Re: [Freeciv-Dev] split?
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On 1999-05-20 13:38:24, Reinier Post wrote:
> > Go ahead! No-one complained when people started a client using Java,
> > which would certainly have remained a separate client.
>
> I did complain in e-mail.
:)
> I'm in no position to argue with David, but it is surely more work to
> implement features for multiple clients at once. It may be easier and
> more attractive to start a fresh client instead of trying to sort out
> and fix the problems with the existing ones, but in the long run you end
> up with 3 clients instead of 2 and someone else will stand up to start
> a 4th one because 'it needs to be done right'.
Which is not a bad thing really... :)
It's called competition...
Like KDE and Gnome...
Of course a lot of things are duplicated but there is a better chance of
improvements at the same time...
> > But you may
> > want to keep in mind one of the effective "rules" of open source
> > development: It is much easier to get people to contribute if you
> > have a working "base". (Eg Mozilla; perhaps this was a problem
> > with the Java client?) Which means _someone_ has to put in enough
> > work at the start to make the project viable.
>
> This is a special problem with Freeciv, because it only has a few regular
> contributors.
Yes, I am very aware of that...
> > > That is - the new client would not really aim at being the standard
> > > client... Not really... A standard but not the...
>
> If in the end you don't manage to replace at least one existing client,
> 3 clients will need to be maintained. It's such a waste of effort ...
At wich time the ones not worth maintaining will die...
Freedom is a waste of effort most of the time...
Wouldn't it be a lot better if we just listened to our old people
instead of insisting on making our own mistakes... :)
It's human...
/Daniel
--
Now take a deep breath, smile and don't take life so seriously... :)
Re: [Freeciv-Dev] Small patch :o), Vasco Alexandre Da Silva Costa, 1999/05/19
- Re: [Freeciv-Dev] Small patch :o), Daniel Sjolie, 1999/05/19
- [Freeciv-Dev] split?, Reinier Post, 1999/05/19
- Re: [Freeciv-Dev] split?, Daniel Sjolie, 1999/05/19
- Re: [Freeciv-Dev] split?, David Pfitzner, 1999/05/19
- Re: [Freeciv-Dev] split?, Reinier Post, 1999/05/20
- Re: [Freeciv-Dev] split?,
Daniel Sjolie <=
Re: [Freeciv-Dev] split?, Jules Bean, 1999/05/19
Re: [Freeciv-Dev] split?, Reinier Post, 1999/05/19
Re: [Freeciv-Dev] split?, Jules Bean, 1999/05/20
Re: [Freeciv-Dev] split?, Falk Hueffner, 1999/05/20
Re: [Freeciv-Dev] split?, Vasco Alexandre Da Silva Costa, 1999/05/20
Re: [Freeciv-Dev] Small patch :o), Martin Willemoes Hansen, 1999/05/19
Re: [Freeciv-Dev] Small patch :o), Daniel Sjolie, 1999/05/19
Re: [Freeciv-Dev] Small patch :o), Martin Willemoes Hansen, 1999/05/19
Re: [Freeciv-Dev] Small patch :o), Daniel Sjolie, 1999/05/19
Re: [Freeciv-Dev] Small patch :o), David Pfitzner, 1999/05/19
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