Re: [Enigma-devel] development of enigma

[Daniel Heck]

Rainer,

to add my two cents to the answers you already received from Ronald and
Erich:

> Before can I really volunteer to assist enigma program development I would 
> like to know:
> * which programming language is used for enigma
> * was there any special programming environment involved
> * which OS platform was up to now used (if Linux: which distribution)

As Ronald pointed out, the game itself is mostly written in C++.  The
code is reasonably clean, but it could use a little more documentation
and is relatively terse in places.  

I'm currently working on VS.NET support, as far as I know nobody has
built a project for XCode yet.  In light of this I would suppose that
the predominant programming environment is Emacs or Vim :-)

> * is there an agenda list of things wished to be done?

In addition to the proposals listed on the home page, every developer
has his or her personal wish/todo list.

> * how many email inputs are to be faced typically within one month?

Very few, currently.  My theory is that this number would increase if we
were to introduce more bugs into Enigma, but I'd rather keep it the way
it is :-)

> * would you like to get assistance, which would be coordinated by you
> or would you prefer to hand over the actual status of source codes and 
> www-based documentation?

Although development has stagnated, there are still a few active
developers and the Subversion repository sees occasional commits.  We
currently do not have a formal process for "coordination", everyone
works independently much of the time but is fully responsible for
keeping the game in a working condition.

Thanks for your interest
-Daniel