Re: [XBoard-devel] test packages for parallel install

[Arun Persaud]

Hi

> I think dependency on a Chess engine is good, as XBoard by default tries
> to start with one. Debian, however, refuses to include such a dependence,
> because XBoard can also be used without engine, in ICS or game-viewer
> mode. Apparrently other distros are more realistic in this respect.
> 
> It seems a bit strange to have a dependency on gnuchess, though, when in
> reality the dependency is on fairymax.

fairymax is not available for all distributions, so I added gnuchess as
a recomendation, that is I copied an old spec-file and just didn't
change it ;) If fairymax or other engines are available for certain
distribution I could add them easily...

Arun