[crossfire] flatpak

[Rick Tanner]

Thank you very much for all the work and effort on this!

> Do you guys have github accounts? If you do, I can include you with 
> read/write access. So, whenever a change is pushed there, flathub bot 
> will automatically rebuild the package and it will be available at 
> flathub (as an update).

FWIW, yes, I do at: https://github.com/tannerrj

I know others on this list have GitHub accounts as well, but I will let 
them post if they want to have the access that you mention above.

> I installed the temporary flathub 
> package on my steam deck and that works. There are some packaging 
> related things that should probably be worked on (versioning, better 
> screenshots, icons, etc.) but that will come later - I am stuck playing 
> crossfire again!! :-)

Nice to hear!

What are some of icons and things that you would like to see improved or 
updated?

> I discovered along the way that it is possible to distribute gtk2-based 
> programs but that will require some experimenting. gtk2 is no longer 
> part of the standard flathub runtimes.

There is a GTKv3 client branch in the works. Does GTKv3 makes things 
better, or the same, or worse for FlatHub?

NOTE: The client is not ready for public use, quite a few layout bugs 
and issues need some more work.

> The above is just for the java client. BTW does the java client support 
> sound? If it does, where should the sound files be placed at?

Short answer, yes - the Java client supports sounds. However, do you 
specifically mean the in-game sounds (i.e., foot steps or monster 
deaths) or the background music files?