[Bug-gnubg] OS/X Snow Leopard (10.6+) 64 Bit

[pierre zakia]

Michael,

Thanks for this major release in terms of speed - twice faster (read further down), GUI and new features.

But I note some problems:

Major bugs:

1. roll out feature is running indefinitely, sucking all the cpu
2. same remark when launching analysis
3. with reference to items 1 and 2 above, stop button doesn't work  - windows pops up for confirmation, but no action follows up, need to quit X11
4. after setting up a position and using hint, edit the position, change the score (only), click edit again to validate the change, press hint, same figures as in the previous hint, no automatic re-computation

Minor improvements:

1. no French localization as a choice or automatically loaded at start-up
2. XGammon ID not recognized
3. the font used in the hint window could be nicer (I recall that was the case in the previous compilation) 
4. resizing vertically the analysis/evaluation panel located below the game moves panel would be handy in docks panel mode

With reference to calibration results when I was using gnubg compiled for/on OSX Leopard, I noticed these changes with regard to evaluation speed:

Of course same computer, same RAM : MacBook Pro 15" Intel Core i7 2.66 GHz (April 2010 model)  Snow Leopard 10.6.5 and 10.6.6

OS 10.6.6 Compiled 5 March 2011 1 thread 67 000 000 2 thread 117 3 thread 147 4 thread 152 5 thread 164 6 thread 171 7 thread 176 8 thread 184 9 thread 185 10 thread 187 11 thread 193 12 thread  193 13 thread  194 14 thread 197 15 thread 199  16 thread 196 17 thread 199 18 thread 202 19 thread 200 20 thread 200 21 thread 199 22 thread 205 23 thread 202 24 thread 203 48 thread 213	OS 10.6.5 Compiled June 2008 1 thread: 52 000 000 2 thread: 90 3 thread: 104 4 thread: 40  5 thread: 40  6 thread: 39  7 thread: 39 8 thread: 39

Any clue about why the maximum result is got for 48 threads (btw 48 is the maximum figure you could type in the eval threads box) ?

Pierre

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      (Michael Petch)


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Date: Sun, 06 Mar 2011 02:25:45 -0700
From: Michael Petch <address@hidden>
Subject: [Bug-gnubg] OS/X Snow Leopard (10.6+) 64 Bit (With Sound) DMG
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Howdy All,

I have created my first attempt at a DMG Installer for 64bit GNUBG on
Snow Leopard. It includes Sound (external player included).

This is currently in Beta. Something unusual is wrong with language
processing that I will investigate. PLEASE see the included
README1ST.rtf file on the DMG for important information about Sound,
X11, Installation etc.

This has been modified to be relocatable so you should be able to
install it pretty much anywhere (Most people drag them to Applications).
Although it was built with MacPorts it relies on the libraries inside
the Application bundle, not the traditional ones in /opt directory. It
shouldn't interfere with existing MacPort installs.

The first release is available here for the time being:
http://www2.capp-sysware.com/downloads/SnowLeopard/gnubg.dmg

There are likely issues and problems with it, so feel free to contact me
on the list or at my email address.

Michael Petch



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