DuckStation author now actively blocking Arch Linux builds

https://github.com/stenzek/duckstation/blob/690f843e2ac516ca11dbad5c865ebc320ab852d2/CMakeModules/DuckStationBuildSummary.cmake

by rubin55 • 12 months ago

14 3 12 months ago

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rubin552• 12 months ago

The line link failed. It's line 38:

"Refuse to build in Arch package environments. My license does not allow for packages, and I'm sick of dealing with people complaining about things broken by packagers. This is why we can't have nice things."

    if($ENV{DEBUGINFOD_URLS} MATCHES ".*archlinux.*")
        message(FATAL_ERROR "Unsupported environment.")
    endif()

Relevant commit: https://github.com/stenzek/duckstation/commit/30df16cc767297...

rubin552• 12 months ago

dang: could you rewrite/change the url? I think the commit link I shared is a better target for this.

theothertimcook• 12 months ago

“ I originally provided this an alternative to the broken AUR packages.

However, it seems that Arch users would rather use broken packages and keep complaining to me instead of their packager. I specifically forbid packages for DuckStation (see README.md), and there's no way to request removal of these packages without handing my details over to a distribution I want nothing to do with.

So this is step one. Next step will be removing Linux support entirely, because I'm sick of the headaches and hacks for an operating system that only compromises 2% of the userbase, and I don't even use myself. But I'm hoping the Linux community will be reasonable, because as someone giving up my free time and not being compensated in any way, I shouldn't have to deal with this.

Just grep the source for "wayland" and you'll see what I mean.”

DuckStation author now actively blocking Arch Linux builds

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