Re: [Wesnoth-dev] Making civilians more interesting

2007-04-11 Thread Eric S. Raymond
-3 on their attacks? -- a href=http://www.catb.org/~esr/;Eric S. Raymond/a ___ Wesnoth-dev mailing list Wesnoth-dev@gna.org https://mail.gna.org/listinfo/wesnoth-dev

[Wesnoth-dev] State Of The Peasantry: Part 2 -- statistical summary

2007-04-13 Thread Eric S. Raymond
to analysis of the Peasant role in these campaigns... -- a href=http://www.catb.org/~esr/;Eric S. Raymond/a Whether the authorities be invaders or merely local tyrants, the effect of such [gun control] laws is to place the individual at the mercy of the state, unable to resist

[Wesnoth-dev] State Of The Peasantry: Part 3 -- the key campaigns

2007-04-13 Thread Eric S. Raymond
(or possibly a small selection of proposals) based on what I have learned while compiling this. -- a href=http://www.catb.org/~esr/;Eric S. Raymond/a Whether the authorities be invaders or merely local tyrants, the effect of such [gun control] laws is to place the individual

Re: [Wesnoth-dev] State Of The Peasantry: Part 3 -- the key campaigns

2007-04-13 Thread Eric S. Raymond
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[Wesnoth-dev] Townsman weapons

2007-04-13 Thread Eric S. Raymond
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Re: [Wesnoth-dev] Fwd: Bug#418949: Music in The Battle For Westnoth by zhaytee may be restricted.

2007-04-13 Thread Eric S. Raymond
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Re: [Wesnoth-dev] Townsman weapons

2007-04-13 Thread Eric S. Raymond
with it not being very effective; it's more to establish what kinds of fighters these are. Maybe dialing down the hit probability a bit would address your concerns? -- a href=http://www.catb.org/~esr/;Eric S. Raymond/a ___ Wesnoth-dev mailing list

Re: [Wesnoth-dev] Licensing issue.

2007-04-14 Thread Eric S. Raymond
of worry and talk about this issue; your contributions are well thought of here. Thanks for putting it to rest. -- a href=http://www.catb.org/~esr/;Eric S. Raymond/a ___ Wesnoth-dev mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://mail.gna.org/listinfo

Re: [Wesnoth-dev] Preparing for 1.3.2

2007-04-17 Thread Eric S. Raymond
dumps yesterday trying to load NR, but that must have been some kind of strange local flakiness as I cannot reproduce it now. -- a href=http://www.catb.org/~esr/;Eric S. Raymond/a ___ Wesnoth-dev mailing list Wesnoth-dev@gna.org https

[Wesnoth-dev] What to do about the utility macros -- a proposal

2007-04-17 Thread Eric S. Raymond
library inclusions where needed throughout mainline. I intend to move on this after 1.3.2 release, unless someone explains to me why it would be a bad idea. It's my second agenda item after merging Northern Rebirth. -- a href=http://www.catb.org/~esr/;Eric S. Raymond/a Before

Re: [Wesnoth-dev] What to do about the utility macros -- a proposal

2007-04-17 Thread Eric S. Raymond
, on average. A second is acceptable, but we start encouraging people to put lots of special-purpose macros in the public space I could see it tripling or quaderipling, whuch would be bad. -- a href=http://www.catb.org/~esr/;Eric S. Raymond

[Wesnoth-dev] upconvert is working

2007-04-21 Thread Eric S. Raymond
and error-prone manual conversion step for ourselves and UMC authors. (The method might fail, however, for terrain images that are named without their .png extension in macros). -- a href=http://www.catb.org/~esr/;Eric S. Raymond

Re: [Wesnoth-dev] Feedback on automated name changing process

2007-04-23 Thread Eric S. Raymond
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[Wesnoth-dev] Calling Matthias Westlund

2007-04-23 Thread Eric S. Raymond
I'm trying to fill in metadata for some music associated with the Northern Rebirth campaign that I think you may have written. Please reply so I can email some questions? -- a href=http://www.catb.org/~esr/;Eric S. Raymond/a The IRS has become morally corrupted by the enormous

