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MelonDS, the Nintendo DS Emulator
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Name: MelonDS

Homepage: http://melonds.kuribo64.net

Why should this be included in the repository: Because MelonDS is a new Project that focuses on accuracy. I am aware that Desmume exists but the problem is that the author of Desmume sabotaged numerous pull requests that would have improved the emulator (Source: https://www.reddit.com/r/emulation/comments/4lnmw7/desmume_devs_intentionally_sabotaging_ds_wifi/). In short, MelonDS is superior to Desmume from a technical standpoint.

Is it Open Source: Yes

Who and how many users do you anticipate will use this software: Everyone who uses Desmume will eventually switch to MelonDS as it matures, and all those others who want to Emulate the Nintendo DS on Solus. How many? i do not know.

Link to source tarball/zip file: The website redirects to the Github page: https://github.com/StapleButter/melonDS

On a final note, MelonDS is already added to Arch repository

Event Timeline

Edgydude created this task.Dec 25 2018, 5:59 PM
flyingP0tat0 added a subscriber: flyingP0tat0.EditedDec 25 2018, 6:07 PM

Just one note: There is no released version yet. I don't know if that is due to the project not being ready or the maintainer not seeing it as necessary.
Alright, I will take that back. There are versioned downloads on the website...

Edgydude updated the task description. (Show Details)Dec 25 2018, 6:07 PM
In T7394#139640, @flyingP0tat0 wrote:

Just one note: There is no released version yet. I don't know if that is due to the project not being ready or the maintainer not seeing it as necessary.

this statement is not true. http://melonds.kuribo64.net/downloads.php

the author has relseased 0.7.2 just now.

flyingP0tat0 added a comment.Dec 25 2018, 6:09 PM
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Edgydude added a comment.Dec 25 2018, 6:11 PM
In T7394#139644, @flyingP0tat0 wrote:

My bad. But you might want to mention this in the tarball section of the post. GitHub master won't help much.

i could only find the Linux binaries for it's respective version.

on a side note why doesn't the github page help?

flyingP0tat0 added a comment.Dec 25 2018, 6:13 PM

Ok ok. I might have been to quick on that one.
So, I just wanted to note that there is a lack of versioned tarballs of the source code. And that seems to be the case, right?

Edgydude added a comment.Dec 25 2018, 6:16 PM

the binaries are versioned but it seems only the github page is available for source code access. i managed to successfully make a binary that works on solus.

if github is not sufficient enough (for whatever reason... since arch has added melonds not too long ago in its own repo) i could reach out to the author himself to provide us the 0.7.2 version source code

JoshStrobl closed this task as Wontfix.Dec 25 2018, 6:17 PM
JoshStrobl added a subscriber: JoshStrobl.

There is no tags or source tarballs provided via GitHub, rejected for inclusion.

flyingP0tat0 added a comment.Dec 25 2018, 6:18 PM

That is exactly what I am talking about.
On a side note: On this OS I would never start to use Arch as an argument.

flyingP0tat0 added a comment.Dec 25 2018, 6:19 PM

Whoa, that was quick.
I guess when you manage to ask the author for source tarballs by creating git tags this problem would be resolved and @JoshStrobl might reconsider it :)

Edgydude added a comment.Dec 25 2018, 6:25 PM
In T7394#139652, @flyingP0tat0 wrote:

Whoa, that was quick.
I guess when you manage to ask the author for source tarballs by creating git tags this problem would be resolved and @JoshStrobl might reconsider it :)

i just wrote the author about this. once he provides the tarballs i will post about it here and hopefully it will get included :)

• serebit added a subscriber: • serebit.Feb 26 2021, 10:04 PM

Tarballs now being published as of December.

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