Minetest 5.8.0

Minetest 5.8.0 is coming to Rawhide and Fedora 39.

The biggest change users should be aware of is that the Minetest Game is no longer shipped with the engine by upstream, and this is reflected in the packaging as well. At first run, desktop users will be asked if they’d like to re-download the Minetest game, which is needed to play previously created worlds that use it.

For servers, this process is less straightforward. For that reason, we now place the Minetest Game in the appropriate place in minetest server user’s home folder, as part of the server RPM. This allows for a more seamless upgrade process.

I’ve tested all of this on my local and server worlds, and everything works perfectly. If you test it and find the same, please give the update some karma. If not, let me know.

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2023-877949f206

Additionally, Minetest is in the Fediverse, at @Minetest.

2 thoughts on “Minetest 5.8.0

  1. @cecinestpasunefromage.wordpress.com @Minetest I am not sure that’s compliant with https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/packaging-guidelines/what-can-be-packaged/#_packages_which_are_not_useful_without_external_code . “Software which downloads code bundles from the internet in order to be functional or useful is not acceptable for inclusion in Fedora (regardless of whether the downloaded code would be acceptable to be packaged in Fedora as a proper dependency).”

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