[Guix packaging] Sil-Q #513

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opened 2026-08-24 17:33:34 +00:00 by htayj · 1 comment

htayj commented

2026-08-24 17:33:34 +00:00

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Candidate

Project: Sil-Q
Candidate upstream/homepage: https://github.com/sil-quirk/sil-q
Discovery evidence: Variant catalogs
Reported license: NOASSERTION
License status: needs authoritative upstream verification before packaging

Scope

Package the independently playable roguelike variant from source. The canonical repository, latest stable release, source hash, complete dependency closure, and relationship to parent games or sibling forks must be established before implementation. Do not substitute an opaque prebuilt binary.

Research checklist

Identify the canonical maintained source repository and immutable release/commit.
Verify the exact FOSS license for code and every installed font, tile, sound, map, documentation, and bundled dependency.
Check GNU Guix and the channel audit set for an equivalent same-upstream package.
Determine the offline build system and source closure, including submodules or language registries.
Identify updater, telemetry, runtime download, mutable-state, and network behavior that needs Guix integration.

Acceptance checks

guix lint -L . <package> has no package-specific findings.
guix build -L . --no-grafts <package> succeeds without network access or opaque binaries.
Upstream tests run where available, and guix build -L . --no-grafts --check <package> verifies reproducibility.
A fresh HOME/XDG smoke test starts a real local game, exercises meaningful gameplay or save/load behavior, and proves no store writes.
Installed license and third-party notices cover the shipped closure and assets.

Imported from GitHub issue/PR. Originally posted by htayj on 2026-08-24T17:33:34Z.

## Candidate - Project: Sil-Q - Candidate upstream/homepage: https://github.com/sil-quirk/sil-q - Discovery evidence: [Variant catalogs](https://www.roguebasin.com/index.php/Category:Angband_variants) - Reported license: NOASSERTION - License status: needs authoritative upstream verification before packaging ## Scope Package the independently playable roguelike variant from source. The canonical repository, latest stable release, source hash, complete dependency closure, and relationship to parent games or sibling forks must be established before implementation. Do not substitute an opaque prebuilt binary. ## Research checklist - Identify the canonical maintained source repository and immutable release/commit. - Verify the exact FOSS license for code and every installed font, tile, sound, map, documentation, and bundled dependency. - Check GNU Guix and the channel audit set for an equivalent same-upstream package. - Determine the offline build system and source closure, including submodules or language registries. - Identify updater, telemetry, runtime download, mutable-state, and network behavior that needs Guix integration. ## Acceptance checks - `guix lint -L . <package>` has no package-specific findings. - `guix build -L . --no-grafts <package>` succeeds without network access or opaque binaries. - Upstream tests run where available, and `guix build -L . --no-grafts --check <package>` verifies reproducibility. - A fresh HOME/XDG smoke test starts a real local game, exercises meaningful gameplay or save/load behavior, and proves no store writes. - Installed license and third-party notices cover the shipped closure and assets. --- Imported from [GitHub issue/PR](https://github.com/htayj/guix-channel/issues/513). Originally posted by [htayj](https://github.com/htayj) on 2026-08-24T17:33:34Z.

htayj commented

2026-09-12 16:34:50 +00:00

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Goocastle recorded disposition: blocked.

Canonical maintained upstream is https://github.com/sil-quirk/sil-q, stable release v1.5.0 at fixed commit 09a53ab8b167660742add9ed7842b4c2301737fd (the v1.5.0 tag). No same-upstream Sil-Q package exists in the local channel; the only silq match is an unrelated source snapshot. At that revision, README.md documents a source build from src with make -f Makefile.std install; Makefile.src identifies version 1.5.0; the Linux variation is the GCU/curses build with ncurses as its dependency; no submodules or language registries are present. LICENSE.md states GPLv2 or the Angband licence, but source headers retain the Angband educational/research/non-profit wording, so upstream must confirm that the GPLv2 option covers all shipped Sil-Q code and data. More decisively, LICENSE.md at this exact revision says lib/xtra/sound/* are 'freeware, whatever that means' and supplies no per-sound copyright holder or clear redistribution grant. The GCU backend has no TERM_XTRA_SOUND implementation, so a no-sound terminal package may be possible, but that narrowed closure is not yet established as a complete independently playable Guix distribution; the upstream tree also contains optional fonts, graphics, tutorial data, generated data inputs, and mutable save/pref paths that need the resulting closure and notices audited. Blocker: authoritative licensing/provenance for the sound origin and confirmation of the GPLv2 grant for the code/data, or an upstream-confirmed no-sound source-only closure with all retained assets licensed, is missing. Unblock only when that evidence is supplied or the omission is demonstrated by an authorized source build plus a deterministic meaningful gameplay/save-load smoke contract. The host has no Guix daemon, so no package or build proof was claimed.

Imported from GitHub comment. Originally posted by htayj on 2026-09-12T16:34:50Z.

Goocastle recorded disposition: blocked. Canonical maintained upstream is https://github.com/sil-quirk/sil-q, stable release v1.5.0 at fixed commit 09a53ab8b167660742add9ed7842b4c2301737fd (the v1.5.0 tag). No same-upstream Sil-Q package exists in the local channel; the only silq match is an unrelated source snapshot. At that revision, README.md documents a source build from src with make -f Makefile.std install; Makefile.src identifies version 1.5.0; the Linux variation is the GCU/curses build with ncurses as its dependency; no submodules or language registries are present. LICENSE.md states GPLv2 or the Angband licence, but source headers retain the Angband educational/research/non-profit wording, so upstream must confirm that the GPLv2 option covers all shipped Sil-Q code and data. More decisively, LICENSE.md at this exact revision says lib/xtra/sound/* are 'freeware, whatever that means' and supplies no per-sound copyright holder or clear redistribution grant. The GCU backend has no TERM_XTRA_SOUND implementation, so a no-sound terminal package may be possible, but that narrowed closure is not yet established as a complete independently playable Guix distribution; the upstream tree also contains optional fonts, graphics, tutorial data, generated data inputs, and mutable save/pref paths that need the resulting closure and notices audited. Blocker: authoritative licensing/provenance for the sound origin and confirmation of the GPLv2 grant for the code/data, or an upstream-confirmed no-sound source-only closure with all retained assets licensed, is missing. Unblock only when that evidence is supplied or the omission is demonstrated by an authorized source build plus a deterministic meaningful gameplay/save-load smoke contract. The host has no Guix daemon, so no package or build proof was claimed. --- Imported from [GitHub comment](https://github.com/htayj/guix-channel/issues/513#issuecomment-5647212511). Originally posted by [htayj](https://github.com/htayj) on 2026-09-12T16:34:50Z.