[Kde-games-devel] Tileset storage location and KNewStuff

[Mauricio Piacentini]

> why not as follows:
> 
> /usr/share/apps/kdegames/common/mahjongg/tilesets
> /usr/share/apps/kdegames/common/mahjongg/backgrounds

Seems sensible to me, and can be used in the future for other shared 
artwork and resources needed by applications in the kdegames module. I 
will ask around (IRC) and get more feedback on this.

> Yes, the "real" mahjong is a 4 player game.
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahjong
> 
> Gnome and KDE should probably be describing their games Mahjong
> solitaire.
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahjong_solitaire
> I am reminded that it can also be a two player game.

Yes, there are variations like Dragon Slayer and two player puzzles. But 
all of these are really puzzle games that use mahjong tiles, not real 
mahjong. The first one I played was Shanghai from Activision, for the 
Macintosh. But I see now in wikipedia that the concept (for computer 
games) goes back to at least 71.

Maybe we should rectify this for KDE4? We maintain the module name as 
kmahjongg (directories, resources) for historical reasons, but we add 
Solitaire to the title bar. And update the description to "Mahjongg 
Solitaire", insted of "Mahjongg-like tile game".


Regards,
Mauricio