[Freeciv-Dev] Re: hobby as process?

["Brandon J. Van Every" <vanevery@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

From: Raimar Falke [mailto:i-freeciv-lists@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> On Thu, Dec 18, 2003 at 02:39:42AM -0800, Brandon J. Van Every wrote:
> >
> > You don't have a better modding setup than Civ II.
>
> I don't know the modding setup of Civ2 but with generic effects
> Freeciv will be very flexible. Generic effects WILL be included in
> 1.15. To see how this looks like from a modder point of view take a
> look at FreecivAC (http://freecivac.sourceforge.net/) which has
> similar code to generic effects.
>
> Ben also just did the large amount of work you are still avoiding and
> created FreecivAC.

Which large amount of work is that?  Pythonizing Freeciv and creating a
"kitchen sink" submissions infrastructure?  I seriously doubt Ben has
done all of that!

Or should I translate your sentence, "Also, Ben did a large amount of
work and created FreecivAC.  You are still avoiding doing a similar
large amount of work."  Darned straight I am!  I assess risks before I
act.  Development time is not free.  Maybe free for you, but not for me.
It costs me money.  And I notice that FreecivAC's last stable release
version was May 2000, which says to me I should not take any cues about
project management from Ben's work.


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Brandon Van Every               Seattle, WA

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