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Bug 280895 - games-board/eboard should install timeseal by default
Summary: games-board/eboard should install timeseal by default
Status: CONFIRMED
Alias: None
Product: Gentoo Linux
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Current packages (show other bugs)
Hardware: All Linux
: High enhancement
Assignee: Gentoo Games
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Depends on: 394295
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Reported: 2009-08-09 16:37 UTC by Mart Raudsepp
Modified: 2020-03-30 23:40 UTC (History)
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Description Mart Raudsepp gentoo-dev 2009-08-09 16:37:41 UTC 
eboard is quite primarily used as a gateway to Internet Chess; FICS, etc.
It is quite important to have timeseal installed for playing any blitz or lightning there, or one is at a great disadvantage. Please consider installing the timeseal functionality by default, to not have users have to do it, and those Gentoo users that don't know about it to not be at a great playing disadvantage over Windows clients and perhaps other distribution users.

Timeseal installation is described at http://www.bergo.eng.br/eboard/doc.php?d=3
Comment 1 Mr. Bones. (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2009-08-10 18:57:39 UTC 
Got a patch?
Comment 2 Mart Raudsepp gentoo-dev 2009-08-17 03:52:24 UTC 
No.
Comment 3 Faustus 2010-11-07 15:17:49 UTC 
A patch would be extremely simple -- just a flag (hmm... "timeseal"?) to copy http://www.freechess.org/Download/timeseal (a binary) to /usr/share/games/eboard/timeseal.Linux on x86 and amd64.