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Heikki wrote
Of course, if you don't want to use the patch, it is all right - I just keep it in my private fork then.
I would assume the first patch is OK but the second one I'd wait for Gunnar's comment on because it modifies the behavior of one of the 14 standard gtp commands.
It may be a good modification of that command in which case perhaps the specification should be revised.