On Thu, 9 May 2002, Jonathan E. Paton wrote: > Have you not downloaded "Games::Golf" from CPAN yet? We are at the > early stages so far, but as Phillipe said the project has stalled. > > We seem to have no users, and hence we get very little feedback. The > bulk of the effort is on Games::Golf::TestSuite, which needs loads of > people with spare time. Can everyone start playing with version 0.13 > (we've been developing in CVS for a while though), and tell us what > you think of the interface/documentation?
Err, sorry to give contradictory directions, but Jérôme Quelin and I are working on shiping a usable 0.14. (hey, at least we updated the TODO!) So maybe potential users/coders could wait a few days for the official announcement for 0.14. But we can't prevent you to try it: it's all on CPAN... ;-) Jonathan, you've seen the TODO. I know you don't have much time right now, but please believe me, you are not the only to be worried about the "stalled" state of our project. If only there were less golf courses... :-) > The issue of the player script had been on my mind, and there is a > few issues with the player script configuration you'd better consider: > > * How do you add multiple competitions? We have thought about this: a unique .glf file with simple sections delimiters could hold the test suites for multiple holes, plus configuration data for using PGAS. > * Does the user have to edit the configuration file for hole data? Subsequent versions will allow the player script to fetch the configuration data from the .glf file. > * How do you automate test script downloads etc? Use LWP to autosubmit solutions. > I agree though about abstraction of the communication aspect into a > module. The Games::Golf module currently focuses on testing and stuff, Yeah, that's where we are heading for the moment: a player script with history and autosubmit, a referee script that'll allow to run entries, and accept/reject them. Using the web and LWP to communicate with PGAS. > There is definately enough possible tasks to satisfy anyone who has a > hunger for software engineering or hacking code. Again, please download > Games::Golf to have some fun - it's enough for creating basic testsuites > right now! Jonathan is right, we can make basic tests run. But don't cry if it deletes some of your files: it is known to have happened. :-S -- Philippe BRUHAT - BooK Financez le développement de Perl, avec YAS et les Mongueurs de Perl ! http://www.mongueurs.net/association/actions/pdg2002.html
