[Freeciv-Dev] Re: changes to release documentation

[Raahul Kumar <raahul_da_man@xxxxxxxxx>]

>  - Unit food cost under Communism has been reduced to 1

Should say Default rulest.

>  - If you lose your palace, you get a new for free in random city

Only if savepalace is enabled.


> Also, I propose the following in light of the total lack of interest for
> keeping TODO and BUGS up to date (which is understandable since each
> change is a patch, and a travesty since are rather important documents):
> Lets create TODO and BUGS as jitterbug folders, replace these files'
> content with this message:
> 
> "See http://some.url/ for a list of bugs that we are aware of"
> 
> and
> 
> "See http://some.url/ for a list of things that need to be done"

Makes sense. I don't see why this wasn't done all along.
 



>  WHAT'S CHANGED SINCE 1.11.4
>  
> Index: doc/README
> ===================================================================
> RCS file: /home/freeciv/CVS/freeciv/doc/README,v
> retrieving revision 1.3
> diff -u -r1.3 README
> --- doc/README        2002/05/02 05:47:11     1.3
> +++ doc/README        2002/05/22 20:42:34
> @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
>  ====================
> -Freeciv Version 1.12
> +Freeciv Version 1.13
>  ====================
>  
>  Welcome to Freeciv!
> @@ -231,10 +231,7 @@
>  Caveats:


>   2) If the Metaserver button in the connection dialog doesn't work,
>      check if your ISP uses a mandatory WWW proxy and make civclient
> @@ -242,13 +239,9 @@
>      if the proxy is proxy.myisp.com port 8888, set $http_proxy
>      to http://proxy.myisp.com:8888/ before starting the client.

Should probably also mention using desproxy, squid, apache etc to proxy your
connection if it is a HTTP 1.1 connection. Mention there is no SOCKS 4/5 native
support.
  
> - 3) Sometimes there are no games on the metaserver.  This may be
> -    partly because the metaserver has changed hosts, and previous
> -    Freeciv versions do not know about the new address.  Also, games
> -    no longer show up on the metaserver by default, instead people
> -    have to deliberately use '--meta'.  If you want to play a game on
> -    the metaserver, are there are none there, try starting one
> -    yourself!
> + 3) Sometimes there are no games on the metaserver.  That happens.
> +    The number of players there vary with the time of the day. Try 
> +    starting one yourself!

Add that --meta lists your game on the metaserver.
  


>    For freeciv-data, mail should be sent to <freeciv-data@xxxxxxxxxxx>.
>    For freeciv-java, mail should be sent to <freeciv-java@xxxxxxxxxxx>.

Freeciv Java???



>  Note that the CVS version neither includes any sound files nor any
>  sound spec file. You can get soundsets (sound files and a spec file)

You should mention where from. Add a URL here.




>  - Create a new "ocean" variable in the tile struct, similar to the
>    "continent" variable. It needs assisiated functions to be kept up to date
>    in both the server and the client. It should also have an associated


No one has done the ocean variable yet.


> +  Coders since 1.12.0 release:
> +     
> +     Raimar Falke <rf13@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 
> +     (co-admin, nation limit, code cleanup, CMA, events
> +     generalisation, bools, gettext fixes, tech and trade 
> +     cleanup, agents)
> +     Mike Kaufman <kaufman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 
> +     (co-admin, notifies cleanup, timeoutinc, worklist cleanup, 
> +     civworld maintainer, CMA frontend, new gtk city dialog)
> +     Per I. Mathisen <per@xxxxxxxxxxx> 
> +     (co-admin, build system improvement, notifies cleanup, 
> +     AI cleanup, sound, ruleset work)

Make it clear here that you created the sound system I.E Added sound support


> +     Andreas Kemnade <akemnade@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> +     (windows maintainer)

Off the top of my head Andreas added a windows connection dialogue.


> +     (portability, generalised improvements, bugfixes)
> +     Daniel L Speyer <dspeyer@xxxxxxxxxxx> (graphics)

What do you mean by graphics?


> +     Tuomas Airaksinen <???> (new gtk city dialog)

Someone on the list must have his email.


> +     Ross Wetmore <rwetmore@xxxxxxxxxxxx> (autogame, fixes)

Hasn't Ross done a bit more than that?

You need to add a section for Sound tilesets, and add yourself.
There will be a long list of names to be added there soon.

Aloha,
RK.

I'm going to Boston to see my doctor.  He's a very sick man.
                -- Fred Allen

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