spring: drop

Broken since 2021, with a brief reprieve of three months where it
wasn’t broken around the start of 2023 thanks to a drive‐by
Python 2 tree‐wide.

pkgs/games/spring/default.nix

@@ -1,105 +0,0 @@
-{
-  lib,
-  stdenv,
-  asciidoc,
-  boost,
-  cmake,
-  curl,
-  docbook_xsl,
-  docbook_xsl_ns,
-  fetchurl,
-  freetype,
-  glew,
-  jdk,
-  libdevil,
-  libGL,
-  libGLU,
-  libunwind,
-  libvorbis,
-  makeWrapper,
-  minizip,
-  openal,
-  p7zip,
-  python3,
-  SDL2,
-  xorg,
-  xz,
-  zlib,
-  withAI ? true, # support for AI Interfaces and Skirmish AIs
-}:
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  pname = "spring";
-  version = "106.0";
-
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "https://springrts.com/dl/buildbot/default/master/${version}/source/spring_${version}_src.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "sha256-mSA4ioIv68NMEB72lYnwDb1QOuWr1VHwu4+grAoHlV0=";
-  };
-
-  postPatch = ''
-    patchShebangs .
-
-    substituteInPlace ./rts/build/cmake/FindAsciiDoc.cmake \
-      --replace "PATHS /usr /usr/share /usr/local /usr/local/share" "PATHS ${docbook_xsl}"\
-      --replace "xsl/docbook/manpages" "share/xml/docbook-xsl/manpages"
-
-    # The cmake included module correcly finds nix's glew, however
-    # it has to be the bundled FindGLEW for headless or dedicated builds
-    rm rts/build/cmake/FindGLEW.cmake
-  '';
-
-  cmakeFlags = [
-    "-DCMAKE_BUILD_WITH_INSTALL_RPATH:BOOL=ON"
-    "-DCMAKE_INSTALL_RPATH_USE_LINK_PATH:BOOL=ON"
-    "-DPREFER_STATIC_LIBS:BOOL=OFF"
-  ];
-
-  nativeBuildInputs = [
-    cmake
-    makeWrapper
-    docbook_xsl
-    docbook_xsl_ns
-    asciidoc
-  ];
-  buildInputs = [
-    boost
-    curl
-    freetype
-    glew
-    libdevil
-    libGL
-    libGLU
-    libunwind
-    libvorbis
-    minizip
-    openal
-    p7zip
-    SDL2
-    xorg.libX11
-    xorg.libXcursor
-    xz
-    zlib
-  ]
-  ++ lib.optionals withAI [
-    python3
-    jdk
-  ];
-
-  postInstall = ''
-    wrapProgram "$out/bin/spring" \
-      --prefix LD_LIBRARY_PATH : "${lib.makeLibraryPath [ stdenv.cc.cc ]}"
-  '';
-
-  meta = with lib; {
-    homepage = "https://springrts.com/";
-    description = "Powerful real-time strategy (RTS) game engine";
-    license = licenses.gpl2Plus;
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [
-      qknight
-      sorki
-    ];
-    platforms = [ "x86_64-linux" ];
-    broken = true;
-  };
-}

pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix

@@ -2317,6 +2317,8 @@ mapAliases {
   spidermonkey_91 = throw "'spidermonkey_91 is EOL since 2022/09"; # Added 2025-08-26
   spidermonkey_102 = throw "'spidermonkey_102' is EOL since 2023/03"; # Added 2024-08-07
   spotify-unwrapped = spotify; # added 2022-11-06
+  spring = throw "spring has been removed, as it had been broken since 2023 (it was a game; maybe you’re thinking of spring-boot-cli?)"; # Added 2025-09-16
+  springLobby = throw "springLobby has been removed, as it had been broken since 2023"; # Added 2025-09-16
   spring-boot = throw "'spring-boot' has been renamed to/replaced by 'spring-boot-cli'"; # Converted to throw 2024-10-17
   sqldeveloper = throw "sqldeveloper was dropped due to being severely out-of-date and having a dependency on JavaFX for Java 8, which we do not support"; # Added 2024-11-02
   srvc = throw "'srvc' has been removed, as it was broken and unmaintained"; # Added 2024-09-09

pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix

@@ -14023,11 +14023,6 @@ with pkgs;
     lua = lua5_1;
   };
 
-  # You still can override by passing more arguments.
-  spring = callPackage ../games/spring { asciidoc = asciidoc-full; };
-
-  springLobby = callPackage ../games/spring/springlobby.nix { };
-
   steam-run = steam.run;
   steam-run-free = steam.run-free;