I think the new CGOS is ready - I would like to make the transition soon. Probably when I have a day relatively free in case there are problems.
I will have to update the clients, and I want to make them configurable (so they can be used with other instances of the server for other boardsizes.) So I'm considering to make the switch on Monday, April 9. There are still many changes and improvements I want to make, but most of them will not directly involve the server. I will continue to upgrade all aspects of the system over time, but probably nothing major. The next thing is some CGI scripts for downloading games, but this isn't critical to get started. I have a huge wish/todo list for nifty features that will be useful to developers, such as automatic saving of game scores, etc. The ability to tell your engine the name and ratings of the opponents will appear in the next client and it will be your choice to add support to your engine for receiving this input. I would like some opinons on the form of this particular gtp command. Here is one suggestion: cgos_player color name rating (these would probably be sent immediately after clear_board but the protocol isn't fussy about the order of setup information.) My hope is that a future version of the protocol would use the similar idea: "player color name" Another possibility is: cgos_player color name and a separate: cgos_rating color rating Instead of rating, it could be elo, e.g. "cgos_elo w Fatman 1900" and if the kyu/dan system is use it might be "cgos_rank w GnuGo 5kyu" Of course it would be nice if in the future, the cgos_ part could be dropped and these commands could be standardized. The other possibility is to be able to specify the system in a standardized version of the protocol: elo cgos white Fatman 1800 rank kgs black SomeBot 5k ... in order to specify the entity that performs the rating calculations. The idea is that whatever I use, could become a defacto standard if it's properly constructed for a future version of the gtp protocol. Let's call this my working proposal and how I will set it up if no one can present a serious objection or an alternative that seems superior: GTP EXAMPLES ------------------------ -------------------------- cgos_name color name ; cgos_name white Lazarus cgos_elo color rating ; cgos_elo white 1990? cgos_rank color rank ; cgos_rank black GnuGo 5kyu The type (sytactic entity) for the rating or rank would be a "string" since non-numeric characters can appear. The cgos_rank case is if in the future CGOS uses kyu/dan ranks for the larger board sizes, but more than likely this won't be used. Does this seem reasonable and consisent with the spirit of the GTP protocol? - Don - Don _______________________________________________ computer-go mailing list computer-go@computer-go.org http://www.computer-go.org/mailman/listinfo/computer-go/
