? See http://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:How_to_contribute_to_Factory #8: Jedi Beeftrix (jedibeeftrix) (2012-03-07 18:31:52) (reply to #7) cheers AJ, fingers crossed. #9: Sharque uddin Ahmed Farooqui (safknw) (2014-12-10 17:55:17) Steam also. + #10: Denisart Benjamin (posophe) (2014-12-11 12:31:53) + The first step to get it packaging/working is to package cef. I'm + working on it, but the version control system is a little bit tricky. + Fortunately, CEF is moving to a cmake, so it would be easier for me to + provide it in openSUSE and then, to package desura. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/312919