I want to publically thank Simon Waters for leading the effort of maintenance of GNU Chess.
---- Simon Waters <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Couple of recent issue, such as not building with GCC v4, and comments > from Ethan Burns on protocol compliance have me back digging around in > the code after a longer than expected break (sorry about that). > > I intend to modify the program such that it doesn't make unnecessary > chatter when "--xboard" is passed as an option, and that it relies less > on idioms that happen to work with Xboard/Winboard, and complies more > closely with the engine interface as specified by Tim ($Id: > engine-intf.html,v 2.1 2003/10/27 19:21:00 mann Exp $). > > Currently I don't plan for any backward compatibility, i.e. any programs > relying on these idioms, rather than merely allowing it, will likely > break with release of 5.08. > > The thinking "extension" mentioning in the specification, where GNU > Chess can denote various points in its thinking will remain (at least > till changes in search make it obsolete). > > I have 71 emails pending with various bugs, or enhancement features, and > 29 relating to documentation issues, most of these will probably not > result in changes as they are duplications or clarifications. Please let > me know if there is anything outstanding you think I may not be aware of. > > Thanks, > > Simon _______________________________________________ Bug-gnu-chess mailing list Bug-gnu-chess@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-gnu-chess
