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:


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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
+
+--
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