[Guix packaging] ZPlusAngband #600

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opened 2026-08-24 17:35:39 +00:00 by htayj · 1 comment

htayj commented

2026-08-24 17:35:39 +00:00

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Candidate

Project: ZPlusAngband
Candidate upstream/homepage: https://github.com/angband-plus/ZPlusAngband
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 2026-08-24T17:35:39Z.

## Candidate - Project: ZPlusAngband - Candidate upstream/homepage: https://github.com/angband-plus/ZPlusAngband - 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/600). Originally posted by [htayj](https://github.com/htayj) on 2026-08-24T17:35:39Z.

tay commented

2026-09-21 04:10:30 +00:00

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Goocastle recorded disposition: blocked.

Blocked by a disqualifying non-commercial license and an unavailable canonical repository. The issue's candidate origin, https://github.com/angband-plus/ZPlusAngband, returned HTTP 404 for both the GitHub repository API and codeload archive endpoint on 2026-09-21, so it does not establish a canonical maintained upstream, immutable revision, release, or complete asset provenance. RogueBasin continues to list Z+Angband and points to an obsolete official download page. The live SourceForge project preserves the source release https://sourceforge.net/projects/zplusangband/files/dist/ZPlusAngband_033beta_src.tar.gz/download, dated 2011-01-02, with SourceForge-reported MD5 d88d1683003e5d7ba01b62d94d3bbb0f and independently fetched SHA-256 9cedecca812c95b9338c302e3f7230bd13e680d339d107d4017de738d7745c0d. In the extracted revision, src/birth.c lines 5-10 state: 'This software may be copied and distributed for educational, research, and not for profit purposes provided that this copyright and statement are included in all such copies.' This grant forbids commercial copying and distribution and therefore is not an acceptable FOSS license for Guix packaging. The archive has no repository-level COPYING or LICENSE granting broader rights, while bundled fonts require separate review. Unblocking requires a canonical maintained upstream at an immutable release or revision whose complete source and every installed asset, bundled dependency, and notice carry clear FOSS redistribution grants; if the fixed source remains this ZPlusAngband 033beta revision, authoritative relicensing or equivalent explicit permission from all necessary rights holders is required first. The Guix daemon and bsdtar were unavailable in this research environment, but those tooling limitations do not affect the legal blocker.

Goocastle recorded disposition: blocked. Blocked by a disqualifying non-commercial license and an unavailable canonical repository. The issue's candidate origin, https://github.com/angband-plus/ZPlusAngband, returned HTTP 404 for both the GitHub repository API and codeload archive endpoint on 2026-09-21, so it does not establish a canonical maintained upstream, immutable revision, release, or complete asset provenance. RogueBasin continues to list Z+Angband and points to an obsolete official download page. The live SourceForge project preserves the source release https://sourceforge.net/projects/zplusangband/files/dist/ZPlusAngband_033beta_src.tar.gz/download, dated 2011-01-02, with SourceForge-reported MD5 d88d1683003e5d7ba01b62d94d3bbb0f and independently fetched SHA-256 9cedecca812c95b9338c302e3f7230bd13e680d339d107d4017de738d7745c0d. In the extracted revision, src/birth.c lines 5-10 state: 'This software may be copied and distributed for educational, research, and not for profit purposes provided that this copyright and statement are included in all such copies.' This grant forbids commercial copying and distribution and therefore is not an acceptable FOSS license for Guix packaging. The archive has no repository-level COPYING or LICENSE granting broader rights, while bundled fonts require separate review. Unblocking requires a canonical maintained upstream at an immutable release or revision whose complete source and every installed asset, bundled dependency, and notice carry clear FOSS redistribution grants; if the fixed source remains this ZPlusAngband 033beta revision, authoritative relicensing or equivalent explicit permission from all necessary rights holders is required first. The Guix daemon and bsdtar were unavailable in this research environment, but those tooling limitations do not affect the legal blocker.

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