Re: [Wesnoth-dev] Feedback on automated name changing process

2007-04-23 Thread Eric S. Raymond
for wesnoth-1.ogg; he suggests we call it Revelation. It will be interesting to see what the update pattern is when I make that change. -- a href=http://www.catb.org/~esr/;Eric S. Raymond/a ___ Wesnoth-dev mailing list Wesnoth-dev@gna.org

Re: [Wesnoth-dev] Calling Matthias Westlund

2007-04-23 Thread Eric S. Raymond
full titles. Northern Rebirth is gaing mainline in 1.3.2, and I want all tracks in mainline properly tagged so I can write a use command that will display information on the currently-playing track. -- a href=http://www.catb.org/~esr/;Eric S. Raymond

Re: [Wesnoth-dev] Preparing for 1.3.2

2007-04-24 Thread Eric S. Raymond
it a blocker. -- a href=http://www.catb.org/~esr/;Eric S. Raymond/a ___ Wesnoth-dev mailing list Wesnoth-dev@gna.org https://mail.gna.org/listinfo/wesnoth-dev

Re: [Wesnoth-dev] solidifying the Void

2007-04-25 Thread Eric S. Raymond
Mark de Wever [EMAIL PROTECTED]: anybody against this idea? http://www.wesnoth.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=15849 No objection here. -- a href=http://www.catb.org/~esr/;Eric S. Raymond/a ___ Wesnoth-dev mailing list Wesnoth-dev@gna.org

[Wesnoth-dev] Duplicate image files in trunk

2007-04-25 Thread Eric S. Raymond
%% ../../images/terrain/castle/encampment-concave-nw.png ../../images/terrain/castle/encampment-convex-nw.png -- a href=http://www.catb.org/~esr/;Eric S. Raymond/a When your hammer is C++, everything begins to look like a thumb. -- Steve Hoflich on compl.lang.c

[Wesnoth-dev] Decreasing campaign-maintenance overhead

2007-04-26 Thread Eric S. Raymond
decrease maintainers' burdens, I'd like to hear those ideas. What else would make the job easier? What other time-intensive tasks might be mechanized? Please speculate and brainstorm. -- a href=http://www.catb.org/~esr/;Eric S. Raymond/a Such are a well regulated militia

Re: [Wesnoth-dev] New music.

2007-04-30 Thread Eric S. Raymond
. Does it show? :-)) -- a href=http://www.catb.org/~esr/;Eric S. Raymond/a signature.asc Description: Digital signature ___ Wesnoth-dev mailing list Wesnoth-dev@gna.org https://mail.gna.org/listinfo/wesnoth-dev

Re: [Wesnoth-dev] New music.

2007-05-01 Thread Eric S. Raymond
Joseph Toscano [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Thanks for the list. I'd love to tackle some of these. I'll have something ready ASAP. Wonderful! Thanks. -- a href=http://www.catb.org/~esr/;Eric S. Raymond/a ___ Wesnoth-dev mailing list Wesnoth

Re: [Wesnoth-dev] Adding new campaigns to mainline, some guidelines

2007-05-01 Thread Eric S. Raymond
campaigns you would like to see in. I like Legend of Wesmere. That would be my next choice. As far as minor UMC goes, I like the concept of Town vs. Gown. -- a href=http://www.catb.org/~esr/;Eric S. Raymond/a ___ Wesnoth-dev mailing list

Re: [Wesnoth-dev] Adding new campaigns to mainline, some guidelines

2007-05-01 Thread Eric S. Raymond
wider range of variations, factions, and settings. -- a href=http://www.catb.org/~esr/;Eric S. Raymond/a ___ Wesnoth-dev mailing list Wesnoth-dev@gna.org https://mail.gna.org/listinfo/wesnoth-dev

[Wesnoth-dev] I pinged Taurus about SoTBE etc., and a proposed 'status' extension.

