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Good news: finally, a new FlightGear is planned again. We're aiming to release FlightGear '''2.4.0''' in mid August 2011. | Good news: finally, a new FlightGear is planned again. We're aiming to release FlightGear '''2.4.0''' in mid August 2011. | ||
Several people now agreed to restart working on a new release and a new [[Release_Plan | release plan]] for more regular releases | Several people have now agreed to restart working on a new release and a new [[Release_Plan | release plan]] for more regular releases has been prepared. We're now aiming to have two releases per year - one in mid February and one in mid August. | ||
The current development branch will be used the base for a new release - which will be versioned as 2.4.0. | The current development branch will be used the base for a new release - which will be versioned as 2.4.0. | ||
Original plans to release FlightGear 2.2.0 in February got stalled when a number of involved | Original plans to release FlightGear 2.2.0 in February got stalled when a number of the developers involved became too busy/blocked with RL commitments. A 2.2.0 source branch had already been created, but has now been abandoned, since it hadn't been maintained for several months. FG2.2.0 will ''not'' be announced officially, and ''no'' installers/binaries/downloads will be prepared - though the last snapshot of 2.2.0 sources remains available in the source repository. | ||
Preparations for the next release (FG 2.4.0) have already started. The release process will involve a phase of two | Preparations for the next release (FG 2.4.0) have already started. The release process will involve a phase of two months for beta testing, starting on June 17th. During this phase several release candidates (complete FlightGear installers) will be provided for testing. Our existing build automation (Hudson) has already been prepared to provide regular installers for Mac and Windows - as well as binaries for certain Linux distros. And of course - sources are available for any supported platform. | ||
For more details see [[Release Plan | here]]. | For more details see [[Release Plan | here]]. | ||