[Freeciv-Dev] Re: Development Strategies

["Per I. Mathisen" <Per.Inge.Mathisen@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Mon, 3 Dec 2001, Daniel L Speyer wrote:
> The current system of flags *hasn't* worked for getting all sorts of
> interesting rulesets, so let's try changing it.

A lot of things _can_ be done with the current ruleset structure, but very
little _has_ been done. Why? I don't think the answer is as obvious as you
try to make it appear.

The one biggest problem with the current rulesets is, IMHO, that the
number of improvements is still fixed, along with some improvement
effects that are still hardwired (which is why the number is fixed). If we
fix that before the next version and get some decent isometric tiles and
some music+sound, I think this would give a lot more interest in writing
rulesets for the effort we put into it.

I'm sceptical of a full rewrite of everything. It is a bit too massive
effort for one person, and design by commitee doesn't work for open
source. I'm afraid all that talk is going to melt into thin vapour. I
think there are some people here (not naming names!) who are taking their
CS classes too seriously. Head over to KernelTrap and read Linus on
software development instead :)
(http://www.kerneltrap.org/article.php?sid=398&mode=thread&order=0)

Oh, and if _I_ were to rewrite something, I'd go for an SDL+OpenGL client
with libuta and various SDL support libraries (PNG,mixer,etc)...
wooohooo, now we're talkin'!.... instantly multiplatform, even!

Yours,
Per

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