About the tablebase support, did you consider linking to an online tablebase service? Those tablebases are getting so huge that local support might not be practical. Finding a way to host the tablebase online and querying from scidb for the relevan position might be a lot more effective.
On Wednesday, March 19, 2014, Gregor Cramer <rema...@gmx.net> wrote: > A rough overview about the development schedule, and the > estimated time how long implementation and testing will > still take. Please note that below are only the primary > functions, there are still more secondary functions. > And please consider that it is hard to estimate the > development time, the real development time may differ > significantly (in both directions). > > 1. New database format, allowing faster search, supports > opening classification, smaller index file, less memory > consumption, and eventually smaller game files, > currently in test phase (hopefully successful, this is > all based on a transposition-invariant classification > key, completely different from Scid's technology, and I > had to overwork the emulation of Scid databases). > > 2. Game links, already implemented, not yet tested, > about 2 weeks. > > 3. Opening classification tab (already partly implemented), > this includes the overwork of the ECO list, the current > list is not integrally closed, about 1 month. > > 4. Flexible window layout, about 3 months. > > 5. Multiple selection in game lists (required for > filter functions), about 2 weeks. > > 6. Search and filter functions, based on CQL, about > 6 months (already partly implemented). > > 7. Support of opening books (.ctg and .bin), about 1 month > (already partly implemented). > > 8. Tablebase/endgame support, about 1 month (already partly > implemented). > > 9. HTML export, about 2 months. > > 10. LaTeX export, about 1 month. > > 11. PDF export, about 1 month. > > 12. Keyboard input of games, about 2 weeks. > > 13. Finishing move information support, about 2 weeks. > > 14. Internet update of player dictionary, engine dictionary, > and more, about 2 weeks. > > 15. Finishing the help pages, this will be done concurrently. > > 16. Loading databases at start-up in background, about 2 weeks. > > 17. A new tab for database access and displaying information, > about 1 month. > > 18. Tip-of-the-Day dialog, already implemented, but more > tips have to be written, about 1 week. > > 19. Spell-correction functions, especially for player names, > event names, and site names, about 1 month. > > 20. Eliminating duplicated games, about 2 weeks. > > 21. Finishing and testing the board/piece design dialogs, > about 1 month. > > 22. Windows version, about 6 months. > > Some comments which tasks are necessary for the first > alpha version? Some primary functions still missing? > Please note that the Windows version will not be done > until the first alpha version under Linux is released. > > Furthermore after the release of the Windows version the > implementation of Jessy will start. Jessy provides: > playing against engines, automatic analysis of chess games, > playing on ICS or FICS, and some more functions. Jessy > will have a database interface to Scidb, but his own > graphical interface. > > Some more tasks for Scidb, but less priority: > > 23. Support of Bughouse games. > > 24. Finishing the support of Crazyhouse, Antichess, and > Three-Check Chess. > > 25. Optimizing the load of the player base, it's still > a bit time consuming. > > 26. Accelerating the database and PGN import/export. > > 27. Support of children's chess. This will allow the input > of invalid moves, like Nc1-c3. > > 28. Database service API (feature request #35). > > 29. Time usage diagram (feature request #36). > > 30. Integrated document viewer (feature request #30). > > And more... > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Learn Graph Databases - Download FREE O'Reilly Book > "Graph Databases" is the definitive new guide to graph databases and their > applications. Written by three acclaimed leaders in the field, > this first edition is now available. Download your free book today! > http://p.sf.net/sfu/13534_NeoTech > _______________________________________________ > Scidb-users mailing list > Scidb-users@lists.sourceforge.net <javascript:;> > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/scidb-users > -- -- Paolo
