[Guix packaging] ZigClimb #598

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opened 2026-08-24 17:35:36 +00:00 by htayj · 1 comment

htayj commented

2026-08-24 17:35:36 +00:00

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Candidate

Project: ZigClimb
Candidate upstream/homepage: http://flend.net
Discovery evidence: IRLDb
Reported license: GPL
License status: reported free license; verify exact terms and asset coverage against the pinned upstream source
Catalog note: IRLDb status: stable.

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 2026-08-24T17:35:36Z.

## Candidate - Project: ZigClimb - Candidate upstream/homepage: http://flend.net - Discovery evidence: [IRLDb](https://forums.roguetemple.com/irldb/index.php?i=47e013c) - Reported license: GPL - License status: reported free license; verify exact terms and asset coverage against the pinned upstream source - Catalog note: IRLDb status: stable. ## 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/598). Originally posted by [htayj](https://github.com/htayj) on 2026-08-24T17:35:36Z.

tay commented

2026-09-21 03:40:11 +00:00

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Goocastle recorded disposition: blocked.

ZigClimb cannot be safely packaged from the identified upstream artifact because redistribution and source licensing are not established. The official homepage (http://flend.net/zigclimb/index.html) identifies only ZigClimb v1, released 2010-01-10, with source and binaries at http://flend.net/files/ZigClimb.zip; the retrieved archive has SHA-256 c01b771a2ddce84adf7a93b91e4e64f384b4f8fdde23a776f8d175ad8a006519. Its manifest is only readme.txt, zigc.c, zigc-with-comments.c, platform executables, and bundled Windows curses files. No file contains a copyright statement, license notice, or redistribution grant. The homepage has no license/copyright section, and IRLDb merely labels the game 'GPL' without specifying version, text, provenance, or coverage of assets and the bundled PDCurses/curses material. There is no channel equivalent. Source compilation depends on ncurses; the game is interactive-only through ncurses getch, uses time-seeded randomness, and contains no save/file, network, updater, or noninteractive smoke mode. Therefore no legal Guix source package or required meaningful deterministic runtime-proof contract can currently be specified. Unblock condition: obtain authoritative written permission or exact license terms from flend that identify a copyable license text and cover the ZigClimb v1 source, documentation, and all redistributed files; alternatively, provide an author-published fixed source revision carrying those complete terms. The phase had no Guix daemon and lacked bsdtar despite the manifest boundary; this did not affect the decisive licensing finding.

Goocastle recorded disposition: blocked. ZigClimb cannot be safely packaged from the identified upstream artifact because redistribution and source licensing are not established. The official homepage (http://flend.net/zigclimb/index.html) identifies only ZigClimb v1, released 2010-01-10, with source and binaries at http://flend.net/files/ZigClimb.zip; the retrieved archive has SHA-256 c01b771a2ddce84adf7a93b91e4e64f384b4f8fdde23a776f8d175ad8a006519. Its manifest is only readme.txt, zigc.c, zigc-with-comments.c, platform executables, and bundled Windows curses files. No file contains a copyright statement, license notice, or redistribution grant. The homepage has no license/copyright section, and IRLDb merely labels the game 'GPL' without specifying version, text, provenance, or coverage of assets and the bundled PDCurses/curses material. There is no channel equivalent. Source compilation depends on ncurses; the game is interactive-only through ncurses getch, uses time-seeded randomness, and contains no save/file, network, updater, or noninteractive smoke mode. Therefore no legal Guix source package or required meaningful deterministic runtime-proof contract can currently be specified. Unblock condition: obtain authoritative written permission or exact license terms from flend that identify a copyable license text and cover the ZigClimb v1 source, documentation, and all redistributed files; alternatively, provide an author-published fixed source revision carrying those complete terms. The phase had no Guix daemon and lacked bsdtar despite the manifest boundary; this did not affect the decisive licensing finding.

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