[Guix packaging] Yarl #591

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opened 2026-08-24 17:35:26 +00:00 by htayj · 1 comment

htayj commented

2026-08-24 17:35:26 +00:00

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Candidate

Project: Yarl
Candidate upstream/homepage: http://lunicsoftware.com.au/yarl.7z (download link)
Discovery evidence: IRLDb
Reported license: GPL V3
License status: reported free license; verify exact terms and asset coverage against the pinned upstream source
Catalog note: IRLDb status: alpha.

Scope

Package the independently playable roguelike 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 2026-08-24T17:35:26Z.

## Candidate - Project: Yarl - Candidate upstream/homepage: http://lunicsoftware.com.au/yarl.7z (download link) - Discovery evidence: [IRLDb](https://forums.roguetemple.com/irldb/index.php?i=47e013c) - Reported license: [[GPL]] V3 - License status: reported free license; verify exact terms and asset coverage against the pinned upstream source - Catalog note: IRLDb status: alpha. ## Scope Package the independently playable roguelike 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/591). Originally posted by [htayj](https://github.com/htayj) on 2026-08-24T17:35:26Z.

tay commented

2026-09-21 01:40:39 +00:00

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Goocastle recorded disposition: blocked.

Blocked: no canonical, immutable upstream source closure is currently available. The issue pins http://lunicsoftware.com.au/yarl.7z; direct fetches on 2026-09-21 returned HTTP 500 twice, including one retry, while DNS still resolved lunicsoftware.com.au to 101.0.114.115. Wayback's availability API returned no archived snapshots for that exact URL, Common Crawl index CC-MAIN-2025-05 had no exact capture, and the Wayback CDX endpoint was temporarily unavailable (HTTP 503). IRLDb (identifier 47e013c) confirms only that Yarl is an alpha Visual Basic 2008 game by john Palmer, version 0.0.2 dated 2008 August 8, with a reported GPL V3 license and that opaque download URL. GitHub repository searches returned unrelated same-name projects and none attributable to this Yarl. Consequently, the canonical maintained repository or immutable release/revision, source hash, exact code license text, license and redistribution coverage for fonts/tiles/sounds/maps/documentation/bundled dependencies, offline build system, and dependency closure cannot be verified. No meaningful deterministic runtime invocation can be specified from source metadata. Guix daemon is unavailable in this research environment, but the missing authoritative source closure precedes any feasible build or runtime proof. Unblock by providing an accessible canonical source repository and/or a published, immutable archive capture at a fixed hash, plus license and build metadata covering the complete shipped closure; then re-run research.

Goocastle recorded disposition: blocked. Blocked: no canonical, immutable upstream source closure is currently available. The issue pins http://lunicsoftware.com.au/yarl.7z; direct fetches on 2026-09-21 returned HTTP 500 twice, including one retry, while DNS still resolved lunicsoftware.com.au to 101.0.114.115. Wayback's availability API returned no archived snapshots for that exact URL, Common Crawl index CC-MAIN-2025-05 had no exact capture, and the Wayback CDX endpoint was temporarily unavailable (HTTP 503). IRLDb (identifier 47e013c) confirms only that Yarl is an alpha Visual Basic 2008 game by john Palmer, version 0.0.2 dated 2008 August 8, with a reported GPL V3 license and that opaque download URL. GitHub repository searches returned unrelated same-name projects and none attributable to this Yarl. Consequently, the canonical maintained repository or immutable release/revision, source hash, exact code license text, license and redistribution coverage for fonts/tiles/sounds/maps/documentation/bundled dependencies, offline build system, and dependency closure cannot be verified. No meaningful deterministic runtime invocation can be specified from source metadata. Guix daemon is unavailable in this research environment, but the missing authoritative source closure precedes any feasible build or runtime proof. Unblock by providing an accessible canonical source repository and/or a published, immutable archive capture at a fixed hash, plus license and build metadata covering the complete shipped closure; then re-run research.

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2026-09-21 01:40:40 +00:00