From: Tim Mann Date: Fri, 28 Nov 2003 18:24:09 +0000 (+0000) Subject: Added the release message as a NEWS file. X-Git-Tag: v4.2.7~4 X-Git-Url: http://winboard.nl/cgi-bin?a=commitdiff_plain;h=3a019abcd6d7a0f59e99ad1af40ac5c15ac17e9e;p=xboard.git Added the release message as a NEWS file. --- diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS new file mode 100644 index 0000000..96e812c --- /dev/null +++ b/NEWS @@ -0,0 +1,40 @@ +** 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.