Pre v9.3 (build 6M62) extensions: where are they, can they be updated for breaking language changes?

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I’m just getting back to some Inform 7 projects after last working on them around 2015-2017.
I seem to recall that there were more extensions available when I was using 6L38 (9.2).
When I upgraded to 6M62 (9.3) a whole bunch of stuff broke.
I was able to make local hacks to update the extensions I was using (I think?)

In any case, I was working on a project that used these extensions:

Include Basic Screen Effects by Emily Short.
Include Glulx Text Effects by Emily Short.
Include Simple Graphical Window by Emily Short.
Include Location Images by Emily Short.

What happened to these? I don’t see them in the current Public Library.
Do they need updating for breaking changes to the language?
Is there any intention to put them in the Public Library?

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Include Basic Screen Effects by Emily Short.
Include Glulx Text Effects by Emily Short.

The above are included in 6M62.

Include Simple Graphical Window by Emily Short.
Include Location Images by Emily Short.

Those two, and pretty much everything available for 9.3/6M62 can be found here:

Friends of I7 9.3/6M62 extensions repo

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Well, the bad news is that the Public Library is currently borked, with I think no immediate prospect of getting unborked. The good news is that Basic Screen Effects and Glulk Text Effects are both built into the IDE’s default extension library, so you can just include them without needing to do any extra work. Then the new place where extensions are archived is the Friends of I7 page; the latter two are there on the 6M62 page so they should work with the Inform version you’re using (they’re not on the Inform 10 page, so if you’re using the latest version I guess they may or may not work).

EDIT: Ninja’d by Zed, which is as it should be on this topic!

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