2007-05-02 Thread Eric S. Raymond
. -- a href=http://www.catb.org/~esr/;Eric S. Raymond/a Are we at last brought to such a humiliating and debasing degradation, that we cannot be trusted with arms for our own defence? Where is the difference between having our arms in our own possession and under our own direction

[Wesnoth-dev] Starting on Son Of The Black Eye

2007-05-02 Thread Eric S. Raymond
within the next day or so. So if anybody has a problem wit this, let's hear about it. -- a href=http://www.catb.org/~esr/;Eric S. Raymond/a Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice; moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue. -- Barry Goldwater (actually written

Re: [Wesnoth-dev] Starting on Son Of The Black Eye

2007-05-02 Thread Eric S. Raymond
. -- a href=http://www.catb.org/~esr/;Eric S. Raymond/a ___ Wesnoth-dev mailing list Wesnoth-dev@gna.org https://mail.gna.org/listinfo/wesnoth-dev

Re: [Wesnoth-dev] Adding new campaigns to mainline, some guidelines

2007-05-07 Thread Eric S. Raymond
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[Wesnoth-dev] Scepter of Fire

2007-05-07 Thread Eric S. Raymond
of sustained quality of output; and having seen your work, I can only agree with that assessment. Therefore, I doubt you'll have much trouble selling any of your campaigns into mainline if you want to. -- a href=http://www.catb.org/~esr/;Eric S. Raymond

[Wesnoth-dev] Missing Ruby Of Fire story image in SoF

2007-05-07 Thread Eric S. Raymond
For Turin: ../../data/campaigns/Sceptre_of_Fire/scenarios/3t_The_Coucil_Regathers.cfg, line 174 - story/ruby_of_fire.png Does this image actually exist somewhere? -- a href=http://www.catb.org/~esr/;Eric S. Raymond/a The conclusion is thus inescapable that the history, concept

Re: [Wesnoth-dev] Request for campaign maintainers

2007-05-08 Thread Eric S. Raymond
will continue building tools to make campaigns devs' lives easier. -- a href=http://www.catb.org/~esr/;Eric S. Raymond/a ___ Wesnoth-dev mailing list Wesnoth-dev@gna.org https://mail.gna.org/listinfo/wesnoth-dev

Re: [Wesnoth-dev] Request for campaign maintainers

2007-05-08 Thread Eric S. Raymond
Nils Kneuper [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Okay, to get together an updated version of the announcement text: definate - definite camaign - campaign -- a href=http://www.catb.org/~esr/;Eric S. Raymond/a ___ Wesnoth-dev mailing list Wesnoth-dev

Re: [Wesnoth-dev] Let us release?

2007-05-09 Thread Eric S. Raymond
and I would like to see some players test the newly added campaigns for bugs. I just reported a blocker, floating -point exception in SotBE::Black Flag. Other than that I'm not aware of anything that should block a point release. -- a href=http://www.catb.org/~esr/;Eric S. Raymond

[Wesnoth-dev] Warning -- I am about to break the Windows and MacOS ports!

2007-05-14 Thread Eric S. Raymond
. -- a href=http://www.catb.org/~esr/;Eric S. Raymond/a Ideology, politics and journalism, which luxuriate in failure, are impotent in the face of hope and joy. -- P. J. O'Rourke ___ Wesnoth-dev mailing list Wesnoth-dev@gna.org https

Re: [Wesnoth-dev] Directory objects -- proposed change in preprocessor behavior

2007-05-14 Thread Eric S. Raymond
Descent_Into_Darkness images : Under_The_Burning_Suns images -- a href=http://www.catb.org/~esr/;Eric S. Raymond/a ___ Wesnoth-dev mailing list Wesnoth-dev@gna.org https://mail.gna.org/listinfo/wesnoth-dev

Re: [Wesnoth-dev] SotBE description a bit racy

2007-05-14 Thread Eric S. Raymond
! -- a href=http://www.catb.org/~esr/;Eric S. Raymond/a ___ Wesnoth-dev mailing list Wesnoth-dev@gna.org https://mail.gna.org/listinfo/wesnoth-dev

