Re: contributing to XBoard/Winboard

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The project is pretty dormant as far as I know. I haven't done anything on
it myself for ages.

H. G. Muller has been by far the main coder on the project for many years.
He has his own web page at http://hgm.nubati.net/. I don't know if the
version on Savannah is up to date with all his work, and I don't know what
he's been doing on it lately. (HG, are you tuned in?)

I'm not sure what happened to your request, Dave. Your name is familiar,
and looking back in my email I see we've interacted as far back as 2003.
I'd be glad to approve you as a project member on savannah -- for what
that's worth! I don't seem to have gotten any email about it or any kind of
notification on Savannah. I don't remember how the process of adding
someone to the group goes, and amazingly I can't find it in the savannah
documentation either.

What I think the project needs most at the moment is someone to look into
the current state of the code, find out whether Savannah is up to date with
HG's work, do some testing, and make a numbered release version for distros
and such to pick up. Of course other contributions would be good too, but
probably they'll see few if any users if we don't roll out a release.

As it happens, I started playing chess again a couple of years ago after
hardly playing for about 20 years. I've been playing on lichess.org, which
has a way better browser-based UI and features than xboard/WinBoard ever
did. So although I thought I might get back into using xboard, I never did.

Best regards!
Tim


On Sun, Sep 1, 2024 at 11:03=E2=80=AFPM Dave Gomboc <[email protected]>=
 wrote:

> Hello,
>
> Long time occasional user here.  I'd like to contribute to the code
> base.  I put in a request for inclusion to the XBoard project on
> savannah.gnu.org a little while ago, though it seems to still be
> pending.  What else do I need to do in order to be able to contribute?
>
> Dave
>
>

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<div dir=3D"ltr"><div>The project is pretty dormant as far as I know. I hav=
en&#39;t done anything on it myself for ages.<br></div><div><br></div><div>=
H. G. Muller has been by far the main coder on the project for many years. =
He has his own web page at <a href=3D"http://hgm.nubati.net/" target=3D"_bl=
ank">http://hgm.nubati.net/</a>. I don&#39;t know if the version on Savanna=
h is up to date with all his work, and I don&#39;t know what he&#39;s been =
doing on it lately. (HG, are you tuned in?)<br></div><div><br></div><div>I&=
#39;m not sure what happened to your request, Dave. Your name is familiar, =
and looking back in my email I see we&#39;ve interacted as far back as 2003=
. I&#39;d be glad to approve you as a project member on savannah -- for wha=
t that&#39;s worth! I don&#39;t seem to have gotten any email about it or a=
ny kind of notification on Savannah. I don&#39;t remember how the process o=
f adding someone to the group goes, and amazingly I can&#39;t find it in th=
e savannah documentation either. <br></div><div><br></div><div>What I think=
 the project needs most at the moment is someone to look into the current s=
tate of the code, find out whether Savannah is up to date with HG&#39;s wor=
k, do some testing, and make a numbered release version for distros and suc=
h to pick up. Of course other contributions would be good too, but probably=
 they&#39;ll see few if any users if we don&#39;t roll out a release.</div>=
<div><br></div><div>As it happens, I started playing chess again a couple o=
f years ago after hardly playing for about 20 years. I&#39;ve been playing =
on <a href=3D"http://lichess.org" target=3D"_blank">lichess.org</a>, which =
has a way better browser-based UI and features than xboard/WinBoard ever di=
d. So although I thought I might get back into using xboard, I never did.</=
div><div><br></div><div>Best regards!</div><div>Tim<br></div><div><br></div=
></div><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr"=
>On Sun, Sep 1, 2024 at 11:03=E2=80=AFPM Dave Gomboc &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:=
[email protected]" target=3D"_blank">[email protected]</a>&gt; wrot=
e:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0=
.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">Hello,<br>
<br>
Long time occasional user here.=C2=A0 I&#39;d like to contribute to the cod=
e<br>
base.=C2=A0 I put in a request for inclusion to the XBoard project on<br>
<a href=3D"http://savannah.gnu.org" rel=3D"noreferrer" target=3D"_blank">sa=
vannah.gnu.org</a> a little while ago, though it seems to still be<br>
pending.=C2=A0 What else do I need to do in order to be able to contribute?=
<br>
<br>
Dave<br>
<br>
</blockquote></div>

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