TASEmulators / TASEmulators/BizHawk

[F.Rq.] Update MAME

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Core: MAME Needs unmanaged changes (C++) Request: Core update
Dominant language
C#
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Description

It's hard to do because our port is before they ditched the Arcade build target which is the only one we use (and building everything they have would be several times bigger and might have obscure C++ bugs). We'd have to make our own list of arcade machines somehow, and paths of source files are constantly changing, so we can't just reuse the old list.

— feos in https://github.com/TASEmulators/BizHawk/issues/4288#issuecomment-2797309995

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Research direction

Start by reading issue 4288 and the cited comment, then inspect how the current BizHawk MAME port selects and builds arcade machines. Define a maintainable source-file list and build approach; done means the MAME update works without requiring the full upstream build.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
cpp, csharp
Domain
desktop
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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