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Review: ericw-tools 2.0.0~alpha11+ds-1

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DescriptionQuake/Hexen2 map compiling tools

ericw-tools is collection of command line utilities for building Quake levels and working with various Quake file formats. It is a fork of the once popular TyrUtils collection. Comparing to other alternatives, focus is on adding lighting features. Included utilities: * qbsp - turn a .map file into a playable .bsp file * light - used for lighting a level after the bsp stage * vis - creates the potentially visible set (PVS) for a bsp * bspinfo - print stats about the data contained in a bsp file * bsputil - tool for manipulation of bsp file data

MaintainerDebian Games Team <pkg-games-devel@lists.alioth.debian.org>
Changed BySébastien Noel <twolife@debian.org>
Distributionunstable
Architectureany
VCSgit: https://salsa.debian.org/games-team/ericw-tools.git (browse)
Closes#803880
Trackerhttps://tracker.debian.org/pkg/ericw-tools
Uploaded3 hours ago

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Changed-BySébastien Noel
Architecturesource amd64
Distributionunstable
DateWed, 29 Jul 2026 13:30:20 +0200
Sourceericw-tools
Version2.0.0~alpha11+ds-1
Changelog
ericw-tools (2.0.0~alpha11+ds-1) unstable; urgency=low
 .
   * Initial release (Closes: #803880)
.dsc
Sectiongraphics
Priorityoptional
Componentmain
Package-Listericw-tools deb graphics optional arch=any
debian/copyright
Format: https://www.debian.org/doc/packaging-manuals/copyright-format/1.0/
Upstream-Name: ericw-tools
Source: https://github.com/ericwa/ericw-tools
Files-Excluded:
 3rdparty/nanobench/docs
 3rdparty/nanobench/src/comparisons/google_benchmark/gbench
 3rdparty/pareto/docs
 3rdparty/pareto/examples
 testmaps

Files: *
Copyright:
 1996-1997 Id Software
 1997 Greg Lewis
 2000-2013 Kevin Shanahan
 2016-2025 Eric Wasylishen
License: GPL-2+

Files: common/qvec.cc
Copyright:
 1991-2000 Silicon Graphics, Inc
 2017 Eric Wasylishen
License: GPL-2+ and SGI-B-2.0

Files: 3rdparty/nanobench/*
Copyright: 2019-2022 Martin Ankerl
License: Expat

Files: 3rdparty/pareto/*
Copyright: 2020 Alan de Freitas
License: Expat

Files:
 3rdparty/stb_image.h
 3rdparty/stb_image_write.h
Copyright: 2017 Sean Barrett
License: Expat or Unlicense
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 This software is available under 2 licenses -- choose whichever you prefer.
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 ALTERNATIVE A - MIT License
 Copyright (c) 2017 Sean Barrett
 Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of
 this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in
 the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to
 use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies
 of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do
 so, subject to the following conditions:
 The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
 copies or substantial portions of the Software.
 THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
 IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
 FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
 AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
 LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
 OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
 SOFTWARE.
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 ALTERNATIVE B - Public Domain (www.unlicense.org)
 This is free and unencumbered software released into the public domain.
 Anyone is free to copy, modify, publish, use, compile, sell, or distribute this
 software, either in source code form or as a compiled binary, for any purpose,
 commercial or non-commercial, and by any means.
 In jurisdictions that recognize copyright laws, the author or authors of this
 software dedicate any and all copyright interest in the software to the public
 domain. We make this dedication for the benefit of the public at large and to
 the detriment of our heirs and successors. We intend this dedication to be an
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 THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
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 FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
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 ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION
 WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.

Files: clang-format-all.sh
Copyright: 2016 Evan Klitzke
License: GPL-3+

Files: debian/*
Copyright: 2026 Sébastien Noel <twolife@debian.org>
License: Expat

License: Expat
 Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a
 copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"),
 to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation
 the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense,
 and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the
 Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
 .
 The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included
 in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
 .
 THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS
 OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF
 MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT.
 IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY
 CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT,
 TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE
 SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.

License: GPL-2+
 This package is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
 it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
 the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
 (at your option) any later version.
 .
 This package is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
 GNU General Public License for more details.
 .
 You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 along with this package. If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
Comment:
 On Debian systems, the complete text of the GNU General
 Public License version 2 can be found in "/usr/share/common-licenses/GPL-2".

License: GPL-3+
 This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
 the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
 (at your option) any later version.
 .
 This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
 GNU General Public License for more details.
 .
 You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 along with this package. If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
Comment:
 On Debian systems, the complete text of the GNU General
 Public License version 3 can be found in "/usr/share/common-licenses/GPL-3".

License: SGI-B-2.0
 Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a
 copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"),
 to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation
 the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense,
 and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the
 Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
 .
 The above copyright notice including the dates of first publication and
 either this permission notice or a reference to
 http://oss.sgi.com/projects/FreeB/
 shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
 .
 THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS
 OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
 FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL
 SILICON GRAPHICS, INC. BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY,
 WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF
 OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
 SOFTWARE.
 .
 Except as contained in this notice, the name of Silicon Graphics, Inc.
 shall not be used in advertising or otherwise to promote the sale, use or
 other dealings in this Software without prior written authorization from
 Silicon Graphics, Inc.

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accepted — allocated to mechtilde 2 hours ago, started 2 hours ago, completed 2 hours ago.

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