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Bug#1115648: ITP: rpcs3 -- PlayStation 3 emulator and debugger

From Christopher Obbard <obbardc@debian.org>
Newsgroups linux.debian.bugs.dist
Subject Bug#1115648: ITP: rpcs3 -- PlayStation 3 emulator and debugger
Date 2026-01-31 10:10 +0100
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oh, I just saw (on an unrelated topic) that you uploaded rpcs3 to
mentors. I will look at the package there, then !

Cheers

On Sat, 31 Jan 2026 at 08:30, Christopher Obbard <obbardc@debian.org> wrote:
>
> Hi Ahmad,
>
> [ +cc games-team mailing list ]
>
> On Thu, 18 Sep 2025 23:19:41 +0100 Ahmad Khalifa <ahmad@khalifa.ws> wrote:
> > Package: wnpp
> > Severity: wishlist
> > Owner: Ahmad Khalifa <ahmad@khalifa.ws>
> > X-Debbugs-CC: debian-devel@lists.debian.org
> >
> > * Package name    : rpcs3
> >   Version         : 0.0.37+git20250916.335ed8d+ds-1
> >   Upstream Author : rpcs3 authors
> > * URL             : https://github.com/RPCS3/rpcs3/
> > * License         : GPL-2
> >   Programming Lang: C++
> >   Description     : PlayStation 3 emulator and debugger
> >
> >  The purpose of the project is to completely and accurately emulate
> >  the Sony PlayStation 3 Computer Entertainment System in its entirety
> >  with the power of open-source community and reverse engineering.
> >
> >
> > From the version, it looks like an early experimental emulator, but it's been
> > around for a long time and using it myself, it's pretty functional.
> >
> > This package has a long list of dependencies:
> > - Many available in debian already
> > - Some in debian, but need minor updates (pugixml version 1.15, wolfssl config)
> > - Some can't be unbundled, upstream fork or static lib (soundtouch, glslang)
> > - Some can be packaged separately (libfusion-dev)
> >
> > Will take it through the usual RFS process, sponsors appreciated.
>
> I'd be happy to sponsor the rpcs3 package (and its dependencies).
>
> Do you have any update on the status of this ? I am interested in seeing rpcs3 in Debian eventually and willing to spare a few cycles :-).
>
> Do you have a more concrete list of what deps are we missing / need to be updated in Debian ?
>
> I see the packaging at https://salsa.debian.org/ahmadkhalifa/rpcs3 but it seems to not build in the CI :-(. I didn't look at it in much more detail than that though.
>
> Would you like to move the packaging to the https://salsa.debian.org/games-team/ namespace and maintain it under the games-team? It'd probably make sense to join the team on salsa, too...
>
>
> Cheers!
>
> Chris
>

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