@tertle950 @fabiscafe @arh @argv_minus_one Debian is currently behind xscreensaver upstream by one version (6.08 versus 6.09). Jwz’s blog post was 9 years ago. https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/xscreensaver
@arh @argv_minus_one @fabiscafe so which version of Alpha Centauri is “acceptable” to run on modern Linux: the 25 year old Loki games binary, or the similar-age windows binary under WINE? (Bonus question: guess which is easier!) Or is the correct answer neither: start a project to clone the game from scratch?
@lispi314 @arh @argv_minus_one @fabiscafe can confirm. I took over maintenance of an awt-using Java program written in 2001 (it’s a doom-related thing). The original version still works as it did (I’ve added a lot since: https://jmtd.net/wadc/)
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@argv_minus_one @arh @fabiscafe that’s a good point. And something I think we could potentially improve in Debian
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The programmer was asking for it then.
You're not wrong, but it is non-the-less a huge problem. I work on Java in $dayjob and the long tail of customers who have yet to move off JDK8 (latest we provide is JDK21) for these reasons is massive