[Tuxmath-devel] TuxMath

[Aviral D. <avi...@gm...>]

Hi.

I had some time today, after my exam, so I had a good look at TuxMath, and
the LAN Server. Here are a few things that I want to point out:

   1. *XXX* Bug #1: The *StopServer* method will only work if you're running
   the server using *pthread_create* and not if you're using *system*. It
   currently works by setting a (local) flag, which will obviously not work
   with *system*, as the server will be running on another process
   altogether.
   2. *XXX* Bug #2: The server's sending out a "flurry-of-questions" when
   the game starts, but works fine otherwise. Implementing logic similar to
   that in the non-LAN game should fix this.
   3. It would be **kinda good** to have a bug tracker. Has the project ever
   considered having a *proper* one? (not an empty one)
   4. I can't reproduce the bug that you were (David was) talking about
   yesterday(?); the one in which a server would "reply" that a game was still
   in progress even after all the players had left.

I don't want to sound pessimistic, but the current system seems hopelessly
broken. I think we should try and fix these bugs, push out a new release,
and rewrite the entire thing from scratch. I'm working on Bug #1: I think
the best solution would be to add another message to make the server quit.
(I think this already exists; we just need to use it ["quit"] instead of the
flag)

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Regards,
Aviral