Re: [Wesnoth-dev] SotBE description a bit racy

2007-05-14 Thread Eric S. Raymond
-- they're *supposed* to sound rude and obscene; that's the *point*! If Austin Powers: The Spy who Shagged Me could be marketed as PG-13 (and it was) then I think we're on pretty safe ground as regards actual obscenity. -- a href=http://www.catb.org/~esr/;Eric S. Raymond

Re: [Wesnoth-dev] SotBE description a bit racy

2007-05-14 Thread Eric S. Raymond
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Re: [Wesnoth-dev] Warning -- I am about to break the Windows and MacOS ports!

2007-05-14 Thread Eric S. Raymond
digit-led names like 00-main.cfg Will Windows choke on 00-main.cfg? -- a href=http://www.catb.org/~esr/;Eric S. Raymond/a ___ Wesnoth-dev mailing list Wesnoth-dev@gna.org https://mail.gna.org/listinfo/wesnoth-dev

Re: [Wesnoth-dev] SotBE description a bit racy

2007-05-14 Thread Eric S. Raymond
Bruno Wolff III [EMAIL PROTECTED]: So I wasn't asking for it to be changed as much as people to conciously decide whether or not it was inline with the project's guidelines. I'd like to see some consensus on that myself. -- a href=http://www.catb.org/~esr/;Eric S. Raymond

Re: [Wesnoth-dev] SotBE description a bit racy

2007-05-14 Thread Eric S. Raymond
Bruno Wolff III [EMAIL PROTECTED]: On Mon, May 14, 2007 at 13:00:54 -0400, Eric S. Raymond [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If Austin Powers: The Spy who Shagged Me could be marketed as PG-13 (and it was) then I think we're on pretty safe ground as regards actual obscenity. It might

Re: [Wesnoth-dev] SotBE description a bit racy

2007-05-15 Thread Eric S. Raymond
don't think that's a small change. Not in idiomatic English, anyway. -- a href=http://www.catb.org/~esr/;Eric S. Raymond/a ___ Wesnoth-dev mailing list Wesnoth-dev@gna.org https://mail.gna.org/listinfo/wesnoth-dev

Re: [Wesnoth-dev] Directory objects -- proposed change in preprocessor behavior

2007-05-15 Thread Eric S. Raymond
images sounds music Descent_Into_Darkness images : Under_The_Burning_Suns images I'm not sure yet, but I think it may make sense for multiplayer to become a package too. -- a href=http://www.catb.org/~esr/;Eric S

Re: [Wesnoth-dev] SotBE description a bit racy

2007-05-15 Thread Eric S. Raymond
ruder and more vulgar epithets for dwarves and humans without stepping over the line into scatology or obscenity, I certainly would have. -- a href=http://www.catb.org/~esr/;Eric S. Raymond/a ___ Wesnoth-dev mailing list Wesnoth-dev@gna.org

Re: [Wesnoth-dev] SotBE description a bit racy

2007-05-16 Thread Eric S. Raymond
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Re: [Wesnoth-dev] SotBE description a bit racy

2007-05-20 Thread Eric S. Raymond
in the future. -- a href=http://www.catb.org/~esr/;Eric S. Raymond/a ___ Wesnoth-dev mailing list Wesnoth-dev@gna.org https://mail.gna.org/listinfo/wesnoth-dev

[Wesnoth-dev] Shipping 1.3.3

2007-05-21 Thread Eric S. Raymond
. -- a href=http://www.catb.org/~esr/;Eric S. Raymond/a Militias, when properly formed, are in fact the people themselves and include all men capable of bearing arms. [...] To preserve liberty it is essential that the whole body of the people always possess arms and be taught alike

[Wesnoth-dev] filesystem.cpp port problems

2007-05-23 Thread Eric S. Raymond
byy people other than us would be a good idea. -- a href=http://www.catb.org/~esr/;Eric S. Raymond/a Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did, and it never will. Find out just what people will submit to, and you have found out the exact amount of injustice and wrong

