Author: Pierre Bourget
Date: 17:20:28 11/28/03
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On November 28, 2003 at 18:27:10, Tim Mann wrote: >** Announcing the release of XBoard and WinBoard, version 4.2.7 ** > >XBoard is a graphical chessboard for the X Window System that can >serve as a user interface for GNU Chess, Crafty, and other chess >engines, for the Internet Chess Servers, and for electronic mail >correspondence chess. XBoard can also be used by itself. It can read >and write game files in PGN (portable game notation). > >WinBoard is a similar program for 32-bit Microsoft Windows. It >includes all the major features of XBoard except email correspondence >chess. > >A new release of both XBoard and WinBoard is now available. Version >4.2.7 corrects about two dozen bugs in the 4.2.6 release. See the >ChangeLog for a list. In addition, WinBoard 4.2.7 comes bundled with >GNU Chess 5.07 instead of the old 5.02+ version. The XBoard and >WinBoard source code trees have been merged, so the xboard download >now contains the complete source for both. > >The various larger contributions that people have submitted since the >4.2.6 release are not yet included in 4.2.7. The source code for >these contributions is now available, however (see >http://www.tim-mann.org/extensions.html), and we plan to include most >of them in a future release once the contributors complete necessary >copyright assignment paperwork. > >You can get both XBoard and WinBoard from either our new Savannah >project pages or their existing pages on Tim Mann's web site: > >- https://savannah.gnu.org/projects/xboard/ >- http://www.tim-mann.org/chess.html > >Most of the known bugs and deficiencies in previous versions have >*not* been addressed in this release. It is not necessary to report >your favorite bug again if you have reported it before, unless the >ChangeLog erroneously says it has been fixed. Most known bugs, >deficiencies, and suggestions received are now listed in the ToDo >file. If you find a bug not listed there, please report it in the bug >tracker at https://savannah.gnu.org/projects/xboard/ or by email to >bug-xboard [AT] tim-mann.org. Hi, I download Winboard version 4.2.7 but got a setup initialization error ,error 105. Is it only me or there in a small problem ? I try a new download but same thing happen. Pierre
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