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While it used to be common practice among FlightGear core developers to document new features in the form of special README.feature files in $FG_ROOT/Docs, this is no longer commonly done by most people - and many FlightGear core developers are also not involved in writing/maintaining the official manual, so that recent developments are de-facto undocumented. | While it used to be common practice among FlightGear core developers to document new features in the form of special README.feature files in $FG_ROOT/Docs, this is no longer commonly done by most people - and many FlightGear core developers are also not involved in writing/maintaining the official manual, so that recent developments are de-facto undocumented. | ||
In addition FlightGear is a moving target, so that archived discussions among developers on the forum/devel list are often the only reliable documentation. | In addition, FlightGear is a moving target, so that archived discussions among developers on the forum/devel list are often the only reliable documentation available. | ||
And quotes are a good way to bootstrap new articles until features have stabilized sufficiently, e.g. see [[Integrated Qt5 Launcher]]. | And quotes are a good way to bootstrap new articles until features have stabilized sufficiently or until developers find time to document their work, e.g. see [[Integrated Qt5 Launcher]]. | ||
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