[Freeciv-Dev] Bug in changing Research Goal (PR#352)

["Mike Jing" <miky40@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I always considered this to be a feature, because I usually think ahead and 
change the long-term goal before the current goal is reached.
> From: skorpion@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> To: freeciv-dev@xxxxxxxxxxx
> CC: bugs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [Freeciv-Dev] Bug in changing Research Goal (PR#352)
> Date: Sun, 30 Apr 2000 10:29:45 -0700 (PDT)
>
> Full_Name: Vincent Ugenti
> Version: 1.9.0
> Distribution: Redhat binary
> Client: Both (or N/A)
> OS: Redhat / Linux
> Submission from: (NULL) (167.206.61.205)
>
>
> In the reseach-goal selection, if you change your long-term goal,
> and the current short-term goal is not in the descendency-chain for
> the new long-term goal, it will continue researching the same short-
> term goal until it has been learned. Only then will it switch to the
> correct tech for the selected long-term goal.
>
> This is especially painful when you reach a goal and the game "picks"
> your next goal for you, when you select the goal YOU want, the short-
> term goal does not update properly.
>
> (Easy to reproduce: Select a short-term goal, then select an unrelated
> long-term goal. Note the short-term goal is not properly updated until
> the current goal is learned.)
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