Re: [Wesnoth-dev] [RFC] remove zipios

2007-05-24 Thread Eric S. Raymond
Mark de Wever [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Recently there was a discussion on IRC and it seems zipios is no longer used. If it's really not used is there still a need to keep it? I don't see a need. -- a href=http://www.catb.org/~esr/;Eric S. Raymond

Re: [Wesnoth-dev] filesystem.cpp port problems

2007-05-24 Thread Eric S. Raymond
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Re: [Wesnoth-dev] Changing the WML include file syntax.

2007-05-24 Thread Eric S. Raymond
. -- a href=http://www.catb.org/~esr/;Eric S. Raymond/a ___ Wesnoth-dev mailing list Wesnoth-dev@gna.org https://mail.gna.org/listinfo/wesnoth-dev

Re: [Wesnoth-dev] Changing the WML include file syntax.

2007-05-24 Thread Eric S. Raymond
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Re: [Wesnoth-dev] Extensive and useful feedback from a Wesnoth newbia

2007-06-04 Thread Eric S. Raymond
. -- a href=http://www.catb.org/~esr/;Eric S. Raymond/a ___ Wesnoth-dev mailing list Wesnoth-dev@gna.org https://mail.gna.org/listinfo/wesnoth-dev

Re: [Wesnoth-dev] Extensive and useful feedback from a Wesnoth newbia

2007-06-08 Thread Eric S. Raymond
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Re: [Wesnoth-dev] Calling all artists

2007-06-16 Thread Eric S. Raymond
break a lot of assumptions in the current code abnd expose bugs. Nils and I have agreed that we should ship 1.3.4 before I merge this and start the dev group testing it. -- a href=http://www.catb.org/~esr/;Eric S. Raymond/a ___ Wesnoth

[Wesnoth-dev] Naming proposal -- the Three Sisters

2007-07-29 Thread Eric S. Raymond
a source for the font that was used for the legends on it. Sirp, jetryl, what was that? -- a href=http://www.catb.org/~esr/;Eric S. Raymond/a Question with boldness even the existence of a God; because, if there be one, he must more approve the homage of reason, than that of blindfolded

[Wesnoth-dev] What's going on with the new end-of-scenario logic

2007-07-31 Thread Eric S. Raymond
and let the players sort it out. As I said, I may be able to address some of these before I leave. If not, I hope this explanation will prevent progress being blocked while I'm off at sword camp. -- a href=http://www.catb.org/~esr/;Eric S. Raymond/a A true libertarian supports

[Wesnoth-dev] Chaos and madness

2007-07-31 Thread Eric S. Raymond
/;Eric S. Raymond/a The two pillars of `political correctness' are, a) willful ignorance, and b) a steadfast refusal to face the truth -- George MacDonald Fraser ___ Wesnoth-dev mailing list Wesnoth-dev@gna.org https://mail.gna.org/listinfo

[Wesnoth-dev] Chaos and madness, PS

2007-07-31 Thread Eric S. Raymond
It was crazy all over, BTW. At the same time my EOS-linger changes were mysteriously turning from gold to shit, alink and uso were both on IRC reporting weird new bugs not obviously related to any of mine. -- a href=http://www.catb.org/~esr/;Eric S. Raymond/a The two pillars

Re: [Wesnoth-dev] The South Guard custom traits question

2007-08-16 Thread Eric S. Raymond
this change be as simple as removing the custom traits? I'll fix it tonight if it hasn't already been done. I am looking at trait stuff now, so it isn't a big deal. I concur with this change. -- a href=http://www.catb.org/~esr/;Eric S. Raymond

Re: [Wesnoth-dev] Arcane Critique

2007-09-07 Thread Eric S. Raymond
. -- a href=http://www.catb.org/~esr/;Eric S. Raymond/a ___ Wesnoth-dev mailing list Wesnoth-dev@gna.org https://mail.gna.org/listinfo/wesnoth-dev

