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== FlightGear events == | == FlightGear events == | ||
== Development news == | == Development news == | ||
== Nasal for newbies == | == Nasal for newbies == | ||
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== And finally ... == | == And finally ... == | ||
=== Contributing === | === Contributing === | ||
One of the regular thoughts expressed on the FlightGear forums is "I'd like to contribute but I don't know how to program, and I don't have the time". Unfortunately, there is a common | One of the regular thoughts expressed on the FlightGear forums is "I'd like to contribute but I don't know how to program, and I don't have the time". Unfortunately, there is a common misconception that contributing requires programming and lots of free time. In fact, there are a huge range of ways to contribute to the project without needing to write code or spending days working on something. | ||
For ideas on starting to contribute to FlightGear, you may want to check out: [[Volunteer]]. | For ideas on starting to contribute to FlightGear, you may want to check out: [[Volunteer]]. | ||
=== Call for volunteers === | |||
The [[OpenRadar]] project is looking for a new maintainer. | |||
The [[TerraGear GUI]] project is looking for programmers to help create a GUI frontend for [[TerraGear]] [http://flightgear.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=7485#p102005]. | |||
The [[FGFSPM]] (FlightGear Package Manager) is looking for a new maintainer. | |||
=== Reminder: Google's Summer of Code 2011 === | === Reminder: Google's Summer of Code 2011 === | ||
FlightGear project is planning to participate in [[GSoC]] 2011. However, doing that really requires a fair amount of work, planning and organizing. This is not something that can be done by a single person. It really needs a coordinated team effort, or otherwise FlightGear won't be able to apply/participate at all, and has not participated in past years. | |||
So all users are invited to help us progress further with our preparations for GSoC 2011. If you have any questions or other feedback, please use the forum to [http://flightgear.org/forums/viewforum.php?f=38 get in touch]. | So all users are invited to help us progress further with our preparations for GSoC 2011. If you have any questions or other feedback, please use the forum to [http://flightgear.org/forums/viewforum.php?f=38 get in touch]. | ||
''Thanks for reading FlightGear Newsletter February 2011'' | |||