Re: [Tuxmath-devel] TuxMath progress - svn revision 9

[Holger L. <de...@la...>]

Hi David,

On Monday 12 June 2006 22:41, you wrote:
> I have just committed revision 9 to the svn repository. Highlights includ=
e:

Cool!

> 1. Better support for playing through a defined list of questions - the
> player wins if the list is finished with at least one surviving city, with
> a simple "victory" screen showing Tux dancing.  If all cities get blown u=
p,
> the old "Game Over" graphic appears.  In this mode, there is now a counter
> at the top of the screen showing the number of remaining questions, and t=
he
> LED numbers display in a "flat panel monitor" on top of Tux's console.=20
> This mode is selectable with the "--norepeats" command line argument.

I saw the README was last updated in may, is that new option reflected ther=
e?
(BTW, you might also want to take a look at the TODO file.)

> 2.  Support for questions in the forms num1 + ? =3D num3 and ? + num2 =3D=
 num3.
> These are off by default but can be selected with the command line
> arguments "--answersfirst" and "--answersmiddle", respectively.

ditto..

> Everything seems to work correctly by my own testing.  I would like to get
> this revision into Debian unstable, if possible, so perhaps some more kids
> and parents can test it.

Ack, and I will do so soonish, hopefully this weekend, (I'm very busy atm,=
=20
sorry). I also definitly want a better version in etch (the next debian=20
version which is supposed to be released in December 2oo6), so we need to=20
have it in unstable long before that, so it gets proper testing.

> p.s. Holger, is there anything else I need to do to "release" any of thes=
e=20
> revisions to the public?=20

No strictly a need, but a very nice to have: give tuxmath a version number!=
 :)
So far, it has only been released with a date-revision like "2001.09.07" or=
=20
"0.0.20050316". I'm not sure if "1.0" is yet appropriate (but you decide),=
=20
but something like "1.0" or "0.9" or $whatever would surely be very nice.

Having the version number somewhere in the source (setup.h?) is sufficient,=
=20
having the svn version in the README is fine, though having it there as wel=
l=20
is also nice. Your choice.

Also, you could have a look at http://tuxmath.sourceforge.net/ and try to=20
change that or point to a better page.

> Am I supposed to be putting binaries in the svn =20
> repository as well as my updated source?=20

No, thats not neccessary. (And not useful.)


regards & kudos & thanks for your work,
	Holger