Re: [chessx-developer] Status of development?

[Bruno R. <bru...@gm...>]

2011/9/8 Andy Duplain <tro...@ho...>:
> Hi there - I am looking to write a Chess UI using Qt, primarily for running
> UCI engines like Hiarcs under Mac OS and perhaps to interface to my Novag
> Citrine.
> ChessX already looks to be going in the right direction, given it is
> attractive, intuitive and portable, so I think it might be better for me to
> contribute to or fork from ChessX rather than starting from stratch.
> I'd like to know though, what the current development status of ChessX is.
>  Is it still actively developed?  If so what are the current development
> goals and targets, etc?  How many developers are working on it?  What are
> your thoughts on my statements?


Hi Andy,

The only developer left is Michal Rudolf, who is currently busy in
some other projects and not actively coding for ChessX for a while.
ChessX in the current state is very stable (it only crashes for me
sometimes because of a small bug somewhere that is pretty reproducible
and very hard to hit), and engines run well within the program.

You know the rules in open source programs: if you really want to do
something, just do it! :) ChessX is nice and there are some people
using it, so you can start from there instead of "reinventing the
wheel". I will test and provide feedback on new code, as usual, as
long as I will have spare time.

Greetings, Bruno.