Create Package: Platinum Arts Sandbox

I have sent an email request for distribution authorization, as described on the LICENSE.txt.

5. With the exception of content with an individual readme file, all content is
 copyright Platinum Arts LLC and permission is required for distribution. In ot
her words if you want to use Platinum Arts Sandbox maps or other content in anot
her software projects, please ask first.

No answer for too long.

Have just spoken to the Sandbox project leader and he very much wants the new version of it in GetDeb. Please contact

<email address hidden>

or chat on

irc.OFTC.net #Sandbox

This is an excellent project that is being widely used in education and I'd really like to see a .deb package of it. Can we re-open this bug please?

Oh, current version is 2.4, available here

http://sandboxgamemaker.com/download-sandbox.html

-----Original Message-----
From: Platinum Arts [mailto:<email address hidden>]
Sent: Fri 09/10/2009 00:23
To: Rodney Orpheus
Subject: GetDeb Sandbox Permission

GetDeb has my permission, my blessing and my thanks for packaging Sandbox
into debian! I really hope it can make it into edubuntu, especially Sandbox
lite which follows a debian free license. Take care and thank you!
-mike
PS any links to the webpage would also be appreciated :D
PPS As a note we generally use the name Platinum Arts Sandbox Free 3D Game
Maker now
--
http://SandboxGameMaker.com Free Open Source 3D Game Maker / Game Design
Software

Hello - has anyone filed an ITP with Debian? Is anyone planning on working on this? I believe Sandbox (non-lite) would work for Debian non-free. Now would be a good time to do it too for Lucid. I'm available to help too.

I think the long-term aim of the devs is to get it into Edubuntu, which I think is an excellent plan - it's a great piece of educational game design software. Getting it packaged up and into GetDeb would be a good start to that process at the very least. It really needs to be much more widely available.

Thanks Rodney, The reason I asked is that I'm starting to work on the debian package, which will eventually make its way into Ubuntu and Edubuntu. I'll actually set up a bzr branch for it, and you'll be free to contribute/take whatever you need for the package:
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=551000

Taking sandboxlite 2.3~rc1-1 as starting point.

Hello Christoph,

I've been working on Debian packaging for version 2.4 and just
contacted <email address hidden>, the packager for 2.3-1~rc1. I actually
have it nearly done, just some small details left. I'm not familiar
with the getdeb project, but are you intending to upload this to the
debian archives? I'd just like to avoid triplicating the effort into
this.

sandbox-lite is just the sandbox_client_fps with a reduced number of
packages/mods. I believe it is intended for debian "main"

the ITP I posted and the package I have is sandboxgamemaker, which is
the complete installation of 2.4 with all packages/data and the four
binaries: client_fps, client_ssp, client_rpg, server_fps. This package
is intended for "non-free." The only work left is cleaning up the man
files, a .desktop file, and the icon (all of which I plan on using
from Miriam's previous work). I have a bzr project for the packaging
(sandboxgamemaker-debian) but I have not pushed anything yet, if you'd
like I can push what I have while it's a work in progress.

Package has been built for jaunty.

My package was also nearly finished as you wrote the comment.

I did not update the man pages.

I have my diff.gz attached.

Published.

Thanks.

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sandboxgamemaker (2.4-1~getdeb1) jaunty; urgency=low

  * New upstream version. (LP: #256665)

 -- Christoph Korn <email address hidden> Sat, 17 Oct 2009 16:05:28 +0200

Saw this got pinged in Ubuntu, so I'll post updates and place a debian watch on it.

The Debian package is in the sponsorship queue at:
http://wiki.debian.org/Games/Sponsors/Queue

and available in this ppa for karmic:
https://launchpad.net/~showard314/+archive/ppa

and source package (debian) is available at m.d.n:
http://mentors.debian.net/cgi-bin/sponsor-pkglist?action=details;package=sandboxgamemaker

and package development is ongoing here:
https://launchpad.net/sandboxgamemaker-debian

See the debian bug for details as to the progression. I'm looking for a debian sponsor if anyone is available!

package is NOT installing now - pop up box says "Could not find package 'sandboxgamemaker-all'. Perhaps it needs an update?
I was trying to install from this page:
http://www.playdeb.net/software/Sandbox%20Game%20Maker

sandboxgamemaker is available in Oneiric, Precise, Quantal, and Raring: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/sandboxgamemaker