[Freeciv-Dev] Post release patches

[Raimar Falke <rf13@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

This is a list of topics/patches I would expect which are
discussed/(re)submitted after the release.

? is "not yet decided"
?? is "can't remember"

Concept is something which can be coded if time is available. An idea
on the other side may even be turn out to be bad/unimplementable.

Topic                           Author          Status
=========================================================
Agents
  SettlerManagementAgent        Raimar          old code
  ExploringAgent                Raimar          concept
  GotoAgent                     Raimar          old code
  map decorations               Raimar          old code
  disable GUI if agents are     ?               idea
   active

AI
  make ai/ a client and move    ?               idea
   it to client/
  extract code from cma_core.c  ?               idea
   to a common file
  passive diplomacy             Per             ?
  active diplomacy              ?               idea
  AI cleanups                   various         various
  new path finding              Raimar, Gregory idea/concept/old code
  updating goto.[ch] and        ?               idea
   gotohand.[ch]

Performance
  disable CHECK_MAP_POS         ?               concept
  inlining                      Raimar          old code

Bandwidth
  various bandwidth savings     Raimar          old code
  compress attrbibutes          Raimar          concept
  transfer diff of attributes   Raimar          idea
   via rsync algo
  client saved attributes       ?               idea

GUI/Eye candy
  tileset selection at runtime  Jason           old code
  new start dialog              ??              old code
  new unit dialog               Daniel?         old code
  arbitrary zooming of the map  ??              old code
  show effects of improvements  ?               idea
  add sprites for improvements  ?               idea
   and show them in the change 
   dialog

Gameplay
  extended veteran system       ??              old code
  borders                       ??              old code
  grant greater vision on top   ?               idea
   of hills/moutains

Generalization
  gen improvements              Ben             old code
  gen topologies                Jason, Ross     old code
  gen terrain                   ?               idea
  gen unittypes                 ?               idea
  more city styles              ??              old code

Compatibility
  with Civ1/Civ2                Davide and others concept/old code

Others
  unification of rulesets and   Per, Mike       idea
   server variables
  turn_founded                  Raimar          old code
  packets.c cleanup             Raimar          concept
  dataio                        Raimar          concept
  tile markers                  ??              old code
  popdown                       Raimar          old code
  nation boni (picks)           ?               idea
  metaserver cleanup            ?               idea
  military loss statistic       ?               idea
  move code out of clients      Jason and others concept
   and into client/*_common
  enable (semi)automatic        ?               idea
   download of external data 
   (ruleset, tileset, soundset)
  observer/multiple controllers ?               ?

This list isn't complete (sadly I can't remember everything) nor does
it contain patches (which are welcome) which affect the normal
software goals like robustness, speed or code size.

Why do I post the list?

 - you see there will be lot of traffic after the release so please be
 patient with us maintainers
 - depending on the release schedule (which is another discussion) it
 should be clear that not all of the above will make it into the
 release (I would have a very good feeling of we get a 1/4 of the
 above in the release). So please don't be angry with us.
 - as the base for a discussion (to help you over the "boring" beta
 period)
 - you may to some degree influence the priority at which the
 maintainers work on the topics
 - as a remainder for myself ;)

        Raimar

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