graal v3?

Smoke2k3 · #1 05-02-2003, 01:00 AM

Wassent graal v.3 going to come today (1st may)??

melissa1988 · #2 05-02-2003, 01:51 AM

I don't recall anyone saying that, but nothing ever comes out when promised for Graal anyway.

Dude6252000 · #3 05-02-2003, 01:52 AM

It's usually about a day late, for final preparations. :o

Smoke2k3 · #4 05-02-2003, 02:43 AM

lol yea i know graal use to be a little after, but i asked stefan and he asid 1st may

kenyonandelliot · #5 05-02-2003, 06:25 AM

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Originally posted by Smoke2k3
lol yea i know graal use to be a little after, but i asked stefan and he asid 1st may

Just wait! Hold your horses for god sakes! Hes probaly getting ready right now. Oh wait its may 2nd where hes at.

Spark910 · #6 05-02-2003, 05:52 PM

Lots of things don't come out the day they are supposed to. GameConsoles and games only do come out as they set a date giving them selves about 3-4months of spare time between completion and release, so that there are no unhappy people.

melissa1988 · #7 05-02-2003, 07:29 PM

But Graal's always been late with everything that is released. :P

Smoke2k3 · #8 05-02-2003, 07:46 PM

ell yea i know they r slow in graal , but they should hurry up more..

adam · #9 05-02-2003, 07:54 PM

I'm Sure it'll be a few months. >.<

voicedcow6666 · #10 05-02-2003, 08:28 PM

Heh, Stefan told me it would be released in late March.

melissa1988 · #11 05-02-2003, 08:37 PM

And when it IS finally released...we'll probably have to wait 3 more months for the Linux port...Stefan needs some helper coders...hehe

draygin · #12 05-02-2003, 08:39 PM

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Originally posted by melissa1988
And when it IS finally released...we'll probably have to wait 3 more months for the Linux port...Stefan needs some helper coders...hehe

I was under the impression that v3.0 worked with Linux as it was and didnt need any special modifications. Perhaps I was mistaken

Dach · #13 05-02-2003, 08:44 PM

version 3 will be written entirely in C, and if I'm not mistaken that means it will work on linux and mac (I could easily be mistaken, I know little about compatibility of OSs)

melissa1988 · #14 05-02-2003, 10:42 PM

No...he said that the standard windows port would come first. Then the Mac and Linux versions would come sometime later.

There's no such thing as a program that's compiled to work with all OSes. A program is compiled to work with a specific OS, among other things such as a CPU family.

The Linux and Mac versions will each have to be compiled separately.

This brings another question...Stefan will have to decide whether to just release the source for the linux version or to use a binary package like RPM. If he uses RPM, people using Gentoo aren't gonna be too happy, namely Loriel. Releasing it as source code poses some problems since Graal is closed source. For you non-linux users, linux doesn't just use installation shield programs like windows and macOS does.

BTW, C++, not C.

Loriel · #15 05-03-2003, 12:00 AM

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Originally posted by melissa1988
No...he said that the standard windows port would come first. Then the Mac and Linux versions would come sometime later.

Last I talked to him, he said the Linux version would come out this weekend though.

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This brings another question...Stefan will have to decide whether to just release the source for the linux version or to use a binary package like RPM. If he uses RPM, people using Gentoo aren't gonna be too happy, namely Loriel. Releasing it as source code poses some problems since Graal is closed source.

I am pretty sure they said they won't release the source, as too much of Graal's security is still clientside.
RPM would indeed suck, but I think I can install RPM on Gentoo too

He should make an ebuild