[Wesnoth-dev] Interface design of wmllint

2007-09-11 Thread Eric S. Raymond
at its startup time. I'll look into coding that. -- a href=http://www.catb.org/~esr/;Eric S. Raymond/a When only cops have guns, it's called a police state. -- Claire Wolfe, 101 Things To Do Until The Revolution ___ Wesnoth-dev

Re: [Wesnoth-dev] Interface design of wmllint

2007-09-12 Thread Eric S. Raymond
violations and aborts with an error if it finds one. You can believe my priorities are wrong, but as long as I'm maintaining wmllint that will be the rule. -- a href=http://www.catb.org/~esr/;Eric S. Raymond/a ___ Wesnoth-dev mailing list

Re: [Wesnoth-dev] Interface design of wmllint

2007-09-13 Thread Eric S. Raymond
as mine. I meant it that way. -- a href=http://www.catb.org/~esr/;Eric S. Raymond/a ___ Wesnoth-dev mailing list Wesnoth-dev@gna.org https://mail.gna.org/listinfo/wesnoth-dev

Re: [Wesnoth-dev] General call for help -- I'm stumped

2007-11-24 Thread Eric S. Raymond
them. -- a href=http://www.catb.org/~esr/;Eric S. Raymond/a ___ Wesnoth-dev mailing list Wesnoth-dev@gna.org https://mail.gna.org/listinfo/wesnoth-dev

Re: [Wesnoth-dev] Using compression for savegames and addons

2007-11-25 Thread Eric S. Raymond
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Re: [Wesnoth-dev] General call for help -- I'm stumped

2007-11-25 Thread Eric S. Raymond
consider firing an FR, though. -- a href=http://www.catb.org/~esr/;Eric S. Raymond/a ___ Wesnoth-dev mailing list Wesnoth-dev@gna.org https://mail.gna.org/listinfo/wesnoth-dev

[Wesnoth-dev] Can anyone shed any light on why this doesn't work?

2007-11-29 Thread Eric S. Raymond
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Re: [Wesnoth-dev] Can anyone shed any light on why this doesn't work?

2007-11-29 Thread Eric S. Raymond
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Re: [Wesnoth-dev] Can anyone shed any light on why this doesn't work?

2007-11-29 Thread Eric S. Raymond
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[Wesnoth-dev] New bug in save/load

2007-12-02 Thread Eric S. Raymond
I'm seeing a new bug in save/load, possibly brought about by YogiHH's recent bugfixes. When I win ThoT::Fear, in my current test game, Aiglondur is L3. If I hit End Scenario to go to Forbidden Forest he is an L3 as he should be. Hoever, if I then reload the scenbario start for Forbidden Forest,

Re: [Wesnoth-dev] Fullheal AMLA for all

2007-12-03 Thread Eric S. Raymond
be OK with it. -- a href=http://www.catb.org/~esr/;Eric S. Raymond/a ___ Wesnoth-dev mailing list Wesnoth-dev@gna.org https://mail.gna.org/listinfo/wesnoth-dev

Re: [Wesnoth-dev] Feature freeze for 1.4

2007-12-13 Thread Eric S. Raymond
. I promise to listen attentively. -- a href=http://www.catb.org/~esr/;Eric S. Raymond/a ___ Wesnoth-dev mailing list Wesnoth-dev@gna.org https://mail.gna.org/listinfo/wesnoth-dev

Re: [Wesnoth-dev] Feature freeze for 1.4

2007-12-15 Thread Eric S. Raymond
responsibility for it. I know of 5 UtBS-related bugs. So far he has fixed one, the most recent. -- a href=http://www.catb.org/~esr/;Eric S. Raymond/a ___ Wesnoth-dev mailing list Wesnoth-dev@gna.org https://mail.gna.org/listinfo/wesnoth

Re: [Wesnoth-dev] Fullheal AMLA for all

2007-12-21 Thread Eric S. Raymond
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Re: [Wesnoth-dev] may I help?

