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diff --git a/pipermail/nel/2001-February/000210.html b/pipermail/nel/2001-February/000210.html new file mode 100644 index 00000000..8aa9dbe3 --- /dev/null +++ b/pipermail/nel/2001-February/000210.html @@ -0,0 +1,95 @@ +<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN"> +<HTML> + <HEAD> + <TITLE> [Nel] Snowballs Data & CVS</TITLE> + <LINK REL="Index" HREF="index.html" > + <LINK REL="made" HREF="mailto:archer%40nevrax.com"> + <LINK REL="Previous" HREF="000193.html"> + <LINK REL="Next" HREF="000194.html"> + </HEAD> + <BODY BGCOLOR="#ffffff"> + <H1>[Nel] Snowballs Data & CVS</H1> + <B>Vincent Archer</B> + <A HREF="mailto:archer%40nevrax.com" + TITLE="[Nel] Snowballs Data & CVS">archer@nevrax.com</A><BR> + <I>Mon, 19 Feb 2001 16:38:41 +0100</I> + <P><UL> + <LI> Previous message: <A HREF="000193.html">[Nel] Snowballs Data & CVS</A></li> + <LI> Next message: <A HREF="000194.html">[Nel] samples for NeL!!!</A></li> + <LI> <B>Messages sorted by:</B> + <a href="date.html#210">[ date ]</a> + <a href="thread.html#210">[ thread ]</a> + <a href="subject.html#210">[ subject ]</a> + <a href="author.html#210">[ author ]</a> + </LI> + </UL> + <HR> +<!--beginarticle--> +<PRE>According to Vincent Archer: +><i> Some quick answers, before we go further in detail. +</I> +More detail today, as promised :) + +><i> According to Zane: +</I>><i> > Would it be possible to move the snowballs data into the CVS tree? I'm +</I>><i> > keeping current with the CVS updates and evidentally some changes made to +</I>><i> > NeL or the client/server portion have rendered the data package offered on +</I>><i> > the website obsolete. +</I>><i> +</I>><i> Hmmm, that's odd. It shouldn't have, but we'll look at it. +</I> +We're still using the published data here, so it should not have been +a problem. Are you sure you are using the latest data file? There are +two on the web now, an old (NeL 0.2/Snowballs 0.1) and a new (NeL 0.3 +& Snowballs 0.2) packed format (which is a lot smaller). + +If you're using the one that came with the very first release, update. If +not, then there's something very odd going on. Open a bug then, and we'll +have a deep look at it. + +However, the point you raise is good, because one day we might encounter +that specific problem. I'm checking exactly how we're going to put it, +whether in the code/client tree, a specific code/data tree, or a +fully separate module (since it isn't code per se). + +><i> License issues. Basically, we have a problem releasing a free plugin to +</I>><i> a commercial non-source software package. The GPL poses a lot of problems +</I>><i> (we can't give you a GPLed 3DSmax, can we?), and we haven't a satisfying +</I>><i> license yet that allows to get as close to GPL as we can, while respecting +</I>><i> the license from 3DS. +</I> +I want to stress "we haven't... yet". We're trying to find a good solution +to that problem (which basically boils down to using proprietary software +right now, which limits our freedom of action, as usual). + +><i> > What about design documents for NeL? You have a lot of auto-generated +</I> +We're working on redoing the way we document things. Doxygen is good, +but if no one writes documentation for it, it's as instructive as trying +to learn tu use Unix from just the manual pages. + +But that's the usual problem with programming: programmers are interested +in writing code, not writing prose. We strive to keep them from sliding +too much in code-only mode :) + +-- +Vincent Archer Email: <A HREF="mailto:archer@nevrax.com">archer@nevrax.com</A> + +Nevrax France. Off on the yellow brick road we go! + +</pre> + +<!--endarticle--> + <HR> + <P><UL> + <!--threads--> + <LI> Previous message: <A HREF="000193.html">[Nel] Snowballs Data & CVS</A></li> + <LI> Next message: <A HREF="000194.html">[Nel] samples for NeL!!!</A></li> + <LI> <B>Messages sorted by:</B> + <a href="date.html#210">[ date ]</a> + <a href="thread.html#210">[ thread ]</a> + <a href="subject.html#210">[ subject ]</a> + <a href="author.html#210">[ author ]</a> + </LI> + </UL> +</body></html> |