[crossfire] Server release?

[Alex Schultz]

Nicolas Weeger wrote:

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     Hello.
     
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     It's been almost 3 months since last server release (1.7.0). What about
     
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     starting to think of a new release? *grin*
     
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     I think that might be good, especially if my circular lighting patch 
that's on the verge of getting in gets into cvs in time :-)



Brendan Lally wrote:

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     IMHO the new gtk2 client is probably enough of an improvement to be called 
     
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     crossfire 2, since it is an entirely new client frontend and (to those using 
     
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     it at least) a different app. 
     
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     I would disagree on this point, even once the gtk2 client is fully 
functional. I primarily disagree because doing so would either mean we 
would also release a version 2 of the server at that time (which might 
not be warranted quite at that time), or the server and client version 
numbers would be somewhat disjointed which might confuse people.

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     client release 1.7.1 doesn't include it, and there have been a few changes 
     
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     that have affected the old gtk client in the meantime, smoothing 
     
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     modifications, memory leak fixes and the extra pickup option.
     
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     These changes are significant and worthwhile enough in their own right that 
     
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     they probably justify a 1.8 release independent of the new client.
     
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     I agree.

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     Maybe also a discontinuation of cfclient and crossedit if they are no longer 
     
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     maintained and used (I'm unsure about this one, the only person I know who 
     
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     has used cfclient in months was someone who appeared on IRC not knowing about 
     
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     gcfclient - does anyone still use these by choice?).
     
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     Don't know about cfclient, but mikee is the only person I know of who 
still uses crossedit...
I have however found cfclient a little nice to double check weather a 
client issue is gtk related or not.

       --Alex Schultz (aka Rednaxela)