Michal Rudolf wrote: > 2009-12-03 12:20:25, Thomas Yaglowski: > >> I'm glad this is being addressed. I just downloaded Scid last week >> (Mac executable) and have had one crash after another. For me, I would >> usually get crashes when generating Opening Reports. I would be using, >> perhaps, a 230,000 game database, open a Tree Window, play through a >> few moves, then generate report. >> > I didn't report it before, as I was too busy to do a proper debugging, and > "it > crashes" report seems hardly useful, but here are some of my guesses: > > 1. There maybe some problem with near-mate engine handling. Before, I > reported > problems with heavy CPU usage in such situations. Now CPU handling does not > improve, but I noticed random near-mate crashes with various engines (noted > at > least with Stockfish, Grapefruit and infamous Robbolito) > > 2. I am not 100% sure this is new, but it happens that tkscid process uses > more than 15% of CPU in infinite analysis mode, slowing down engine. > > 3. Another source of freezes is tree handling. If current position or current > database changes during tree search, tree often freezes in the middle of > operation and to fix it, you need to either restart Scid or perform random > database/move changes. >
Hi Michal, I understand your text. That's for sure. But please note that I am trying to pinpoint some specific issues. I am sure - and I feel we all are - that large parts of Scid's current code base are shaky (no insult whatsoever intended!!) and only big-bang-black-box-functionally tested. As far as I am concerned, time has really come to stop adding features, open the eyes and look at what we have. If not, the product will collapse. I think this is only doable if we manage to keep issues isolated. Certainly in the absence of a decent bug tracker. Just my humble opinion. Regards, Joost. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Join us December 9, 2009 for the Red Hat Virtual Experience, a free event focused on virtualization and cloud computing. Attend in-depth sessions from your desk. Your couch. Anywhere. http://p.sf.net/sfu/redhat-sfdev2dev _______________________________________________ Scid-users mailing list Scid-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/scid-users
