Add org.upbge.UPBGE

[MolassesLover]

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This is a package for the Uchronia Project Blender Game Engine (UPBGE,) a fork of Blender to maintain, and extend Blender's old game engine which was removed back in version 2.8. As the application is really similar to Blender, this package follows Blender's Flatpak closely. The permissions are exactly the same, and as the project is licensed under GPL 3.0; the license information is also identical.

This is my first Flatpak, so sorry if there's anything I missed!

[MolassesLover]

I should note I got an okay to do submit this package from Jacob Merrill over on the UPBGE Discord server. Here is the message link.

[hfiguiere]

sorry but discord links are useless since it's not public.

[hfiguiere]

no build from source?

[MolassesLover]

Building Blender and its forks from source is extremely convoluted and not sustainable. Building each dependency from source is currently not very well supported by Blender, and as such you need to use the pre-compiled binaries which in return causes problems with building in a sandbox because of how their build system works. If there's a problem with this, please take it up to the official Blender Flatpak because I'm following their footsteps.

[MolassesLover]

sorry but discord links are useless since it's not public.

What should I do to prove I reached out to them then?

Also, regarding the building of the Flatpak and its permissions, I feel like the problems should be discussed about the official Blender Flatpak, since this is directly based on that.

UPBGE is almost identical to Blender, other than the fact it has added tools for game development.

[TingPing]

What should I do to prove I reached out to them then?

You can just copy the quote here.

Also, regarding the building of the Flatpak and its permissions, I feel like the problems should be discussed about the official Blender Flatpak, since this is directly based on that.

I wouldn't take the questions too negatively. They are extensive permissions so they will always be pointed out. I think "This is literally Blender" is a fair enough reason, though it would be good for you to understand them if you maintain this package.

[MolassesLover]

I wouldn't take the questions too negatively. They are extensive permissions so they will always be pointed out. I think "This is literally Blender" is a fair enough reason, though it would be good for you to understand them if you maintain this package.

Yeah, sorry if I came across as abrasive, it seemed really critical so I got confused. I'll make sure to reach out and ask about the Blender Flatpak.

[MolassesLover]

You can just copy the quote here.

[barthalion]

bot, build org.upbge.UPBGE

[flathubbot]

Queued test build for org.upbge.UPBGE.

[flathubbot]

Started test build 83048

[flathubbot]

Build 83048 successful
To test this build, install it from the testing repository:

flatpak install --user https://dl.flathub.org/build-repo/65684/org.upbge.UPBGE.flatpakref

[barthalion]

@MolassesLover Who should we invite from the upstream team to the Flathub repo?

[MolassesLover]

@MolassesLover Who should we invite from the upstream team to the Flathub repo?

Both of the organisation owners. I already gave @BluePrintRandom a heads-up.

[MolassesLover]

The package now should build with the upstream appdata.xml file. The thing is, it seems to fail now?

AppData problem: tag-invalid : <url> type invalid [unknown]

I assumed this meant the <url> tag isn't supported, but I checked, and I used it in my own file earlier. Is this a syntax error or something?

[hfiguiere]

The package now should build with the upstream appdata.xml file. The thing is, it seems to fail now?

AppData problem: tag-invalid : <url> type invalid [unknown]

I assumed this meant the <url> tag isn't supported, but I checked, and I used it in my own file earlier. Is this a syntax error or something?

type

<url type="Github">https://github.com/UPBGE/upbge</url>

it's not a supported value.

[hfiguiere]

btw that appstream file is insufficient. missing content_rating, releases and launcheable has an incorrect value since it doesn't match the installed .desktop file name.

[hfiguiere]

and the id in the appstream file is incorrect too.

<id>org.upbgeteam.UPBGE</id> doesn't match.

[MolassesLover]

So should I make a pull request to update the file? That would mean it would only be available in the next release tag of UPBGE as well, and in that case should I just wait until then to update this Flatpak?

[hfiguiere]

it's an error if it doesn't match. it was correct previously.

[MolassesLover]

it's an error if it doesn't match. it was correct previously.

I'm not sure I understand?

[MolassesLover]

Okay, I made sure to lint this time, and I don't expect there to be any missing metadata. Sorry I didn't before, I hope it didn't cost much time. Please review my changes before I submit these updated files to the upstream UPBGE repository.

[bbhtt]

Desktop file and metainfo file should be submitted upstream #4713 (comment)

[MolassesLover]

Desktop file and metainfo file should be submitted upstream #4713 (comment)

To clarify, you're satisfied with these files?

[bbhtt]

Yes seems fine

[MolassesLover]

Desktop file and metainfo file should be submitted upstream #4713 (comment)

They merged my pull request of the files. All the appropriate metadata should be available in the upstream.

[bbhtt]

They merged my pull request of the files. All the appropriate metadata should be available in the upstream.

Please try to switch to upstream provided metadata, could be done on the next release as well.

bot, build org.upbge.UPBGE

[flathubbot]

Queued test build for org.upbge.UPBGE.

[flathubbot]

Queued test build for org.upbge.UPBGE.

[flathubbot]

Started test build 115719

[flathubbot]

Build 115719 successful
To test this build, install it from the testing repository:

flatpak install --user https://dl.flathub.org/build-repo/98533/org.upbge.UPBGE.flatpakref

[bbhtt]

Let me know if everything is working ok.

[MolassesLover]

flatpak install --user https://dl.flathub.org/build-repo/98533/org.upbge.UPBGE.flatpakref

Let me know if everything is working ok.

I tried the bot build on my system, everything is working fine.

[MolassesLover]

Please try to switch to upstream provided metadata, could be done on the next release as well.

I'll make sure to switch on next release, I'm only packaging the tags.

[barthalion]

bot, build org.upbge.UPBGE

[flathubbot]

Queued test build for org.upbge.UPBGE.

[flathubbot]

Started test build 117136

[flathubbot]

Build 117136 successful
To test this build, install it from the testing repository:

flatpak install --user https://dl.flathub.org/build-repo/99958/org.upbge.UPBGE.flatpakref

[barthalion]

/merge

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