Michal Rudolf wrote: > Such support is planned for ChessX (http://chessx.sourceforge.net) although > it > is not implemented yet. Native database format will be implemented as SQLite > database. I think that scid's best feature is it's database. Compare it with chessbase: it have only three files and it is much faster in searching games, positions and tree statistics. It really should be the standard open chess database format, i don't believe that an SQL implementation can be fast enough.
In my view there are two major problem with current scid: - license: is scid really GPL? Why in any source file there isn't the usual GPL copying permission statement? - tk/tcl: why c code (the one that really manage database) isn't organized as a separate library with a clean documented interface? A different program (like chessx for example) can read scid databases simply linking to the library; using all scid features (tree search, pgn import, game navigation, etc..) and concentrating on specific user interfaces. I think that the power of open source is the creation of a communities, and the spread of scid database format will in return benefit the scid project. Fulvio Benini ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Come build with us! The BlackBerry(R) Developer Conference in SF, CA is the only developer event you need to attend this year. Jumpstart your developing skills, take BlackBerry mobile applications to market and stay ahead of the curve. Join us from November 9 - 12, 2009. Register now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/devconference _______________________________________________ Scid-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/scid-users