2007-12-23 Thread Eric S. Raymond
talk of moving the graphics layer to an OpenGL base -- it would improve the game's performance a lot. We'd need someone who knows the SDL intimately to do that. -- a href=http://www.catb.org/~esr/;Eric S. Raymond/a ___ Wesnoth-dev mailing

Re: [Wesnoth-dev] may I help?

2007-12-25 Thread Eric S. Raymond
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Re: [Wesnoth-dev] Feature freeze for 1.4

2008-01-01 Thread Eric S. Raymond
is too difficult as it is now -- but otherwise have no fixed plans other than bug-stomping. -- a href=http://www.catb.org/~esr/;Eric S. Raymond/a ___ Wesnoth-dev mailing list Wesnoth-dev@gna.org https://mail.gna.org/listinfo/wesnoth-dev

[Wesnoth-dev] Choosing a new build system

2008-01-23 Thread Eric S. Raymond
to me, and we've had it recommended. However, having read both sets of documentation, I think it would be more prudent to go with scons. Comments welcome, especially from anyone with experience of these tools. -- a href=http://www.catb.org/~esr/;Eric S. Raymond/a Certainly one

Re: [Wesnoth-dev] Odp: Choosing a new build system

2008-01-23 Thread Eric S. Raymond
of cmake, then. Its C code is a *great* deal more complex and heavyweight than both scons and WAF put together; I can tell that just by looking at the feature lists. -- a href=http://www.catb.org/~esr/;Eric S. Raymond/a ___ Wesnoth-dev

Re: [Wesnoth-dev] Choosing a new build system

2008-01-24 Thread Eric S. Raymond
? I can't say I'm hugely surprised. I thought I detected a smell of clumsy, brittle design rising from the cmake documentation. This just confirms my suspicions that I didn't want anything to do with it. -- a href=http://www.catb.org/~esr/;Eric S. Raymond

Re: [Wesnoth-dev] Choosing a new build system

2008-01-25 Thread Eric S. Raymond
by now that I am much more obsessive about that than I am about which language dominates. (One of my longer-term to-do items is translating the few Perl and Ruby scripts we have around into Python.) -- a href=http://www.catb.org/~esr/;Eric S. Raymond

Re: [Wesnoth-dev] Choosing a new build system

2008-01-25 Thread Eric S. Raymond
has gotten to be a worse and worse tarpit over time. Thus, its challengers have a better competitive position today then they did back when they were less mature and autotools was less encrusted. -- a href=http://www.catb.org/~esr/;Eric S. Raymond

Re: [Wesnoth-dev] Choosing a new build system

2008-01-25 Thread Eric S. Raymond
scripts in GNU Emacs c. 1987. It was horrible, but in a certain sense necessary, then. Today it's even more horrible -- and completely unnecessary. -- a href=http://www.catb.org/~esr/;Eric S. Raymond/a ___ Wesnoth-dev mailing list Wesnoth-dev

[Wesnoth-dev] Savefiles and game threads

2008-02-04 Thread Eric S. Raymond
, except that (a) it only shows saves from the currently selected game, and (b) it has a button named Game List that pops you to the Game List dialogue. I can imagine some ways to get fancier, but this would make a good basic interface. -- a href=http://www.catb.org/~esr/;Eric S

Re: [Wesnoth-dev] Choosing a new build system

2008-02-07 Thread Eric S. Raymond
-based build recipe. P.S. yes, I am German :-) -- a href=http://www.catb.org/~esr/;Eric S. Raymond/a ___ Wesnoth-dev mailing list Wesnoth-dev@gna.org https://mail.gna.org/listinfo/wesnoth-dev

Re: [Wesnoth-dev] Savefiles and game threads

2008-02-10 Thread Eric S. Raymond
John McNabb [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Why not store the history of save file IDs as a comma seperated list? Deleted files wouldn't kill you, and you could still reconstruct the whole tree. That's a good idea. -- a href=http://www.catb.org/~esr/;Eric S. Raymond

