Author: Daniel Clausen
Date: 00:50:16 09/12/02
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On September 11, 2002 at 15:16:11, Russell Reagan wrote: >On September 11, 2002 at 03:08:51, Daniel Clausen wrote: > >>On September 11, 2002 at 02:05:32, Russell Reagan wrote: >> >>[snip] >> >>>Stop talking about improving the protocol Dann. You know no one is interested in >>>that :) >>> >>>Russell >> >>Actually Dann volunteered some weeks ago that he wants to develop a completely >>new protocol which should combine the best of the 2 existing ones. He also >>offered to implement them on a whole set of different platforms. Thanks Dann! :) >> >>Sargon > >Would you mind pointing us all to where he volunteered to do this? I have >inquired with several people (including Dann) and only Robert Hyatt replied >back to me. I'm just teasing Dann whenever he makes a proposal for an enhancement to the existing protocols. :) >I think the problem is getting a new protocol (winboard or not, doesn't >matter) is the problem. I don't think a new protocol has any chance at the moment. I have the feeling that over time the 'primary' protocol will become UCI (maybe even Crafty will adopt to it one day :). The fact that Tim Mann doesn't want to put more work in another version of xboard/winboard and therefore this protocol lacks some guidance further supports my 'fear'. Naturally I'm a bit more worried about that than most here, since UCI would mean windows-only, at least at the moment. >Most people (including myself) don't have enough experience with this subject >to make educated decisions about what features to include in a protocol. I think the the most important thing about a new protocol would be a good base which is robust and flexible enough. (hey, I would do something in XML :) Sargon
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