From: Josh Grosse <josh@jggimi.net>
Subject: Re: [new / returning] pokerth 2025.09.04
To: ports@openbsd.org
Date: Sat, 13 Sep 2025 20:47:25 -0400

Ping.  Comments? Recommendations?

On Fri, Sep 05, 2025 at 07:06:53AM -0400, Josh Grosse wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 04, 2025 at 01:00:19PM -0400, Josh Grosse wrote:
> > This application was removed from the ports tree after 7.4, due to
> > protobuf issues.  Those have since been resolved.  Upstream has
> > been revising their stable branch, but they have not yet issued
> > any releases since 1.1.2, six years ago.
> > 
> > This port's distfile is a fork, which backlevels the internal
> > websocketpp version to 0.5.0, to eliminate boost::asio issues.
> > 
> > The attached tarball references my tag 2025.09.04. The upstream
> > project continues active development, but have not yet issued
> > a new release. 
> > 
> > I have been testing on amd64.  It will produce the same pixmap
> > warnings as the prior version packaged for 7.4, for NULL references
> > in /usr/local/share/pokerth/data/gfx/gui/table/danuxi1/danuxi1tablestyle.xml,
> > a known issue that won't be fixed.
> > 
> > Operational differences from the app at 7.4-release:
> > 
> > * This port only builds the client, as the server now has a dependency
> >   on mysqlpp.
> > 
> > * The application binary installs as /usr/local/bin/pokerth_client,
> >   a name change.
> > 
> > * At the disclosure of each winning hand, the client displays text
> >   across the table describing the winner, such as, "Two pair, Aces
> >   and Queens, fifth card 9."
> > 
> > * The window headers refer to this fork's version as "1.1.2-obsd",
> >   which I have renamed from "1.1.2" in patches/patch-src_game_defs_h.
> > 
> > My thanks to both Thomas Frohwein and Stuart Henderson for their help
> > with the Makefile.
> 
> Attached is a revised port, to correct a hard-coded QT_PLUGIN_PATH
> in the upstream-provided .desktop file.