Re: [Wesnoth-dev] Savefiles and game threads

2008-02-10 Thread Eric S. Raymond
Karol 'grzywacz' Nowak [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Eric S. Raymond wrote: So, as a beginning, I'm proposing that savefiles should grow two new fields: (1) A unique ID, and (2), a parent field containing the ID of the immediately preceding savefile. For a root (start-of-campaign) savefile

Re: [Wesnoth-dev] Choosing a new build system

2008-02-10 Thread Eric S. Raymond
weaknesses as autotools, Imake, and other makefile-generator systems. I am intimately familiar with these and want to get away from that approach. As far away as possible. -- a href=http://www.catb.org/~esr/;Eric S. Raymond/a ___ Wesnoth

Re: [Wesnoth-dev] Schedule for 1.4

2008-02-12 Thread Eric S. Raymond
will of course continue to fix glitches like bug #11044 (NR: Dwarf lord Hamal has no crown under orb) in the campaigns I'm co-responsible for. -- a href=http://www.catb.org/~esr/;Eric S. Raymond/a ___ Wesnoth-dev mailing list Wesnoth-dev@gna.org

Re: [Wesnoth-dev] Choosing a new build system

2008-02-12 Thread Eric S. Raymond
-tool approach is better. For one thing, it avoids the temptation to quick-fix problems by hacking the project files, allowing them to get out of sync with the 'real' master. -- a href=http://www.catb.org/~esr/;Eric S. Raymond

Re: [Wesnoth-dev] Wesnoth music contributions

2008-02-12 Thread Eric S. Raymond
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Re: [Wesnoth-dev] Thanks!

2008-02-18 Thread Eric S. Raymond
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Re: [Wesnoth-dev] Summary of FOSDEM 2008

2008-02-25 Thread Eric S. Raymond
than two hours later to assure me they'd love to have us. So on top of everything else good about the site, we have personal pull there. I really cannot imagine a better situation. -- a href=http://www.catb.org/~esr/;Eric S. Raymond

Re: [Wesnoth-dev] Release of 1.4 and freezing svn for some hours and 1.4 policy

2008-03-01 Thread Eric S. Raymond
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[Wesnoth-dev] 12-month release interval considered harmful

2008-03-02 Thread Eric S. Raymond
to my previous ones, I think it is not insignificant. -- a href=http://www.catb.org/~esr/;Eric S. Raymond/a The people of the various provinces are strictly forbidden to have in their possession any swords, short swords, bows, spears, firearms, or other types of arms. The possession

Re: [Wesnoth-dev] Release of 1.4 and freezing svn for some hours and 1.4 policy

2008-03-02 Thread Eric S. Raymond
-stomping phase halfway before 1.6. But I have a more radical proposal. I think our stable release interval is too long. I think we need to shorten it to six months. Argument for this will follow in a separate post, so please respond to that. -- a href=http://www.catb.org/~esr/;Eric S

Re: [Wesnoth-dev] 12-month release interval considered harmful

2008-03-02 Thread Eric S. Raymond
Mark de Wever [EMAIL PROTECTED]: On Sun, Mar 02, 2008 at 09:06:48AM -0500, Eric S. Raymond wrote: I think we should shorten our stable-release interval to 6 months. Personally I think the current cycle of about one year is rather nice. A release costs quite some resources for final

Re: [Wesnoth-dev] your mail

2008-03-02 Thread Eric S. Raymond
, and the seventh that I wrote, that did that. I doubt that pace of mainlining will continue. -- a href=http://www.catb.org/~esr/;Eric S. Raymond/a ___ Wesnoth-dev mailing list Wesnoth-dev@gna.org https://mail.gna.org/listinfo/wesnoth-dev

[Wesnoth-dev] Translations and the release cycle time

2008-03-02 Thread Eric S. Raymond
think we could as much as double the number of campaigns we now carry without straining the mainline maintainers unduly. -- a href=http://www.catb.org/~esr/;Eric S. Raymond/a ___ Wesnoth-dev mailing list Wesnoth-dev@gna.org https

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