Re: [Rails-devel] Getting started

[Jeff B. <jef...@gm...>]

My question is then, what would you like people to work on?  I'd like to get
1870 up and running.  Is that compatible with your current efforts, or is it
something better left for later

On Feb 13, 2008 1:19 PM, Erik Vos <eri...@hc...> wrote:

> Welcome Jeff!
>
> I have just committed a bunch of changes, mostly related to the 18EU start
> round.
> As usual, this has had some consequences in various places,
> so please refresh your sources before you start updating
> (but I haven't touched the 1870 map).
>
> A general warning for Jeff and others: the main goal behind
> all I'm doing is still trying to get the basic program design right.
> That is why I'm currently mostly working on implementing new games
> that have different mechanics than the ones we've already done.
> Fitting in new features often enforces rethinking various design
> aspects, to make it ever more generic.
>
> Although we have already gone a long way, the above still means that
> the code base is not yet as stable as we would like it to be.
> So be warned: often check for updates (I'm saying this to myself as
> well!).
>
> Erik.
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: rai...@li...
> > [mailto:rai...@li...] On Behalf
> > Of Brett Lentz
> > Sent: Wednesday 13 February 2008 01:54
> > To: Development list for Rails: an 18xx game
> > Subject: Re: [Rails-devel] Getting started
> >
> >
> > On Tue, 2008-02-12 at 16:51 -0700, Jeff Bowers wrote:
> > > Greetings all.  I downloaded Rails today to take a look at it and I
> > > can see that you've put in a lot of work.  I'm interested in
> > > contributing, and while I am an experienced programmer, I
> > haven't used
> > > Java before and I haven't worked on an open source project.
> > >
> > > Anyway, I installed Eclipse, downloaded the rails source, looked
> > > around a bit, found a bug and fixed it.  Now what?
> > >
> > > The change is very minor.  On the 1870 map, hex H3 should be a small
> > > city hex.
> >
> >
> > Welcome aboard Jeff!
> >
> > You're definitely on the right track. While you're getting
> > familiar with
> > the codebase, please try to focus on fixing small-ish issues.
> >
> > For the first few changes, please send patches to the list.
> > Unified diff
> > is the preferred format. Breaking up changes into logical
> > chunks is also
> > recommended.
> >
> > As soon as we've seen a few sets of patches from you, we can
> > talk about
> > giving you direct commit access and letting you drive a bigger segment
> > of the changes. To give a tangible goal, I personally like to see at
> > least 3-5 patches.
> >
> >
> >  ---Brett.
> >
> >
> > Machines certainly can solve problems, store information, correlate,
> > and play games -- but not with pleasure.
> >               -- Leo Rosten
> >
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