[Freeciv-Dev] Freeciv 1.7.2 released!

[Mitch Davis <mjd@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Dear Freeciv world,

I've released Freeciv 1.7.2 at long last!

  http://www.freeciv.org

It's basically a bug-fix release for 1.7.1, but it has a number of
enhancements.  Here's what's changed:

 - Improvements to the configure script, so it should
   now work properly on all systems, especially Solaris.  
 - Ability to configure to use Xaw3d instead of the normal Xaw.
 - New "easy" AI mode, which is now the default.
 - Improved "City Report" dialog, with configurable columns.
 - Improved "Message Options" dialog, with customizable filtering
   and selection for the different message types.
 - Improved "Messages" dialog, with a scrollbar, and a "Popup City"
   button.
 - Improved multi-column "Unit Select" dialog when there are
   lots of units.
 - In city dialog, middle-click unit icons to "activate and close".
 - New client command "t" to show tiles used by city under mouse.
 - New metaserver dialog to make connecting to metaserver games
   easier.
 - Ability to save and re-load client settings.
 - Clearer Yes/No toggle buttons in various places in the client.
 - Reduced color usage (but looks almost identical), so the client
   should now work fine on systems with 8 bit color displays.
 - Ability to use "scenarios", that is, pre-designed maps.
   Scenarios for Earth and Europe games are included in the data
   directory.  (Use them with the <tt>-f</tt> server command-line
   option, like savegames.)
 - More city names, so you're less likely to see "City 41" etc.
 - Saving large games is now much faster, and the savefile is
   smaller.
 - Improvements to the documentation and online help system,
   including a new help section on the "Zones of Control" game
   concept.
 - Detect repeated log messages and print repeat counts.
 - New server options randseed and aqueductloss.
 - Many other enhancements and bug fixes.

A big thankyou to all the people who tested and contributed to
Freeciv for this release, especially David Pfitzner.

As usual, please report problems to the freeciv-dev mailing list.
Instructions are available on the Freeciv web site.

Enjoy!!

Mitch.