willie wrote: > Bob Shand has stepped into the breach to save tomorrows meeting. This is his > first visit to SLUG so its even more appreciated. > > Bob will have a 10 minute talk about the problems of version control, bug > tracking, communication etc relating to games development. > > Mentioning why games development is different from 'normal' software > engineering projects, i.e the specific problems faced. > > What current solutions exist for versioning/bug tracking etc. Both > 'free'/opensource (Whatever) and proprietary. Why these don't necessarily > fit the bill. > > Possible solutions - My project, what my aim is and how I am thinking about > achieving the aim.
Ooh, excellent idea for a talk, that. I'm involved in Worldforge ( http://www.worldforge.org ), and we've been stretching the abilities of CVS to the absolute limits. > So a possible running order would be > > Install Day discussion > what do we do for a Xmas party? > Bob Shand > Q&A for Bob > Other Q&A > Community Singing of the free software song > pub > > Any other suggestions, offers of a wee turn welcome Well, I'm atrocious at public speaking so I'll probably wait until the pub, but anyone interested in joining the FSF-UK, which will be called the AFF (I forget what the stands for) and forming over the next few months. Membership is currently estimated at �10, possibly less for students and the unemployed. It's all possiblies and maybes right now, but things should solidify over the next few months. I'll keep you all updated as things progress, but right now I'd like to canvas opinion, get an idea of how many people might be interested in joining. Also, is there anyone with contacts in the Scottish media or political establishment? That sort of thing will be invaluable once we get going, and anyone with media contacts especially who's interested in helping out should talk to me (I'm spottable by my extremely faded green hair). I'll maybe look into either giving a talk or inviting up someone more sneior to do so when details have been settled. -- Alistair Davidson Read my comic, Bizmatch! http://www.altgeek.org/lord_inh/comic/index.html "Disloyalty in a democracy is to stop asking questions." -------------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.lug.org.uk http://www.linuxportal.co.uk http://www.linuxjob.co.uk http://www.linuxshop.co.uk --------------------------------------------------------------------
