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

2007-05-15 Thread Isaac Clerencia
On Monday 14 May 2007 21:35:04 Eric S. Raymond wrote: If it is really a problem we should probably use some more conventional filenames like _main.cfg instead of %main.cfg for example. Alas, it appears the ls(1) sort algorithm ignores all leading non-alphanumerics. It depends on your system

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

2007-05-15 Thread John McNabb
Personally, I don't feel that there would be much loss to the character of the Orcs if they said tree-huggers instead of tree-shaggers. Is it so important to the storyline for them to use the more vulger phase that such a small change should not be made? --

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

2007-05-15 Thread Eric S. Raymond
John McNabb [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Personally, I don't feel that there would be much loss to the character of the Orcs if they said tree-huggers instead of tree-shaggers. Is it so important to the storyline for them to use the more vulger phase that such a small change should not be made? I

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

2007-05-15 Thread John McNabb
Can you be more explicit about why it is not a small change as far as its importance to the storyline of the campaign? On 5/15/07, Eric S. Raymond [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: John McNabb [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Personally, I don't feel that there would be much loss to the character of the Orcs if

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

2007-05-15 Thread Eric S. Raymond
[EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]: why is core stuff inside the campaigns folder? Because, in this draft of the reorganization, the 'campaigns' folder really becomes a 'packages' folder with the name 'campaigns' kept for backwards compatibility. Layout reproduced for reference: wesnoth

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

2007-05-15 Thread me
I agree tree-hugger would be ridiculous. No one is suggesting that the orcs need to be polite. But is it not in your power to cook up a less vulgar epithet for the elves? You managed it for the dwarves and humans. -eleazar / j.w.bjerk On May 15, 2007, at 5:48 PM, Eric S. Raymond wrote: John

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

2007-05-15 Thread Eric S. Raymond
[EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I agree tree-hugger would be ridiculous. No one is suggesting that the orcs need to be polite. But is it not in your power to cook up a less vulgar epithet for the elves? You managed it for the dwarves and humans. Trust me, if I could have invented

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

2007-05-15 Thread Richard Kettering
Why are we having this discussion? Why are we dedicating such _exegesis to a word that 10-year olds would openly laugh at for its quaintness? This censorship is going way over its bounds, if you ask me. I do not think it is doing anything to further its stated goal; and as evidenced by