Re: [XBoard-devel] Polyglot 2.0

[Eric Mullins]

h.g. muller wrote:
> I prepared a Polygot version that behaves exactly as I want it,
> optimalized for WinBoard 4.4.0. Basically it is Michel's 1.4.38b
> version, with two additions: I suppress the sending of option
> features for all options that I consider damaging or undesirable
> for a WinBoard engine (and re-ordered the remaining options
> so they pack more compactly in the Engine-Settings dialog).
> And I export the name of the IniFile, and provided an option
> that makes Polyglot save the current settings on this file.
> I named this version Polyglot 2.0.38b, and want to distribute
> it with the WinBoard 4.4.0 installer.

I'm not in favor of that.  First, the major version change is not 
appropriate.  Second, I strongly recommend not using a customized 
polyglot.  Doing so will cause users issues when they try to use 
versions they find elsewhere, particularly if they can't find compatible 
ones anywhere else.  If UCI support is that important, integrate it into 
winboard instead.  I'm all in favor of making the two projects 
compatible with each other, but making a unique one for a winboard 
release seems very bad.


> The question is how we should distribute it for XBoard. And
> as Polyglot is GPL'd, we would have to provide source as well.
> Can we put a source tar ball of it on the GNU XBoard homepage?