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9 April 2025
Remove reference to antique CentOS page; move Superbuild ref. to the “See also” section
−161
→See also: Remove dangling ref. to dead 'master' branch of FGMeta; add ref. to Fedora Packages and Compiling; fix ugly fg-from-scratch link starting with a “/”
−67
25 March 2025
11 March 2025
→For the curious: the SSH way: Update, add prominent note
−38
→Updating FlightGear: Better explain -I
+453
→Updating FlightGear: Update due to $WHATTOBUILDALL being bigger now; also mention the -I option
−78
→Building FlightGear: download_and_compile.sh now also processes CARES and PLIB when no explicit list of components is specified
+190
→Getting download_and_compile.sh the “right way”: Update --help text
+6
→Notations: Add CARES and PLIB to sample command (CARES now required for proper network support; PLIB crashy as packaged by Debian)
+11
Update foreword
+58
Remove obsolete note: no need to download FGData separately anymore
−214
Canonical download location for download_and_compile.sh is now at GitLab
−35
3 January 2025
24 December 2024
23 December 2024
28 September 2024
4 April 2023
3 April 2023
14 February 2023
16 January 2023
18 December 2022
→Advanced options: Add crossref and mention the new --override-repo option
+287
→Choosing between stable and development versions: Add crossref to the place where --component-branch is presented
+66
→Choosing between stable and development versions: Reduce the scope of the large note and reorder to improve readability
+6
→Choosing between stable and development versions: Add details and cross-reference to where --cleanup is explained
+278
→Task-specific instructions: Add subsection “Overriding the source repository or branch for a component”
+6,173
→Choosing between stable and development versions: Update: the --cleanup option opens interesting possibilities here
+872
28 December 2020
23 December 2020
14 November 2020
11 November 2020
11 July 2020
10 July 2020
→Prerequisites: Wording
m+33
→Prerequisites: 1) automake is not needed by d&c. If it is needed for a particular component, this should be addressed by a change in d&c for this component. 2) Try to improve wording.
+157
→For the impatient: Lighter wording
m−8
→Download: Mention --lts as well
m+33
The script *can* be useful also on systems not derived from Debian.
+97
→Updating FlightGear: Add -j$(nproc) in commands and suggest --cleanup after a build failure
+561
→Getting started with download_and_compile.sh: Move the SSH method to a dedicated section, last. The recommended method should now be simple enough.
+3,192
Add ZLIB to --help output
m+7
→List of available components: Add component ZLIB
+65
→Updating FlightGear: If build was done with -s or --lts, updates should use the same option
+669
→Release selection: Markup
m+2
→For the impatient: Improve appearance of an internal reference
+18
→Getting started with download_and_compile.sh: Update info and add section “For the impatient”
+1,165
9 July 2020
→Options: Document --non-interactive
+413
→Task-specific instructions: Update for --lts
+738
→When building 'next', you may see build errors: Update according to the latest FG policy and available d&c options
+399
→Advanced options: Document option --component-branch
+309
→Options: Fix mistakes, add complements. Document --cleanup, -s and --lts.
+1,378