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sane, and have had positive feedback from various testers on IRC and email, but I still expect to find some edge cases which need further work. | sane, and have had positive feedback from various testers on IRC and email, but I still expect to find some edge cases which need further work. | ||
There's future work to move even more data into the cache - eg parking positions - which will further help performance for FMS / map systems since we won't need to parse lots of XML data repeatedly. I'm going to let this change settle down before adding more cached data, however.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mail-archive.com/flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net/msg38330.html |title=[Flightgear-devel] Nav-cache|author=James Turner |date=Wed, 19 Sep 2012}}</ref>}} | There's future work to move even more data into the cache - eg parking positions - which will further help performance for FMS / map systems since we won't need to parse lots of XML data repeatedly. I'm going to let this change settle down before adding more cached data, however.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mail-archive.com/flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net/msg38330.html |title=[Flightgear-devel] Nav-cache|author=James Turner |date=Wed, 19 Sep 2012}}</ref>|James Turner}} | ||
===Initial work on dynamic subsystem creation=== | ===Initial work on dynamic subsystem creation=== | ||
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=== FSweekend 2012 === | === FSweekend 2012 === | ||
[[Image:FSweekend_2011.jpg|thumb|270px|The FlightGear booth at FSweekend 2011.]] | [[Image:FSweekend_2011.jpg|thumb|270px|The FlightGear booth at FSweekend 2011.]] | ||
On 3 and 4 November 2012, FlightGear will be present at [[FSweekend 2012]], the world's largest flight simulator event. Will you visit our booth? More information at the event's page: [[FSweekend 2012]]. | On 3 and 4 November 2012, FlightGear will be present at [[FSweekend 2012]], the world's largest flight simulator event. A team of FlightGear developers from all over Europe will introduce FlightGear to the visitors and answer questions from interested simmers. Every year people are surprised to find out that there is a free and open alternative to the known flightsims. | ||
Will you visit our booth? More information can be found at the event's page: [[FSweekend 2012]]. | |||
[[File:FSweekend banner 2012.jpg]] | [[File:FSweekend banner 2012.jpg]] | ||
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* The [[OpenRadar]] project is looking for a new maintainer. | * The [[OpenRadar]] project is looking for a new maintainer. | ||
* The [[FGFSPM]] (FlightGear Package Manager) is looking for a new maintainer. | * The [[FGFSPM]] (FlightGear Package Manager) is looking for a new maintainer. | ||
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[[Category:FlightGear Newsletter|2012 09]] | [[Category:FlightGear Newsletter|2012 09]] | ||