[Freeciv-Dev] Re: Civ 2 style happiness (PR#1436)

[Reinier Post <rp@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sun, May 12, 2002 at 01:34:56PM +0200, Per I. Mathisen wrote:
> On Sat, 11 May 2002, Raahul Kumar wrote:
> > This is the bug I am fixing Per. You seem to agree that this is a bug in the
> > current implementation.
> 
> I think it is wrong. That does not necessarily mean it is a bug.
> 
> > Note: A nice side effect of the bug-fix is that it is MUCH harder to make 
> > your
> > cities celebrate now. You need more luxury. A freeciv democracy/republic is
> > less powerful.
> 
> This is exactly why I hesitate. Your fix has consequences that are not all
> spelled out. This may not be the kind of thing we should be doing on the
> verge of a release. Actually I think your patch introduces a bigger change
> of gameplay than all three of my suggested ruleset changes combined.

But it is clearly a bugfix, isn't it?  I mean, nobody ever even stated
that Freeciv has its current behaviour, let alone that it is intentional.

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Reinier