Wow so many thinker releases

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CThinker
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Re: Wow so many thinker releases

Post by CThinker »

beachknight wrote:So, waiting for a new thinker, ie 5.2i, for a day would be safer, then?

best,
And, today is that day. The 'I' is out.

Both the 'G' and 'H' are not meant for public use yet. That is why I have not posted an announcement here.

As for the versioning, the major version is for massive code changes (e.g., the 5.x is almost a re-write from 4.x. The minor version are for things like, additional eval code, revised move ordering, etc (e.g., 5.1 to 5.2 has improvements to material evaluation). The 'letters' are for bug fixes. That is, the intended feature is there but was coded incorrectly. Unfortunately, most Thinker bugs actually affect the performance of the engine.

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DomLeste
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Re: Wow so many thinker releases

Post by DomLeste »

Ok i wait a week before testing this :)

Thanks lance
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Werner
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Re: Wow so many thinker releases

Post by Werner »

DomLeste wrote:Ok i wait a week before testing this :)

Thanks lance
Which will you test in a week? J, K, L.... :? :wink: :wink:

I will start again with version "I" and then have a look when I am back on Sunday...
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Re: Wow so many thinker releases

Post by beachknight »

Thank you Lance,

My 52I tests are going to start tomorrow.

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hi, merhaba, hallo HT