[Freeciv-Dev] Re: civserver segfault with new research system (PR#1221)

[Reinier Post <rp@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Fri, Jan 18, 2002 at 02:10:34PM +0000, Gregory Berkolaiko wrote:

> > Another example: a barbarian takes the city with the Great Library.
> > Will the barbarians get its benefits?  Why not??
> 
> Because they can't read :(

Then it should depend on whether they have Literacy, but isn't the
same true for other players?

> > I just think barbarians should be normal players whenever possible,
> > otherwise
> > you're only complicating the code and contradicting user's
> > expectations.
> 
> Actually it makes a lot of sense.  Barbarians who overrun a city should
> ideally become a new civilization.  After all this was the origin of all
> modern european nations.  But would anyone be willing to seriously work
> on it (I mean "on barbarians", not "on origins of nations")?

Well this is just an occasion to improve a tiny detail, there's no
need to go in and change everything.

> G.

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Reinier