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===2020.3 LTS release=== | ===2020.3 LTS release=== | ||
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Release notice: | |||
'''2020.3''' was [https://www.flightgear.org/download/ released]. See the [[Changelog_2020.3|changelog]] for what's new. | |||
2020.3.x is a [[Release_plan#General_release_concept|Long Term Stable release]] (LTS). Bug fixes will be backported, and the build maintained, for a much longer period than development preview builds. | |||
[[Keflavik_Airport|Keflavik Airport]] (BIKF), in south-west Iceland, is the featured airport. | |||
There is an additional development preview binary of the work-in-progress [[Compositor]] bundled with the LTS, like in 2020.1 preview. | |||
OSM2City scenery for the whole of Iceland was built for the LTS earlier this year, but is not bundled due to the innosetup installer size limit. It is available from the [[Areas_populated_with_osm2city_scenery|OSM2City page]]. | |||
===The road ahead=== | |||
''See [[FlightGear_Newsletter_October_2020#Help_wanted|Help wanted]]. | |||
There are a lot of big infrastructure changes already underway and planned for the LTS after 2020.3.x. To name a couple: Compositor, WS 3.0, VPB instead of terragear for terrain building, replacement of the in-sim UI, infrastructure for regular world builds, runtime airport generation, move to a higher version of OpenGL, OSM2City world build and tech improvements etc. | |||
The 'next' branch will build towards the next Development Preview release, and ultimately the next LTS. As always nightly builds of the next branch are available at [http://download.flightgear.org/builds/nightly/ download.flightgear.org] | |||
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Oct. 30: Release preparations - release is close. Preliminary release builds have been uploaded to sourceforge for final bug testing. If you want to make sure your craft or feature specifically works in the 2020.3 LTS, you can find the builds on [https://sourceforge.net/projects/flightgear/files/release-2020.3/ sourceforge]. This section will be updated once the release happens. | Oct. 30: Release preparations - release is close. Preliminary release builds have been uploaded to sourceforge for final bug testing. If you want to make sure your craft or feature specifically works in the 2020.3 LTS, you can find the builds on [https://sourceforge.net/projects/flightgear/files/release-2020.3/ sourceforge]. This section will be updated once the release happens. | ||
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James has said he is willing to review and update the homepage if material is submitted to the wiki, or otherwise handed over. These will be published as news posts after 2020.3 LTS release, about a week apart, or when material is available. If there is not enough material several small items can be collected into a news post. | James has said he is willing to review and update the homepage if material is submitted to the wiki, or otherwise handed over. These will be published as news posts after 2020.3 LTS release, about a week apart, or when material is available. If there is not enough material several small items can be collected into a news post. | ||
For screenshots, it's possible to pause the sim and [[Howto:Make_nice_screenshots|turn up]] settings, if you normally have settings lower on an older laptop or similar - there may be suitable screenshots already submitted SOTM section in the [https://forum.flightgear.org/viewforum.php?f=88 forum] under CC-BY-SA-4.0 that have not been [[Special:UploadWizard|uploaded]] to the wiki | For screenshots, it's possible to pause the sim and [[Howto:Make_nice_screenshots|turn up]] settings, if you normally have settings lower on an older laptop or similar - there may be suitable screenshots already submitted SOTM section in the [https://forum.flightgear.org/viewforum.php?f=88 forum] under CC-BY-SA-4.0 that have not been [[Special:UploadWizard|uploaded]] to the wiki [[:Category:Screenshots at high settings|high settings screenshots category]] yet. | ||
The most important things are the points about what to write, and some screenshots. Don't worry if wording or English is not perfect, it can be adjusted later. Knowledge of wiki syntax isn't needed for a simple draft, just click edit and type. URLs to screenshots can simply be pasted if you don't know how to upload, along with a note giving CC-BY-SA-4.0 permission. | The most important things are the points about what to write, and some screenshots. Don't worry if wording or English is not perfect, it can be adjusted later. Knowledge of wiki syntax isn't needed for a simple draft, just click edit and type. URLs to screenshots can simply be pasted if you don't know how to upload, along with a note giving CC-BY-SA-4.0 permission. | ||