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[intently]

If anyone is interested, I posted a fix for the LabourDF utility on the wiki:
http://www.dwarffortresswiki.net/index.php/Utilities#LabourDF

You'll need to compile it yourself though, or wait for Flap to release a new version.  I'm not going to release someone else's code without permission.

[Savok]

quote:Originally posted by intently:
<STRONG>I'm not going to release someone else's code without permission.</STRONG>

Um, if it is open-source, why not?

[intently]

I didn't see a license in the distro.

[bremac]

quote:Originally posted by Savok:
<STRONG>
Um, if it is open-source, why not?</STRONG>

Good manners. Usually best to at least make the original author (of smaller projects) aware that you're going to release: For all you know, they may have made updates in the meanwhile, you may have made errors, the code could be cleaner, etc. (Had it happen to me - somebody released xxx v. 2, saying the original was 'unmaintained', while it actually had been maintained the whole time, and the supposed version 2 was actually inferior to version 0.3. Needless to say, I was not impressed...) Not saying any of it applies in this case, but it's always best to be careful.

[intently]

Exactly!

Even though this is the internet, I like to try to be polite  

[Savok]

Then why not just say "This version has been created to fix a bug that I found. It may or may not be inferior to the main version etc"?

EDIT: I don't mean for you to say the word "etc" but for you to finish the sentences I started there.

[ August 21, 2007: Message edited by: Savok ]

[intently]

Because I don't feel like going to all the trouble of hosting a fixed version etc.  I'm hoping Flap will see this thread and my entry on the wiki and fix it himself!

[Savok]

So not "I don't want to be rude" but "I don't care enough to go to the trouble to upload it to a website like http://www.filecrunch.com/  and make the appropriate edit in the wiki."

[Raerlynn]

...so Savok what you're trying to say is "I don't understand courtesy among developers." Got the message loud and clear.

(see what I did there?)

[termitehead]

this way Savok can pimp the wiki in one more thread    Should make his signature "Read the Wiki" and be done with it

[intently]

I guess I could have been even lazier and just fixed the software for myself without saying anything!