[Rails-devel] Rails2.0 status update

[Stefan F. <ste...@we...>]

Another milestone is reached for Rails2.0:
It is possible to start 1830 without an error. However no reasonable 
game play and some GUI glitches remain.

However a playable version is on the horizon and I wonder if there are 
any volunteers you would be interested to play around with alpha 
versions and report their issues?

If that is the case I would start releasing alpha versions on the Rails 
website in a few weeks time.

How does the current Rails 2.0 roadmap looks like:

A) Get 1830 working again
B) Merge (or implement) all patches from the Rails1.x trunk since 
Rails2.0 left that branch
C) (Help to) finish some of the nearly done 18xx versions (1825, 1826, 1880)
D) Change the GameSave file format from Java Serialization to (zipped) XML
E) Create a prototype for (real-time) online play
F) Make sure that all other 18xx versions work again

Adding C) and E) soon ensures that serious testing/usage of Rail2.0 will 
start soon.

Stefan