On 14/02/2012 2:31 PM, Russ Allbery wrote: > I received the following bug against the Debian gnubg package. I vaguely > recall that this implementation decision was discussed on the mailing list > before and that the current behavior is intentional, but I don't recall > whether there was discussion of making it a tuneable option or exactly > what the rationale was. >
This is my opinion only (others may wish to chime in), and I was part of the discussion on this list previously. I consider the behavior intentional. Resigning more points than necessary (albeit correct) still is a win. How many points one wins by isn't relevant. Resigning fewer points is an issue, resigning more at the end of a match doesn't make any difference. Having an option for this is pointless. GNUBG has a lot of options as is, but adding one that has no inherent value, and seems (IMHO) absolutely pointless to me. I say stick with what exists, and I consider this complaint invalid from a user. A user has to understand that in match play, a win is a win no matter how many points it is by. That is what I would tell the end user. Tom Keith's www.bkgm.com is a source of everything Backgammon (almost like a online bible for the game). Have a look at: http://www.bkgm.com/rules/match.html . There is this paragraph that sums it up nicely: "There is no bonus for winning more than the required number of points in match play. The sole goal is to win the match, and the size of the victory doesn't matter." . -- Michael Petch CApp::Sysware Consulting Ltd. OpenPGP FingerPrint=D81C 6A0D 987E 7DA5 3219 6715 466A 2ACE 5CAE 3304 _______________________________________________ Bug-gnubg mailing list [email protected] https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-gnubg
