[Freeciv-Dev] SV: Re: historical background on wonders

["Erik Sigra" <sigra@xxxxxxx>]

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From: Mathias Hasselmann <Mathias.Hasselmann@xxxxxx>
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Sent: Monday, July 03, 2000 1:19 PM
Subject: [Freeciv-Dev] Re: historical background on wonders


>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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It just occured to me that the best way to implement historical information 
(about governments, technologies, units, wonders, terrains, improvements, 
facilities, ...) in Freeciv is linking to a general GNU Free Documentation 
Licenced (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html) encyclopedia (Gnupedia). If 
there is no such thing, I can start writing one together with the other people 
here who wanted to add historical information. I'm thinking of a net of linked 
articles. Of course we would start with articles needed for Freeciv. Later it 
can grow with the help of other people from other projects with similar needs.

my .02 SEK,

Erik