[Testing] SimCity and Micropolis Testing (Greg Smith)

[Carl Klitscher]

Apologies if this breaks the threading and it may not be the correct forum
but...

I would question why this is even being considered for inclusion in the
base build. Specifically, what is the educational value being provided by
this port? The key thing would be to go back to the OLPC mission statement
and then match the stated educational outcomes from the SimCity/Micropolis
port against those... if it passes the educational value test then yes, by
all means consider it for inclusion but otherwise I wouldn't bother... just
keep it in the extra download pack.

I have no issues with the port if someone wants to port it nor with testing
if it needs to be tested but I struggle to see the value in having it in
the base. Yes, it may be a very popular and crash-hot game but that doesn't
warrant inclusion in the core system...

Maybe I'm just a luddite at heart...

Carl

testing-bounces at lists.laptop.org wrote on 12/19/2008 06:00:01 AM:
> Hi Testing team,
>
> Below is a thread I had about including SimCity in the factory image for
> 9.1.0. I included the full thread for background.
>
> In order to do better this time around, I want to get some SimCity and
> Micropolis testing done early.
>
> Can I ask the activity test teams to write test cases and do some
> testing on SimCity and Micropolis?
>
> Find the latest versions here:
> http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Activities/All#Games
>
> Let me know where to track the results. There will still be a question
> of space available on the XO so its not sure we can get them in, but we
> need them tested and ready to have a chance.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Greg S
>