From ac98a1fe8aa52897a19a08523a4b93ad0c474557 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Abdessamad Derraz <3028866+Abdess@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 5 Nov 2026 19:51:57 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] docs: replace project verdicts in profiles

pcsx1, rustation and np2kai called a project abandoned, dead or never completed. Each now gives the date of the last commit or the project's own words, and a test refuses the verdicts yabause and gearboy carried too.
---
 emulators/np2kai.yml      |  2 +-
 emulators/pcsx1.yml       |  2 +-
 emulators/rustation.yml   |  2 +-
 tests/test_prose_style.py | 16 ++++++++++++++++
 4 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/emulators/np2kai.yml b/emulators/np2kai.yml
index 2ccbae0a4..570372fc2 100644
--- a/emulators/np2kai.yml
+++ b/emulators/np2kai.yml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ cores: [np2kai]
 systems: [pc-98]
 
 # NP2kai is a PC-9801/9821 emulator by AZO234, enhanced fork of Neko Project II
-# by Yui (original upstream dead: np2.yui.ne.jp). All files load from
+# by Yui (original site: np2.yui.ne.jp). All files load from
 # <system>/np2kai/ subdirectory, set in retro_load_game()
 # (sdl/libretro/libretro.c:1800-1815). All getbiospath() calls resolve
 # relative to that directory.
diff --git a/emulators/pcsx1.yml b/emulators/pcsx1.yml
index 4cfba40bf..6191bc337 100644
--- a/emulators/pcsx1.yml
+++ b/emulators/pcsx1.yml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ display_name: "Sony - PlayStation (PCSX1)"
 cores: [pcsx1]
 systems: [sony-playstation]
 notes: >
-  Never-completed fork of PCSX-ReARMed targeting general PC hardware. Experimental, abandoned since 2018.
+  Fork of PCSX-ReARMed targeting general PC hardware. The last commit on libretro/pcsx1-libretro is from 2018-02-11.
   HLE BIOS built-in: if no BIOS file found, core warns and falls back to HLE automatically.
   BIOS search order: scph1001.bin, scph5501.bin, scph7001.bin by exact filename, then scans system
   directory for any file matching "scph*" (case-insensitive) with size == 512 KB.
diff --git a/emulators/rustation.yml b/emulators/rustation.yml
index 699ba38e5..477fec99b 100644
--- a/emulators/rustation.yml
+++ b/emulators/rustation.yml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ notes: >
   Database contains 24 entries (22 good, 2 known-bad rejected)
   covering BIOS versions 1.0 through 4.5.
   .info declares firmware_count=0, while the core reads the BIOS images this profile lists.
-  Project abandoned, superseded by rustation-ng.
+  Its README says it is no longer developed and points to rustation-ng.
 
 files:
   # -- Region: Japan --
diff --git a/tests/test_prose_style.py b/tests/test_prose_style.py
index 490b63b83..650e57ecd 100644
--- a/tests/test_prose_style.py
+++ b/tests/test_prose_style.py
@@ -308,6 +308,22 @@ class ProfilesStateFactsAboutOtherProjects(unittest.TestCase):
         ]
         self.assertEqual(offenders, [], "\n".join(offenders[:40]))
 
+    # A project's state is a dated fact or its own words, never a verdict:
+    # "Upstream project is dead" (yabause), "abandoned fork" (gearboy).
+    PROJECT_VERDICTS = re.compile(
+        r"\b(?:(?:project|upstream)(?:\s+project)?\s+(?:is\s+)?dead|"
+        r"abandoned\s+(?:fork|since)|project\s+abandoned|never-completed)\b",
+        re.IGNORECASE,
+    )
+
+    def test_no_verdict_on_a_project(self):
+        offenders = [
+            f"{path.relative_to(ROOT)}: {found.group(0)}"
+            for path in sorted((ROOT / "emulators").glob("*.yml"))
+            for found in self.PROJECT_VERDICTS.finditer(path.read_text(encoding="utf-8"))
+        ]
+        self.assertEqual(offenders, [], "\n".join(offenders[:40]))
+
     def test_no_grade_on_another_projects_file(self):
         offenders = [
             f"{path.relative_to(ROOT)}: {line.strip()[:100]}"