void-linux / void-linux/void-packages
Package request: umu-launcher
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Description
Package name
umu-launcher
Package homepage
https://github.com/Open-Wine-Components/umu-launcher
Description
umu is a unified launcher for Windows games on Linux. It replicates the steam linux runtime, allowing games to run without steam or steam binaries, even if they depend on the steam linux runtime. It is a dependency for some launchers, most importantly Lutris (this forum post explains a bit), but can be used standalone, in CLI, with umu-run.
The tool does need to be built with make, but since it's mostly python, an interpreted language, I'm not 100% certain it counts as meeting the "Compiled" requirement, so please tell me if I'm wrong.
Does the requested package meet the package requirements?
System, Compiled, Required
Is the requested package released?
Yes
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start with the umu-launcher homepage and its documented make-based build process, paying attention to the umu-run CLI entry point and Python dependencies. The package is done when umu-launcher is added to Void's source packages collection and its build succeeds under the stated System, Compiled, and Required requirements.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- python
- Domain
- build-system
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Quiet
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 65/100