2.24.0 feature release
* Deprecation notices:
* The following functions are deprecated:
- launcher_native_libraries_paths
- launcher_write_script_headers
* The following functions are deprecated for game scripts targeting ./play.it ≥ 2.14:
- write_metadata
- build_pkg
See the section "Changes related to packages generation" below for more details.
* Support for the following application types is dropped:
- renpy
- residualvm
* Ignoring errors during calls to archive_extraction can no longer be done using `set +o errexit`,
because `set -o errexit` is forced after the call to external tools used to handle the archives.
The recommended snippet to use instead is:
archive_extraction 'SOURCE_ARCHIVE' 2>/dev/null || true
* Support for the unused variable PREFIX_PREPARE is dropped.
* DOSBox games: The "userdir_toupper_files" function is no longer included in launchers.
* Mono games: Support for "APP_xxx_MONO_OPTIONS" is dropped.
* Improved support for game expansions:
* The expansion id is appended to the package id by default.
Explicit PKG_xxx_ID declaration is no longer required for expansions.
* Changes related to packages generation:
* A new function is provided for packages generation: packages_generation
It replaces the two following functions:
- write_metadata
- build_pkg
* Changes related to files extraction from archives:
* An extraction log is stored at: ${PLAYIT_WORKDIR}/logs/archive-extraction.log
* Minimal permissions are always applied on extracted files.
* MojoSetup archives: unzip is used instead of unar to handle the inner archive.
* Changes specific to ScummVM games:
* Allow omitting APPLICATION_xxx_TYPE for ScummVM applications.
* Changes specific to WINE games:
* Throw an explicit error if a required registry script could not be loaded.