Re: [FreeCiv-Java] Development status

[Per Mathisen <permath@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, 11 Nov 1998, John Goerzen wrote:
> I know that one person is reading this that has some experience with Java
> GUIs (feel free to "come out of the woodwork" if you'd like, hint hint <g>)
> of the type that we will need here, particularly the wraparound map.  I
> would be very pleased if you could lend a hand with this part of
> development, since it is the area in which I have the least experience.

Sure. I need to update my knowledge to Java 1.2 though, as bitmaps
graphics in pre-1.2 really sucks.

> Regarding CVS, it is a valid point that while the project is small, CVS
> could be usable, but once it gets larger as I hope it will, I still maintain
> that it will not be.  Therefore I am currently torn about whether or not to
> implement something like this which will perhaps become obsolete later.

I usually see it the other way around. CVS is not all that important to
small projects, but it is for bigger ones. If you use branches, modules
and add some management, things should work out ok.

There are several examples of very big projects using CVS, some with over
a hundred developers. I can't see why it can't work for us.

Even if only one person was to have write-access, I would still want CVS.
Being able to "cvs up" and "cvs diff" really saves a lot of time.

Yours,
Per