Re: contributing to XBoard/Winboard

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p.s. The part of the process for adding someone as a contributor that I
remember is that I need to get you to sign copyright papers, because xboard
is an official GNU project. What I am supposed to ask you to do is
documented here:
https://www.gnu.org/prep/maintain/maintain.html#Copyright-Papers



On Mon, Sep 2, 2024 at 1:30=E2=80=AFPM Tim Mann <[email protected]> wrote:

> The project is pretty dormant as far as I know. I haven't done anything o=
n
> 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 wha=
t
> 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 wi=
th
> HG's work, do some testing, and make a numbered release version for distr=
os
> 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 nev=
er
> did.
>
> Best regards!
> Tim
>
>
> On Sun, Sep 1, 2024 at 11:03=E2=80=AFPM Dave Gomboc <[email protected]=
m> 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>p.s. The part of the process for adding someone as a =
contributor that I remember is that I need to get you to sign copyright pap=
ers, because xboard is an official GNU project. What I am supposed to ask y=
ou to do is documented here: <a href=3D"https://www.gnu.org/prep/maintain/m=
aintain.html#Copyright-Papers">https://www.gnu.org/prep/maintain/maintain.h=
tml#Copyright-Papers</a></div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div><br><div =
class=3D"gmail_quote"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On Mon, Sep 2, =
2024 at 1:30=E2=80=AFPM Tim Mann &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]">ti=
[email protected]</a>&gt; wrote:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" st=
yle=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padd=
ing-left:1ex"><div dir=3D"ltr"><div>The project is pretty dormant as far as=
 I know. I haven&#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 fo=
r many years. He has his own web page at <a href=3D"http://hgm.nubati.net/"=
 target=3D"_blank">http://hgm.nubati.net/</a>. I don&#39;t know if the vers=
ion on Savannah 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 fa=
r back as 2003. I&#39;d be glad to approve you as a project member on savan=
nah -- for what that&#39;s worth! I don&#39;t seem to have gotten any email=
 about it or any kind of notification on Savannah. I don&#39;t remember how=
 the process of adding someone to the group goes, and amazingly I can&#39;t=
 find it in the savannah documentation either. <br></div><div><br></div><di=
v>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 wit=
h HG&#39;s work, do some testing, and make a numbered release version for d=
istros and such 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 ag=
ain a couple of 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.o=
rg</a>, which has a way better browser-based UI and features than xboard/Wi=
nBoard ever did. 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]=
om</a>&gt; wrote:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margi=
n: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>
</blockquote></div>

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