[Freeciv-Dev] Re: CMA crash when choosing new govt (PR#1546)

[Raimar Falke <rf13@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sat, Jun 08, 2002 at 05:02:09PM -0400, Kenn Munro wrote:
> Yes.. once the cursor changes back to an arrow, changing to democracy no
> longer causes the error.  The error only occurs if the government is
> changed within about 1 second of the "choose government" box popping
> up.  The GDK_TREK cursor lasted a bit longer than 1 second, so it was
> safe to change government *just before* it changed back to a normal
> cursor too.
> 
> I tried different variations of moving units the first turn (1715 AD),
> but it usually caused the "choose govt" box to be delayed by a few
> turns.  In those cases, even changing the govt quickly didn't result in
> an error.

> Should the government change be delayed until the client finishes
> everything else?

Yes. But I don't know an easy way to do this. I also suspect that
other changes (tax rates for example) may have such problems. Any
input on how this can be done?

Since this won't be fixed before release I suggest adding a "don't
click too fast" into BUGS. Should the pointer patch also be included?

        Raimar

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