Jeremy White a écrit : >> I agree, especially that there are two independent versions being developed. >> > > I do not understand why there are two efforts underway. > > Specifically, Pascal, I do not understand why you have decided > to start your own effort. As far as I can tell, Dr. Kirby is > leading the older and more vibrant effort at this point, and > it seems to me that his is the logical project to back. > Because, hum well, let's say I code for fun. And some mails with Mr Kirby were far from that. Moreover he asked on newsgroup if I was simply "wasting my time" adding some features. Really irritated, one hour later, I started Scid-pg. Regarding "vibrant effort", I did not check progress of ChessDB, but if he added more useful (no time wasting) features than me, then congratulations.
> I am still unable to view the archives of the scid-users list, so forgive > me if I've missed some history that occurred before I joined the list. > > Obviously, the beauty of open source is that forks are possible, > so that the quality of the result, and thus the end user, can > be the deciding factor on which approach is better. > > But forks are a waste of time and energy; is there not some way > we can all work together? > > You will never find a greatest opponent as I am to forks. ChessDb is a fork (consider the useless replacement of 1600+ Scid occurences in source code to chessDB, what was this for !?, copyrights added on files where not a single byte was changed !? ). I did not behave like that in order to be able to quickly give my changes back to Scid (and Shane Hudson). Scid-pg is not a fork, I'll do my best for that. > I also agree that it is better to start a new effort, > away from the name scid, for many of the same reasons already articulated. I gave my counter arguments in other mails. Consider all scenarios, all combinations, Shane's possibilities, etc ... Conclusion is not that obvious. At least mine is different. A fork should only be triggered when there is no other possibility. Pascal Georges ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier. Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ Scid-users mailing list Scid-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/scid-users
