What D kirkby wrote at SF is worth reading :-) Strange he does not mention all of it here.
Here is my answer : Hi, There are some lies in D Kirkby objections : - on Scid-users mailing lists some people said I was the better placed for a take over and a take over is better than letting the project die (and he says that people have *all* objected to this, just taking 3 answers into account !); - I see on point 3 that D Kirkby would also like to take over Scid : if he wants to, let him do it ! If anybody knowing well Scid code wants to continue the project : let him do it ! - he states that the website was updated less than a year ago, he omits to say that no change has been done to Scid code since 2004, and the author of Scid has not done any maintenance on Scid for a couple of years, and is unreachable. Here is the status of Scid at SF : - Downloadable files are from 2004; - Current admins take one month to answer mail and don't really maintain things (lack of time I guess); - Author of Scid in strictly unreachable, and only apperead a few days in the last couple of years. I see that D Kirkby is afraid that is own fork is flagged as "inappropriate", and is afraid that someone can continue Scid, making is own project strictly useless. Please, don't let Scid project die. Don't let others, ill-advised persons, kill it, restricting others from continuing it. Selon "Dr. David Kirkby" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > As you are aware Pascal submitted an application to gain control of Scid. > > I objected to this to Sourceforge: > > http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1658454&group_id=1&atid=200001 > > and have received this back: > > "I have marked the takeover request as denied (at least for now), and > mentioned both the sub-problems in the project's description." > > (I think he means sub-projects). > > Looking carefully one sees Scid's description > > http://sourceforge.net/projects/scid/ > > has now been changed to: > > "Scid is a chess database application (cross-platform, for Unix/Linux > and Windows) with many search and database maintenance features. Two > related projects you may find interesting: ..... > http://prolinux.free.fr/scid/ ..... http://chessdb.sourceforge.net/"; > > I would like to see something on the Scid homepage > > http://scid.sourceforge.net/ > > as the text on the summary page is small. But it is progress at least. > > I was going to ask nicely if Sourceforge staff would add the following > to the Scid homepage, it is OK with others (including Pascal of course) > > Does Michal have access and feel comfortable about making such a change? > That would be better. > > Anyway, this is what I was thinking of proposing. > > _______________________________________ > _______________________________________- > > *** News - February 2007 *** > > Although there have not been any recent versions of Scid released by > Shane, admiration for Shane's work is very high. Two groups have > developed Scid further. These projects can be found at <link to ChessDB> > and <link to Scid-pg> (Neither developer has the slightest objection if > Shane wishes to remove this comment). > _________________________________________ > _________________________________________ > > > Note > > 1) I make no reference to forks, since whether you believe Scid-pg > and/or ChessDB are a fork depends on ones view and a small addition to a > web site is mot a good place to debate that one. > > 2) There should be no reference to specific changes, as those would soon > be outdated. > > 3) I feel it needs to be short and sweet - just let people know of > ChessDB's and Scid-pg's existence and let them find out what they want. > > 4) We should make it clear we don't mind Shane removing it. > > 5) I'm open to a better wording. > > I suspect if something could be agreed on between myself and Pascal, and > others feel it is reasonable too, we might be able to get Sourceforge > staff to make the change. Or if someone here is able to do it, all the > better, > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. 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