[Freeciv-Dev] Re: At endyear map in not displayed (PR#1883)

[Raimar Falke <rf13@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, Aug 28, 2002 at 09:16:23AM +0000, Per I. Mathisen wrote:
> On Tue, 27 Aug 2002, Raimar Falke wrote:
> > This and the no-chatline-during-nation-selection bug is fixed by the
> > attached second version of the POPS/POPF patch.
> 
> > So the name of the packets should be changed from
> > PACKET_OTHER_PROCESSING_STARTED and PACKET_OTHER_PROCESSING_FINISHED
> > to PACKET_FREEZE_HINT and PACKET_THAW_HINT. The emphasis is on
> > HINT. These packets mark a set of other packets which are send out
> > within a small timeframe and may contain inconsistent data.
> 
> I still don't like this, but it is probably a necessary evil. At least
> document these new packets properly somewhere and explain why they are
> needed, so that people who read the code in the future and wonder what the
> %)"#(¤= this POPS/POPF (or PFH/PTH whatever) thing is, can manage to make
> sense of it.

Where? How long?

> I don't understand why PACKET_START_TURN and CLIENT_GAME_OVER_STATE are
> now supposedly useless.

The reason for their creation is gone.

        Raimar

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