[Bug 852603] Re: Please backport hedgewars (0.9.16-1) from precise to oneiric

[Derek]

Anything safe has been backported to the 0.9.16 repository branch
already in Hedgewars Mercurial.  But that's a rather small subset of the
changes.

The problem is that virtually anything breaks network compatibility
since, to keep cheating in a FOSS game down, and to keep the network
protocol light,  Hedgewars network play just relays moves.

As a result anything that even slightly alters the gameplay causes
network incompatibility.  So, virtually every release has a network
protocol bump.

This is obviously a bit inconvenient for the Linux users who aren't on
PlayDeb.  OSX users just get the update we push to the app store, and
Windows users just grab the new exe.

A surprising amount of time is spent telling Linux users the reason they
don't see anyone on the server is they are on a version that is 1-4
revisions out of date (anywhere from 3 months to 2 years old).  Some can
use PlayDeb, others have to build from source.

The full ChangeLog is here.

http://hedgewars.googlecode.com/hg/ChangeLog.txt

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  Please backport hedgewars (0.9.16-1) from precise to oneiric

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