Date: Wednesday June 26, 2002 @ 0:59 Author: cameron Update of /home/netrek/cvsroot/web In directory swashbuckler.real-time.com:/var/tmp/cvs-serv31621 Modified Files: tools.txt Log Message: **************************************** Index: web/tools.txt diff -u web/tools.txt:1.1 web/tools.txt:1.2 --- web/tools.txt:1.1 Wed Jun 26 00:11:19 2002 +++ web/tools.txt Wed Jun 26 00:59:01 2002 @@ -1,35 +1,81 @@ +G'day, -Could I have a contribution from each interested developer to the list -saying what Win32 languages you have successfully developed a program -in, and what skill level you believe you are? You'd have to be still -capable of developing in it (which excludes MSVC++ for me, no -license). +I've received and compiled the list of tools suggested. -E.g. -James Cameron, PHP-GTK: high, gcc on cygwin: medium. -Mike Wyatt, Delphi Pascal with Win32 API, Java. +The next step is for developers to let me know what level of +participation and productivity you would be able to provide based on +the tool list. + +Project Goal: create a cross-platform (Linux, UNIX, Windows) wrapper +around the COW Netrek client that provides configuration options, +metaserver list, documentation, training, and playing. + +Please estimate the maximum hours per week you will be available to +serve on this community project: + + Total: [ ] hours/week + +Now we wish to estimate the productivity of the project team. We'll +list the tools that we can use, and ask you to rate each one, +according to the following scale: + + 0 - won't participate if this tool is mandated + 1 - will learn this tool if it is chosen + 2 - will be immediately productive in this tool + 3 - will train others in this tool + 4 - will gather more developers if this tool is chosen + +Implementation Languages + C [ ] + C++ [ ] + Java [ ] + Python [ ] + Perl [ ] + PHP [ ] + SQL [ ] + Pascal [ ] + Common Lisp [ ] + TCL [ ] + Kylix [ ] - +Widget Sets + GTK [ ] + GNOME [ ] + Motif [ ] + OpenLook [ ] + KDE [ ] + QT [ ] + wxWindow [ ] + TCL/Tk [ ] + Perl/Tk [ ] + +Media Layer (may not be required given project scope) + SDL [ ] + OpenGL [ ] + +Configuration and Build Environments + Cygwin [ ] + GNU make [ ] + GNU autoconf [ ] + GNU automake [ ] + emacs [ ] + KDevelop [ ] -This will give me a list of interested developers and the tools they -are suggesting. +Repository Tools + CVS [ ] -Then I'll list the tools we can use. Then you developers will be -asked to tell me which of the tools you will not use (in other words -you won't participate if that tool is chosen), which you will learn if -we choose it, and which you would be immediately productive in. -I'll arrange the results in a matrix on a web page and then we can -decide. +-- +List of tools suggested by interested developers. +See tools.dat for list of platform independent. --- -Languages +Implementation Languages C C++ Java Python - Visual Basic + Visual Basic [excluded, not platform independent] Perl PHP SQL @@ -37,10 +83,11 @@ Common Lisp TCL Kylix + Widget Sets GTK GNOME - Win32 + Win32 [excluded, not platform independent] Motif OpenLook KDE @@ -48,21 +95,30 @@ wxWindow TCL/Tk Perl/Tk + Media Layer SDL OpenGL + DirectX [excluded, not platform independent] + Build Environments - Visual .NET - Visual Studio - Metrowerks Code Warrior + Visual .NET [excluded, not platform independent] + Visual Studio [excluded, not platform independent] + Metrowerks Code Warrior [excluded, not platform independent] Cygwin GNU make GNU autoconf GNU automake emacs + KDevelop + Repository Tools CVS + -- + +Responses: + Bob Tanner Programming Languages: This is important because if you choose @@ -95,7 +151,9 @@ make, autoconf, automake, others? -- + Zach + *NIX: [gnu-emacs] @@ -113,12 +171,9 @@ Some MS Visual Studio (C++/Visual Basic 5) experience. Have used Metrowerks Code Warrior. -Zach - -- -From: "Michael Wyatt" <michaelwyatt at punkass.com> -Subject: Re: [Vanilla List] Netrek front-end!! +Michael Wyatt Unix: Basically nothing. @@ -130,10 +185,11 @@ Java - Very Little PHP, SQL - Basics Cygwin - Operation + -- -From: Mark Mielke <mark at mark.mielke.cc> -Subject: Re: [Vanilla List] Netrek front-end!! +Mark Mielke + These are the ones that might ever affect Netrek development: Unix: @@ -148,3 +204,5 @@ ^-- more system work than GUI work - Played with (i.e. tried a few things + read up on the reference material): Cygwin + +-- \ No newline at end of file