RE: [VANILLA-LIST:3228] ping

[ronbarry@es.com]

> G'day Ron,
> 
> I'm the vanilla source dictator.

=]
 
> On Mon, Jun 26, 2000 at 10:38:08AM -0600, ronbarry@es.com wrote:
> > I have been considering getting some mods done to the 
> netrek server for
> > a number of years, but have not had the time until now.  I 
> grabbed the
> > source today and found that the most recent entry in the 
> changelog was
> > almost two years ago... not promising.
> 
> Where did you get this old source from?
> We should fix it if we can.
> 

There are a couple cvs commands listed on the website on how to get
the source.  Maybe I'm looking at the wrong file, but it looks like
the last entry is '98.

> > The fact that there have been no messages all weekend is equally
> > disappointing.
> 
> Most development happens in vanilla-devel, and vanilla-list is for
> the higher level discussions.

Time to register to that one then.

> > So this message is simply to find out if there is still any 
> work going
> > on in the netrek world.  The fact that nobody I have spoken to about
> > the game in years has indicated that they know anything about it has
> > been unencouraging to say the least.
> 
> Development is continuing.  In fact, I made some changes myself last
> Friday, which have been committed to CVS.
>
> Have a look at http://vanilla.netrek.org/ please.
> 
's where I got the source.  I'll do a more careful run-through in the
next couple days...

	rOn