Cleaning up games.xml

[Charles Davis]

On Sun, 2008-09-14 at 00:09 +0100, Dougie Richardson wrote:
> I agree with you here Phil, this was nominated for improvement two cycles
> ago and none of us has really thought of a way to improve it.
> 
> Perhaps it should just go. Nick has a good point, perhaps redirecting to how
> to install software would be more productive than a list of games.
> 
> Cheers,
> Dougie
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: ubuntu-doc-bounces at lists.ubuntu.com [mailto:ubuntu-doc-
> > bounces at lists.ubuntu.com] On Behalf Of Phil Bull
> > Sent: 13 September 2008 23:43
> > To: Nick Ellery
> > Cc: ubuntu-doc at lists.ubuntu.com
> > Subject: Re: Cleaning up games.xml
> > 
> > Hi Nick,
> > 
> > On Sat, 2008-09-13 at 15:32 -0700, Nick Ellery wrote:
> > > Looking through the Games section, I noticed that every section in
> > > 'games-ubuntu-popular' has instructions on how to install and run the
> > > game.  It's very repetitive, and ultimately useless.  Furthermore, the
> > > other section's do not follow this format.  This could be solved by
> > > simply adding instructions on the introductory section, directing to
> > > 'add-applications'.  Thoughts?
> > 
> > Do we even need a games section? I'm not sure what documentation games
> > need, other than instructions on getting awkward unpackaged ones to run.
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > 
> > Phil
> > 
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> 
I'm of the belief that a games section is not particularly needed or
useful. Maybe someone that is interested could do a
Ubuntu Gamers Guide as a separate document like the Ubuntu Server guide.

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