[CF-Devel] Forgotten child

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I'm not one to complain, but since the subject was brought up ...

 --- Mark Wedel <
     
     mwedel at sonic.net
     
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        I'm particularly annoyed about this because I'm basically the only one
     
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      that  goes and fixes the bug, so when people check in questionable code,
     
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      it comes to me to fix it.
     
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        Some of the problem is that everyone is a volunteer, so it only makes
     
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      sense that people want to work on those cool new features and not spend 
     
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      down time tracking down and fixing bugs.
     
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        One solution could perhaps be something like 'want to put a new feature
     
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      in?  Need to fix one of the outstanding bugs' or soemthing.  But I'd hate
     
     
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      to have to enforce such a notion.
     
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        I'd also like to see more maps.  I don't know why more people aren't
     
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      making them - that seems like one of the more noticable features that 
     
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      players would notice, eg, most everyone would see your maps.  Good maps 
     
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      probably get more acclaim than most any code feature.
     
     
I have been discouraged by a lack of response to the bug fixes I have
posted to the list, and the lack of help for getting around my CVS
problems.

Sourceforge limits CVS access to people that have no account so that I
cannot get a CVS download most of the time.  The alternate daily snapshot
site seems to have gone away.  I have asked that read only access be
granted to me but with no response.  Yet, I am informed that it is best if
I make my changes to the most recent CVS version.

My first patch post was a collection of bug fixes and new features.   The
few times I have managed to download recent CVS copies, I have seen very
little sign of my bug fixes, but a small sign of my features being
commited.  In fact, one of my bug fixes was in two parts, only the first
part got applied, and I suspect it is because someone else came up with the
same bug fix, except they only half fixed it.

My second was a set of maps and python scripts.  A lot of good discussion
was generated around that, and I know what needs to be fixed.  However,
even though the list seemed to agree that my large forest was a good idea,
and I had provided a script to make the changes, AND the changes didn't
actually interfere with the new ring of mountains, I have not seen any sign
of a any of it being committed.

Oops, I'm getting kicked off the net any second now.  A quick summary,
please give me at least read access to the CVS, and you will see more of
what you ask for out of me.



     
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