[Freeciv-Dev] Re: [PATCH] bugfix for wrapping problem

[Raimar Falke <hawk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Fri, Aug 24, 2001 at 04:41:05PM -0400, Ross W. Wetmore wrote:
> You are changing the current behaviour. 
> 
> If this is a bugfix, get someone knowledgable to validate it.

To be honest I have enough other stuff in the queue. I haven't looked
at this. And it looks like it would be more diffcult to validate for
me than some simple map iteration replacement.

> If this is being done as an "improvement", in my view it is not.
> 
> Your arguments about robustness are valid only in the larger
> context of what *should* it be doing which has not been determined.
> Wanting to draw multiple images of the same tile is not the same
> as there is a real and valid reason to draw multiple images of 
> the same tile. In my view this would lead to gaming anarchy and
> should be explicitly and irrevocably disallowed. 

We are discussing the frontend/display here?! If yes, I don't
understand you.

> It is "robust" now in that it doesn't fault. And you should work 
> out the larger GUI design context before making one-off changes
> to fix something that isn't broken.
> 
> In either case, so far no one has convinced me they have the 
> background, understanding or have adequately investigated the 
> ramifications of this to be credibale on this area.
> 
> Act in haste, repent at leisure is not always the best course of 
> action :-).

As I said I will wait for other people comments since I didn't looked
at it. So you objected it and I don't have an opinion yet. We all
agree that there is a problem?!

        Raimar

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