[Freeciv-Dev] Re: Calendars (Re: Re: A bunch of patches)

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

On Tue, 8 Jan 2002, andi payn wrote:
> I went ahead and implemented the calendar code as we discussed, and it
> works, but it's ugly in a few places.

There might be some things I'm missing here, but why do we need leap years
and special calendar rules for spacerace? It is a game, not a history
simulation...

On Tue, 8 Jan 2002, Raimar Falke wrote:
> In the long run we also need some trigger events for this and not only
> a first year.

Actually, I'd be inclined to make age change dependent on technology
advances alone. If we haven't discovered a single tech advance before 2000
AD, then why should we be getting modern cities, years go slower and the
age be called "Modern"? It makes no sense.

Yours,
Per

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