[Bug 1179429] Re: Please backport lgeneral 1.2.3 (universe) from raring

[Bryce Harrington]

I have installed quantal on my laptop and played through the first
scenario of the PG campaign (downloaded from
http://sourceforge.net/projects/lgeneral/?source=dlp and installed as
per the scenario's README).  Works fine on quantal.

** Changed in: precise-backports
       Status: Incomplete => New

** Description changed:

  Please backport lgeneral 1.2.3-1 (universe) from raring to precise.
  
  Reason for the backport:
  ========================
  The 1.2.x series offers a number of benefits over precise's 1.1.1:  More aggressive and smarter AI, rule changes for level bombers to make them more useful, various (debuf) corrections to artillery to make them less overpowered, and tons and tons of bugfixes.  A full listing of changes will be attached.
  
  Testing:
  ========
  Mark off items in the checklist [X] as you test them, but please leave the checklist so that backporters can quickly evaluate the state of testing.
  
  You can test-build the backport in your PPA with backportpackage:
  $ backportpackage -u ppa:<lp username>/<ppa name> -s raring -d precise task
  $ backportpackage -u ppa:<lp username>/<ppa name> -s raring -d quantal task
  
  * precise:
  [X] Package builds without modification
  [X] lgeneral installs cleanly and runs
  
- I've played several scenarios with lgeneral 1.2.3 on precise, after
- having played 1.1.1 a lot.  The changes to artillery and level bombers
- are quite noticeable (and affect my personal strategy), but in a good
- way - previously level bombers were totally useless, and artillery +
- tactical bombers would ensure victory.  With 1.2.3, it's not nearly as
- trivially easy.
+ * quantal:
+ [X] Package builds without modification
+ [X] lgeneral installs cleanly and runs
  
- I haven't tested 1.2.3 on quantal, but given this version works on
- raring and precise, I'd be surprised if precise didn't as well.
+ I've played several scenarios with lgeneral 1.2.3 on precise and one
+ scenario with it on quantal, after having played 1.1.1 a lot.  The
+ changes to artillery and level bombers are quite noticeable (and affect
+ my personal strategy), but in a good way - previously level bombers were
+ totally useless, and artillery + tactical bombers would ensure victory.
+ With 1.2.3, it's not nearly as trivially easy.
+ 
+ Note that the campaign scenarios are (as usual) available from
+ http://sourceforge.net/projects/lgeneral/?source=dlp.  (Obviously, the
+ game isn't playable without at least one scenario installed.)  The
+ README explains how to install them.
  
  No reverse dependencies

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  Please backport lgeneral 1.2.3 (universe) from raring

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