lutris/docs/moderating-installers.rst

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Moderating Lutris installers
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Every Lutris installer must receive approval from a moderator before being public.

Here are some guidelines on how to accept or reject installer submissions.

Base guidelines
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You should be comfortable with the syntax of Lutris install scripts and ideally have written a few scripts.
You do not have to test the games for which you validate the script for.

Valid submissions
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Those cases are usually valid and can be accepted.

- Version upgrade: The version number of a downloaded file is increased.
- GOG installers with fixes, installers that differ enough from the default Lutris generated one
- Steam installers for games without a Steam ID in the Lutris DB (usually free games)
- Fixes to existing installers that make sense or provide a good reason for the fix
- Simplification of installers. Removing Winetricks commands, removing the pinned wine version.

Non ideal submissions but are most likely to get approved anyway
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- Installers that install a launcher like EGS or EA App for a single game, bypassing the Lutris integrations.
- Scripts that reimplement existing Lutris features with Shell commands.

Invalid submissions
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- Unmodified content. While we have code to prevent this, some still manage to get through.
- Suspicious URL changes. If a file changes to a different domain, make sure the new URL is referenced by the game's authors.
- Version downgrade: Unless given very good reasons, downgrade in versions are rejected.
- Submissions for "Apes VS Helium". This game somehow attract kids who have no clue what Lutris installers are.
- Submissions for "League of Legends". Most submissions should be rejected.
- Submissions for "Fortnite". The game doesn't run on Linux. Nothing will change that.