FlightGear Newsletter October 2013: Difference between revisions

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-=== TerraSync: A call for help ===
-SimGear 2.11+ now has experimental support for a libsvn replacement, people building from source are encouraged to help with testing and debugging this new feature:
-# Rebuild simgear with -DSG_SVN_CLIENT=1 (followed by a normal FlightGear build of course)
-# Move/erase your [[TerraSync]] directory
-# Simply run FGFS as normal, as if you were starting on a new machine/account with no previous use of TerraSync.
-The new code is not 100% trouble free (in particular there is still the occasional time when it gets stuck not doing any more downloads until FlightGear is restarted), but developer James really does not want to move forward with the code until there is a bit more assurance it is not going to make everyone's setup crash 80% of the time, which is what some people have reported.
-Note this applies even if you 'don't use' terrasync since the SVN sync engine is going to be used for other pieces of data as soon as it's stable. James will be adding a new preference to globally control whether FG works in online/offline mode, of course.
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