Re: [Scidvspc-users] Packaging ScidVsPC for Debian?

[Aljoscha L. <alj...@gm...>]

Hi,

I believe I just found the answer to my last question in the README:

2.0.2.  Missing Features

  o  SCID's half-implemented Docked Mode is not included. It introduces
     quite a few bugs; keyboard input is mostly broken, and many windows
     just can't size properly.


I would miss that feature quite a lot, any idea how much work it would
be to properly implement it? I might be willing to work on this,
although some pointers on where to look would probably help a lot. ;)

Kind regards,
Aljoscha Lautenbach

On 10 March 2013 23:53, Aljoscha Lautenbach
<alj...@gm...> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> a few months ago I started to use Scid, because it is the only chess
> DB that is packaged for Debian. I am a correspondence chess (CC)
> player, so I have some rather specific needs and use cases.
> I used Chessbase for my CC games for more than 15 years, but I
> recently deleted the Windows VM from my computer. I only kept Windows
> around for my chess programs.
>
> Scid works quite well in general, but it has a lot of bugs and the
> user interface leaves much to be desired. So I started to look into
> helping out with the development since I'm a software engineer myself.
> However, when I looked into the issue, I realized that Scid is not
> really actively developed anymore, but that there are other projects
> such as ScidVsPC or Chess DB that are quite active. Unfortunately none
> of them are packaged for Debian.
>
> So instead of helping with development, I was thinking I should try to
> packge ScidVsPC for Debian. Are there any objections from the author?
> It would probably take several months to get it into Debian anyway,
> and it definitely will not be part of the next release, because the
> release freeze has been in effect for quite a while already. Packaging
> it for Debian would also mean that, over time, it would automatically
> transition into Ubuntu (and other Debian derivatives).
> Please note that I am currently not affiliated with either Debian or
> Ubuntu, I am just a long time user who has a good grasp of what is
> going on in their respective development communities.
>
> Just out of curiosity, are you aware of any packaging of ScidVsPC for
> other distributions?
>
>
> I have not actually used ScidVsPC much yet, but based on a short check
> it seems to be in much better shape than Scid.
> However, I have some usability questions:
>
> It seems that ScidVsPC is not compatible with Scid's si4 DB format, is
> that correct? So if I would want to step over from Scid, I first have
> to export my DB as PGN, and then import it into ScidVsPC?
>
> And one thing that has been bothering me quite a bit when I tested it,
> is that I could not dock the different windows into one (i.e. that the
> pgn, gamelist and board windows are separate). Did I just not figure
> out how to combine the windows, or are they kept separate on purpose?
> I really don't like these kind of scattered applications, and it is
> something that works (reasonably) well in Scid.
>
>
> Finally, thank you for your work on ScidVsPC and keep up the good
> work! it is certainly appreciated. :)
>
> Kind regards,
> Aljoscha Lautenbach