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{{Newsletter-cover-item|FlightGear 3.2 released (this time for real!)}}<br/> | {{Newsletter-cover-item|FlightGear 3.2 released (this time for real!)}}<br/> | ||
{{Newsletter-cover-item|DDS feedback needed}}<br/> | {{Newsletter-cover-item|DDS feedback needed}}<br/> | ||
{{Newsletter-cover-item|Aircraft are moved to SVN}}<br/> | |||
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Continue reading at [[Switching default texture format to DDS]]... | Continue reading at [[Switching default texture format to DDS]]... | ||
== Aircraft are | == Aircraft are moved to SVN == | ||
Some months ago we decided to host our aircraft on an SVN repository in order to relieve the fgdata. | Some months ago we decided to host our aircraft on an SVN repository in order to relieve the fgdata. | ||
The fgdata repo would be a mirror of the base package. | The fgdata repo would be a mirror of the base package. | ||
We finally moved all our aircraft | We finally moved all our aircraft to '''the new SVN repo''': http://sourceforge.net/p/flightgear/fgaddon/ | ||
This repository is named "FGAddon" because its content is not required to run FlightGear, as a file not required but providing a new feature (in this case it's aircraft) is usually called an "addon". | |||
On | === Advantages === | ||
On the user side, the most important feature is to be able to checkout ''only'' wanted aircraft, you do no longer need to download the +400 aircraft at once. | |||
On the developper side, the most important interest is to have a base-package like which is lighter to sync for new contributors and easier to maintain when release is built. | |||
A mini HowTo | === A mini HowTo === | ||
* For Windows: | * For Windows: Install TortoiseSVN (http://tortoisesvn.net/) | ||
* For Linux/Mac: | * For Linux/Mac: Install SVN | ||
Then to pick an aircraft (in this example we pick up the DR400-dauphin): | Then to pick an aircraft (in this example we pick up the DR400-dauphin): | ||
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If you used to use GIT it's finally not so different to run "git clone" or "git pull" ;-) | If you used to use GIT it's finally not so different to run "git clone" or "git pull" ;-) | ||
=== Background === | |||
For our aircraft developers who usually don't read the mailing list (I hope they doesn't exist but just in case), please read this topic: https://sourceforge.net/p/flightgear/mailman/flightgear-devel/thread/DUB127-W168600DE27B42094E5263EC3C10%40phx.gbl/#msg32809711 | |||
== Interview with a contributor == | == Interview with a contributor == | ||