[Freeciv-Dev] Re: (PR#13149) allow changing of other players' nations

["Jason Dorje Short" <jdorje@xxxxxxxxx>]

<URL: http://bugs.freeciv.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=13149 >

Thomas Müller wrote:
> <URL: http://bugs.freeciv.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=13149 >
> 
> Am Freitag, 20. Mai 2005 17:43 schrieb Jason Dorje Short:
> 
>><URL: http://bugs.freeciv.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=13149 >
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>>This patch does all of the work that should be needed to let you edit
>>other players nations.
> 
> Maybe i missed the point, but think thats.. uhm.. not a good idea. Why should 
> a player be able to change the name/country of another player? Is there a 
> deeper reason for that? Maybe users with the approprita level 
> hack/command/whatever noone has on pubserver should do be able to do this.

In pubserver you don't have the ctrl permissions to edit other players'
clients.  However if there were a game "host" he should be able to edit
them.

The reason is for modpacks or generally in single-player.  In
single-player you should be able to edit the nations of the AI players
you're going to play against if you like.  For modpacks all nations may
not be equal so you may wish to set up the factions.

> And, more important, if i cant change it, i shouldnt be able to open it at 
> all, its just confusing, when i click a user in pregame, and get the popup, 
> but all changes are discarded without notice.

Good point.  This is a bug.

-jason