[Freeciv-Dev] (PR#3735) Zulu (Shaka) gets a free capital when Catalan (Jefe) conquers its capital

["Guest" <rt-guest@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

[glip - Tue Apr  1 18:46:21 2003]:

> On Tue, 1 Apr 2003, Guest wrote:
> 
> > 
> > [guest - Sun Mar 23 09:33:31 2003]:
> > 
> > > Why does this only happen with Zulu nation if this is a global server
> > > option ?
> > 
> > Please consider this !
> > 
> > It did happen only with Zulu nation on 1.14.0
> 
> AFAIK the "always free palace" happens only if
> 1. savepalace is enabled
> 2. the nation is not able to build palace themselves (i.e. doesn't have 
> the required tech)
> 
> I guess Zulus didn't have that tech (Masonry I think).
> 
> The motivation behind this option was that if a Mason-free nation loses
> palace, the corruption is total and no more techs are discovered, so the
> palace is never built --- vicious circle.
> 
> G.

When I rapidly checked both code and civserver help I didn't see any
evidence of this tech specific restriction.

I didn't find information with a quick look at the online docs.

Can anybody explain how this is supposed to work or where this is
really documented ?

J.