Re: THE problem with xconq

[Hans Ronne <hronne at pp dot sbbs dot se>]

>> I can propose and implement some improvements, but I can not
>> sustain the system.
>
>Ah yes, that's how I started out too ;-).  Thinking that oh, I'd never
>do any major hacking like, oh to pick a random example digging the
>xtconq interface out of CVS and making it work again with the head CVS
>code.
>
>So clearly I have progressed (and others can too, although of course
>more will intend to than actually get sucked in).  Whether this is a
>progression towards a higher or lower state of consciousness I leave
>as an exercise for the reader :-).
>
>I sometimes get frustrated too by the state of affairs, but I try to
>rechannel that into either (a) go take on some little project and fix
>it (if I step back and look at at how many little things used to annoy
>me about xconq which I have since fixed, it does help with my
>inspiration), or (b) take a step back, don't get too obsessed.  If I
>don't get around to it, someone else may.  If noone does, well, maybe
>sometime someone will.  If not, well, I'll just play freeciv.

That's the way to do it. I also started with some minor hacks, just to test
a few ideas. Took me almost a year before I sent the first patch to Stan.
This was before the cvs site, so everything was done by email.

Hans

Hans Ronne

hronne@pp.sbbs.se