From: Thomas Frohwein <tfrohwein@fastmail.com>
Subject: Re: games/godot{,4}: reorganize for new versions
To: ports@openbsd.org, op@omarpolo.com
Date: Mon, 16 Feb 2026 21:53:54 -0800

On Sun, 1 Feb 2026 16:27:11 -0800
Thomas Frohwein <tfrohwein@fastmail.com> wrote:

> Hi ports@,
> 
> The Godot port keeps evolving. To keep things interesting^Wconfusing,
> there are parallel but only loosely connected versions in use. The
> pack versions determine which binaries can open a distributed game.
> For example, Godot 3.x uses pack version 1 consistently. However, with
> Godot 4, the pack version was 2 for everything up to 4.4.x, but with
> 4.5+, it was incremented to 3. This means that godot 4.5 can't open
> games made with Godot 4.0-4.4.x.
> 
> While there isn't guaranteed API stability from even one minor Godot
> version to the next, it's not realistic to build binaries for every
> possible Godot version. I propose to build the latest runtime for each
> pack version at this point, starting with pack version 1 (Godot 3), up
> to pack version 3 (Godot 4.5+). This will allow keeping a significant
> compatibility coverage for games and other projects from the last few
> years.
> 
> To not explode the build times, I propose to build the editor only for
> the latest version. Users of the editor can be referred to the
> official Godot migration guides [1].
> 
> Proposed structure:
> 
> 	Pack Version	PkgPath:		Bin Name
> 	------------	-------			--------
> 	pack1 (3.x)	games/godot/pack1	godot3
> 	pack2 (4.4x)	games/godot/pack2	godot44
> 	pack3 (4.5+)	games/godot/pack3	godot{,-editor}
> 
> This would mean 4 full Godot builds (1x pack1, 1x pack2, 2x pack3)
> instead of what was previously equivalent of 2x pack1 and 2x pack2.
> 
> Things to note that may need discussion/work:
> 
> - Warning: @option no-default-conflict without @conflict (I followed
>   examples of games/love/* and games/libgdx/*). I 
> - Do I need to add REVISION=0 to godot-3.6.2 in pack1/ now (to
>   distinguish it from 3.6.2 in games/godot)?
> - Installing the editor (now in pack3/) fails now with a collision of
>   the desktop-file-utils stuff which would be intentionally named the
>   same. Would set quirks to update from games/godot,-tools and
>   games/godot4,-editor to games/godot/pack3,-editor. The editor works
>   though (have tested it with a separate way to build/run).
> - There are a few new patches in pack1/ so that godot-sharp builds all
>   the mono files/DLLs without needing to run the full build of the
>   tools (the name for the editor in this version).
> 
> Tarball of the games/godot directory attached.
> 
> Happy to hear comments, criticism, other ways to plan this out. Goal
> is a structure more maintainable for incorporating future version
> updates with parallel versions available within reason.
> 
> ok's also welcome if it looks reasonable.
> 
> [1] https://docs.godotengine.org/en/4.5/tutorials/migrating/index.html

*ping*

This would bring our Godot better up-to-date.

Updated tarball attached, as in the meantime version 4.6 and 4.6.1 have
been released. This now has 4.6.1 for pack3.

Just for clarification: The content of the tarball is to pick up what
was games/godot and games/godot4, with further details in the original
mail.