Hi! * Mantas Kriaučiūnas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [070730 21:21]:
> There is new version from http://developer.berlios.de/projects/ppracer/, > and, according to https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/53299 : > [..] it is better to ship that than 0.3.1, which is getting very stale. > > Some reasons to ship the newer one: > -0.3.1 won't let you bind non alphanumeric keys, 0.5 does I don't think thats a major problem... it's not that you would have that much functions you need to bin to keys. Would be nice, but not a major problem, isn't it? > -0.3.1 has a bug that has been fixed, where hitting enter allows the > user to enter any race, even if they shouldn't be allowed. That's bug #433377, a patch exists and will most likely be applied with the next upload. > -0.5 has more flexibility in the options menus Okay, I confess that's a good argument. > -despite being labeled an alpha release, I've had no problems with 0.5 When I tested it two years ago, I had. Didn't worked very well (couldn't even finish one level; http://www.planetpenguinracer.com/wiki/index.php?title=Bugs lists some more issues). But considering that ppracer upstream is inactive, I have a very bad feeling about uploading an alpha release (which didn't worked for me) while the only good argument in favour of it I see is the more flexible options menu. I would rather wait, if the follow up project at http://www.planetpenguinracer.com stays alive and get's something released; didn't had to to check their version, yet. BTW: Since the Format of the levels changed from 0.3.1 to 0.5 someone would need to convert all the levels in the -extras package (as well as the ones I have "on hold" for the next upload for the -extras package). Yours sincerely, Alexander PS: A good point in favour would be, that 0.5 drops the TCL dependency. An other point against it, is the own squirrel library shipped with the 0.5 stuff.
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