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Due to two recent developments, large parts of the FlightGear project are going to be moving.  The first is the announcement that Gitorious.org will shut down in May 2015 ([https://about.gitlab.com/2015/03/03/gitlab-acquires-gitorious/ read more]) and that Google Code will shut down ([http://google-opensource.blogspot.co.uk/2015/03/farewell-to-google-code.html read more]).  This means that all the source code (SimGear and FlightGear), the bug tracker, and [[TerraSync]]{{clarify}} are moving.  In addition, just previous to these developments, [[fgdata]] was split, see [[#fgdata split|below]] for details.
Due to two recent developments, large parts of the FlightGear project are going to be moving.  The first is the announcement that Gitorious.org will shut down in May 2015 ([https://about.gitlab.com/2015/03/03/gitlab-acquires-gitorious/ read more]) and that Google Code will shut down ([http://google-opensource.blogspot.co.uk/2015/03/farewell-to-google-code.html read more]).  This means that all the source code (SimGear and FlightGear), the bug tracker, and [[TerraSync]]{{clarify}} are moving.  In addition, just previous to these developments, [[fgdata]] was split, see [[#fgdata split|below]] for details.


SimGear and the FlightGear source have moved to [http://sourceforge.net/p/flightgear/_list/git SourceForge.net]. '''No more work should be pushed to the Gitorious repositories any more.<ref>{{cite web
All repositories of the FlightGear project have been synchronized to [http://sourceforge.net/p/flightgear/_list/git SourceForge]. '''No more work should be pushed to Gitorious an more.'''  Except for fgdata, all others are mirrors of the original and a new clone is not necessary. All you have to do is update your remote URL(s) and pull as usual.
|url=http://sourceforge.net/p/flightgear/mailman/message/33588398/
|title=<nowiki>[Flightgear-devel] [MasterCaution] (ding!) FlightGear is now at SourceForge</nowiki>
|author= Torsten Dreyer
|date= 2015-03-12
}}</ref>'''


Changing the URL is easy (example for SimGear, read-only access):
<syntaxhighlight lang="bash">
git remote remove origin
git remote add origin git://git.code.sf.net/p/flightgear/simgear
</syntaxhighlight>


  It has been decided that the source code and bug tracker will be moved to SourceForge.net.  SourceForge was chosen because it makes sense to have as much of the project in the same place, and because it has good maintenance tools.
Another example for FlightGear source with read/write access
<syntaxhighlight lang="bash">
git remote remove origin
git remote add origin http://git.code.sf.net/p/flightgear/flightgear
</syntaxhighlight>
 
{{Note|HTTPS access is not supported; you will have to change the relevant URLs.}}
 
It has been decided that the source code and bug tracker will be moved to SourceForge.net.  SourceForge was chosen because it makes sense to have as much of the project in the same place, and because it has good maintenance tools.


TerraSync still needs moving, a task which will be worked on soon.
TerraSync still needs moving, a task which will be worked on soon.
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{{note|See [[FGAddon]] for obtaining aircraft other than the C172p and UFO.}}
{{note|See [[FGAddon]] for obtaining aircraft other than the C172p and UFO.}}


<references/>
{{Appendix
 
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== FGData split ==
* {{cite web|url=http://sourceforge.net/p/flightgear/mailman/message/33588398/|title=<nowiki>[Flightgear-devel] [MasterCaution] (ding!) FlightGear is now at SourceForge</nowiki>}}
After lots of hard work by Torsten D, a new, more compact [[fgdata]] repository ([[Base Package]]) has now been created. Located at http://sourceforge.net/p/flightgear/fgdata/, this new fgdata has had all aircraft (except for the [[C172p]] and [[UFO]]) stripped from it, as well as the histories of the Scenery, AI, and Models directories<ref name="multiple">{{cite web
----
|url    = http://sourceforge.net/p/flightgear/mailman/message/33562106/
}}
|title  = <nowiki>[Flightgear-devel] FGData - The Next Generation is ready.</nowiki>
|author = Torsten Dreyer
|date  = 2015-03-07
}}</ref>.  This has reduced its size to about 1.3 GB<ref>{{cite web
|url   = http://sourceforge.net/p/flightgear/mailman/message/33562630/
|title = <nowiki>Re: [Flightgear-devel] FGData - The Next Generation is ready.</nowiki>
|author = Anders Gidenstam
|date  = 2015-03-07
}}</ref>.  As almost all commit IDs have changed, you will have to get a fresh clone of this new fgdata<ref name="multiple">{{cite web
|url    = http://sourceforge.net/p/flightgear/mailman/message/33562106/
|title  = <nowiki>[Flightgear-devel] FGData - The Next Generation is ready.</nowiki>
|author = Torsten Dreyer
|date  = 2015-03-07
}}</ref>.
 
As of 08/03/2015, most contributors have read-only permission (except for admins), and this will remain the case for a day or two<ref name="multiple">{{cite web
|url    = http://sourceforge.net/p/flightgear/mailman/message/33562106/
|title  = <nowiki>[Flightgear-devel] FGData - The Next Generation is ready.</nowiki>
|author = Torsten Dreyer
|date  = 2015-03-07
}}</ref>.  To get re-added you will have to do the following steps<ref name="multiple">{{cite web
|url    = http://sourceforge.net/p/flightgear/mailman/message/33562106/
|title  = <nowiki>[Flightgear-devel] FGData - The Next Generation is ready.</nowiki>
|author = Torsten Dreyer
|date  = 2015-03-07
}}</ref>:
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[[FlightGear Git: data developers]] has been updated to reflect the new repository.
 
{{note|For consistency reasons, fgdata development should now happen on the "next" branch and no longer in "master".  "next" should be the default branch<ref>{{cite web
|url    = http://sourceforge.net/p/flightgear/mailman/message/33562259/
|title  = <nowiki>Re: [Flightgear-devel] FGData - The Next Generation is ready.</nowiki>
|author = Torsten Dreyer
|date  = 2015-03-07
}}</ref>.}}
 
{{note|IAHM-COL has preserved the history of all aircraft at https://github.com/FGMEMBERS<ref>{{cite web
|url    = http://sourceforge.net/p/flightgear/mailman/message/33562691/
|title  = <nowiki>Re: [Flightgear-devel] FGData - The Next Generation is ready.</nowiki>
|author = IAHM-COL
|date  = 2015-03-07
}}</ref>.}}
 
{{note|See [[FGAddon]] for obtaining aircraft other than the C172p and UFO.}}
 
''Enjoy and keep flying!''
 
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== Development news ==
== Development news ==
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