1) Given: worship of the law 2) Problem: although mlab obeys the law in most aspects, it does not in the directory structure aspect... infact it trancends the law, space, and time. 3) proposed solution by mwedel: new top level cvs dir 4) time passes 5) I request said directory 6) Problem solved: I get to upload mlab to cvs, those who love the law get to keep their faith. --- temitchell at sympatico.ca wrote: > The reason there is so much focus on the directory > structure and map guide is that that is what makes > it possible to maintain maps properly. If you can > use the proper standards for your new maps - why > can't you fix mlab to follow them as well. It is a > lot of work to do this because mlab is so big, but > really it isn't hard or special to do this - just a > lot of work which is why it isn't done yet. In fact > mlab is the best reason I have seen for maintaining > the standards - it has been impossible to work with. > I spent too much time on it and made a start but I > have no time to fix it, let alone work my own maps > these days. Mlab should be uploaded to the proper > paths, it shouldn't be a tarball or in unlinked - > both those will lead to forked and/or dead files, > waste space and delay changes in the long run. > Every time this comes up you go on a big pout - now > you have access why don't you quit complaining and > just fix the damn maps. > > > > > > From: Mitch Obrian < mikeeusaaa at yahoo.com > > > Date: 2005/09/30 Fri AM 02:06:13 EST > > To: Crossfire Discussion Mailing List > < crossfire at metalforge.org > > > Subject: Re: [crossfire] Re: [Crossfire-devel] > Made a CVS upload error: > > > /maps-bigworld/unlinked/mlab-devel/mlab-devel.tar.gz > > > > For all other maps sans mlab I follow the map > guide. > > However mlab was started way before these, thus it > > uses the flatdirectory structure so it stays > working. > > I've seen maps break many times before, including > my > > tavern when it was uploaded to cvs originally. > > > > Why must there be contoversy just over a file > system? > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > crossfire mailing list > crossfire at metalforge.org > http://mailman.metalforge.org/mailman/listinfo/crossfire > __________________________________ Yahoo! Mail - PC Magazine Editors' Choice 2005 http://mail.yahoo.com