[Freeciv-Dev] Re: Submit patch again?

[Raimar Falke <hawk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Fri, Aug 17, 2001 at 10:38:40AM -0700, Kevin Brown wrote:
> Raimar Falke <hawk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > The "submit a new bug" page is only two click from the main
> > website. Maybe it should be expanded (renamed) to a general feedback
> > channel. Also it looks like forums
> > (http://apolyton.net/forums/forumdisplay.php?&forumid=111) are more
> > "modern" today.
> 
> Anything that we expect people to use a lot should be made a link on
> the front page.  There's little point in making people do more work
> than necessary.  :-)

Ack.

> Would Apolyton have any objections to us putting up a link on our web
> page to their Freeciv forum?

I don't know I only was there only two times. Thue writes there often.

> Only thing is, it's not necessarily archived, and certainly isn't
> anything under our control, so if they go away then so does the
> forum and its archives.  :-( Given that, it might be better to set
> up our own forum on our website.  There's lots of good, free
> software out there to do that (slashcode, kuro5hin code, etc.).

Another point is the bad interface. A mail or usenet interface would
really helpful. IMHO it isn't easy to get the players moved to another
forum.

        Raimar

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