From c66f3b3bec196cf0e39bd0a0ffe267aad43eb423 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: =?UTF-8?q?Jakub=20K=C4=85dzio=C5=82ka?= Date: Sat, 15 Feb 2020 23:12:57 +0100 Subject: gnu: higan: Explain why v106, and not v107, is being packaged * gnu/packages/emulators.scm (higan): Add a comment. --- gnu/packages/emulators.scm | 8 ++++++++ 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+) (limited to 'gnu/packages/emulators.scm') diff --git a/gnu/packages/emulators.scm b/gnu/packages/emulators.scm index 202bbe5c56..cfc5039ca0 100644 --- a/gnu/packages/emulators.scm +++ b/gnu/packages/emulators.scm @@ -307,6 +307,14 @@ and a game metadata scraper.") (home-page "http://www.emulationstation.org") (license license:expat)))) +;; Note: higan v107 has been released, but as explained by the dialog that +;; appears after starting the new version, it's an experimental release. The +;; author recommends v106 for general use. +;; +;; When updating to v107 (or probably beyond), sdl will have to be replaced +;; with sdl2, and libxrandr will need to be added to inputs. The patch +;; `higan-remove-march-native-flag.patch' will not be necessary, since the flag +;; is now being added only for `platform=local', which is not the default. (define-public higan (package (name "higan") -- cgit v1.2.3