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[Openlancer-programming] Reorganization

[erik m. <eri...@gm...>]

Its time for a programming reorganization. The release-oriented to-do-lists
have been scrapped in favor of a much more flexible general to-do-list that
is instead focused on releasing whenever the programmers feel like it, and
doing frequent maintenence releases. The new version system reflects this:

0      .      0      .      3      .      0

^- Openlancer major version, tied in with minor version. Examples:
Openlancer 0.1 will be the fully playable
Arena release, 0.4 or 0.5 will be Freelancer functionality, and we all know
what 1.0 and 2.0 mean.

               ^- Openlancer minor version. See above.

                              ^- Openlancer release number. Corresponds to
the current source release. Reset
                                  to 0 when minor version is increased.

                                              ^- Maintence version.
Corresponds to Maitenence releases.
Programmers will work on whatever i tell them to work on, or just anything
if they don't have specific instructions, and items will be frequently added
and removed. Instead of having items being checked off, items will be simply
removed from the list. In general the list only reflects improvements we
want to put in very soon, and almost never goes past the next release (but
as you can see, the list branches across several maintenence releases)
Naming format for file releases:

OpenL_0.0.3M0.zip

Basically, OpenL_, plus the major, minor and release version numbers, an M,
and then the maintenence version.
-- 
Sincerely, Blackhole - Lead Programmer

[Openlancer-programming] First Mailing List E-mail

[erik m. <eri...@gm...>]

Hello and congratulations on being the recipients of the first ever
programming mailing list notification! I am writing to inform you of
exciting developments concerning the Openlancer project. As of 11:32 PM (GMT
-8) last night, the developer's release of Starblazer was uploaded for the
programmers. You may use the following download links:

Starblazer Setup<http://downloads.sourceforge.net/openlancer/OLsetup.msi?use_mirror=osdn>(does
not include source code)
Starblazer Source<http://downloads.sourceforge.net/openlancer/openlancer_starblazer_source_dev.zip?use_mirror=osdn>(does
not include binaries)
*Note: For some bizzare reason, these open up as text in firefox. Use IE to
download them, or go
here<https://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=157852>and
find the files manually.

While there are no visible changes between this build and the last stable
patriot build, there has been a massive code overhaul. All of the core
openlancer code files have been rewritten and the entire project has been
optimized. Openlancer now uses the most recent release of Ogre (1.4.0RC1)
and has an updated setup. In addition, there are many new goodies, including
an updated readme, 2 new links, and a clean.bat file which wipes out all
unnessacary files - an excellent way to prepare your working copy for
commitment to the CVS, or even just to keep it tidy. clean.bat will never
delete any of your work, so don't hesitate to use it.

To read about the goals for this release, check this
thread<http://www.openlancer.com/index.php?option=com_smf&Itemid=85&topic=701.0>and
be sure to post about any questions or concerns you have.

IMPORTANT CVS INFORMATION: The current working CVS module name has *CHANGED*!
While all the CVS information is the same, instead of downloading the "OL"
module, you must now download the "Openlancer" module. It is a clean upload.
Remember to be careful not to upload unnessacary files when committing to
the repository and to check for updates often.

-- 
Sincerely, Blackhole - Lead Programmer