[Freeciv-Dev] Re: historical background on wonders

["SamBC" <sambc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Sounds like a good idea to me!


SamBC

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> From: mathias@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:mathias@xxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of
> Mathias Hasselmann
> Sent: 03 July 2000 12:19
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> Subject: [Freeciv-Dev] Re: historical background on wonders
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> SamBC wrote:
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: ½²«íµØ
> > >
> > > >If you can mirror this location and tell the client to use
> > > >a local location it is a good idea. Otherwise not: Some
> > > >people have to pay for their internet access. And it is
> > > >already quiet expensive to play freeciv online.
> >
> > > Which one is more expensive?
> > > 1. Download the page and read them when you are offline (if it
> > > is still too expensive, you have the option not to read it).
> > > 2. Download it together with freeciv distribution (every
> > > releases) plus the additional codes in the client to handle it.
> > >
> > Option 2 is likely better, as the pages are likely to be very small,
> > especially compared to the distribution as a whole, so people who are
> > downlaoding the distribution anyway will have no problem. And
> in any case,
> > you can do both.
>
> I would say, best solution is
>
>   * Having an optional package (wonders.html.tar.bz2) which is
>     installed (expanded) on "http://www.freeciv.org/wonders/";
>   * Having an client option "WonderDocURI" which points
>     to "http://www.freeciv.org/wonders/"; by default but can
>     be changed to "http://local-www-server/freeciv/wonders/";,
>     "file:///usr/share/freeciv/doc/wonders/" or to anywhere
>     else where you have installed the package.
>
> Ciao,
> Mathias
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