Bug 2574 - Request for package: Megapack tarball with only new content
Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX
Alias: None
Product: Unreal Tournament 2004
Classification: Unclassified
Component: client
Version: unspecified
Hardware: PC Linux
: P2 enhancement
Assignee: Ryan C. Gordon
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Reported: 2006-01-09 18:32 EST by Allen Brooker
Modified: 2006-01-09 20:37:14 EST
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Description Allen Brooker 2006-01-09 18:32:19 EST 
Many linux distributions use a packaging system to distribute software, including UT mods and bonus packs. As it currently stands, if a distro wants to install the megapack on top of an existing installation which already has the ece bonus pack and any given patch level of ut2004 installed (perhaps one above 3396-2!), the only way to install only the megapack content is to download the entire file, extract it, then nitpick only the new content out (which the package maintainers first have to determine with a fair bit of diffing of directories).

So, could we please have a package which contains only the new megapack content without the ece bonus pack or any patches?

This would make distribution maintainers and linux users (because the maintainers will have been able to quickly create a distro package for the megapack) lives much easier.
Comment 1 Ryan C. Gordon 2006-01-09 20:37:14 EST 
Distro maintainers are welcome to repackage if they see fit, but we're not putting out yet-another-official package.

--ryan.