[Freeciv-Dev] Re: images implementation (was: Minor adjustment of Norwegian flags and shield....)

[gs234@xxxxxxxxx (Gaute (B) Strokkenes)]

Jeff Mallatt <jjm@xxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> Even a single flag appended will completely disrupt the "unique lines" at
> the end of the file.  Again, if patch is clever enough, it may work.

Ah.  I have always assumed (somewhate naively, I suppose) that patch
only looks at context if it cannot find an exact match for the lines
that it is supposed to remove / replace.  When you think about it,
it't not that simple.

> Also, I'm not sure that putting images in rulesets is a good idea.  The way
> things work now, that would imply that we transmit the images from the
> server to the client across the (potentially slow) wire.

Ouch.  I agree.

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