[freeciv-data] Re: how to contribute a nation? (was: Burmese nation)

[Jeff Mallatt <jjm@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 2001/09/02 10:21 , Reinier Post wrote:
>
>[from a discussion on freeciv-dev]
>
>> Hello,
>> 
>> sorry, what's a "standard nation"?
>> 
>> Regards
>> Heiko
>> 
>> Reinier Post wrote:
>> > 
>> > On Sat, Sep 01, 2001 at 01:16:35PM +0200, Raimar Falke wrote:
>> > > On Sat, Sep 01, 2001 at 12:43:51PM +0200, Heiko Schaefer wrote:
>> > > > Hello,
>> > > >
>> > > > in order to respect the suffering people of Burma, I created a patch
>> > > > with a Burmese ruleset. I would be happy, if it could get included in
>> > > > one of the next releases (or into the current CVS). It is patched
>> > > > against Freeciv 1.12.0.
>> > >
>> > > Since the amount of nation is currently limited no such patches will
>> > > be accepted currently. Please put the patch into
>> > > <ftp://ftp.freeciv.org/freeciv/incoming>. See also
>> > > <ftp://ftp.freeciv.org/freeciv/contrib/nations>.
>
>A nation such as found under the second URL.
>
>I notice the documentation on the website on creating nations is lacking.

Did you look at <http://www.freeciv.org/rtsets.html>?

It is somewhat sparse, but it does give a quick run-down of what is needed
and what is important (e.g., using the existing palettes).

>The most useful message on the lists I can find is
>
>  http://arch.freeciv.org/freeciv-dev-200107/msg00142.html

Hum.  This looks like it doesn't say anything.

>Does one of the nation maintainers feel like writing a short
>'how to contribute a Freeciv nation' guide?

It would be nice to extend the Rulesets/Tilesets page (the one I referenced
above).

jjm