[Freeciv-Dev] Re: (PR#9839) cut down capstring

["Per I. Mathisen" <per@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

<URL: http://rt.freeciv.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=9839 >

On Fri, 27 Aug 2004, Jason Short wrote:
> This patch cuts down the capstring, which is becoming very long (there's
> a limit on the capstring length; we're surely coming close but I didn't
> check the exact length).
...
> It may come as a surprise that this patch causes packets_gen to become
> 5000 lines smaller.

I think we should seriously consider ditching capabilities. It is a
seriously cute concept, but it never really had any practical use, and it
makes the code much more complicated when used.

  - Per