On Wed, May 25, 2011 at 9:19 AM, I wrote: > On Tue, May 24, 2011 at 6:37 PM, Hal V. Engel wrote: >> I used it for the P-51D and found the system to be easy to use and it took >> all of perhaps 10 to 15 minutes to create ratings for the four areas that >> get scored and then create the entries in the *set.xml file. The system is >> easy to use and for less advanced models should only take perhaps 5 minutes >> to do. More advanced models take a little more effort but the system is >> clearly not burdensomeness for aircraft authors to implement. >> >> The real issue is to get a consensus with in the aircraft author community >> to use a standardized rating system like this and I don't think this has >> happened yet. Once there is wide spread agreement on something like this it >> should fall into place fairly quickly. >> >> One thing that might be stalling this is that there is currently no >> published description of the proposed system (I will call it Stuart's >> system) available other than searching this email list and a few things on >> the forum. At one point Stuart said he would create a document that covers >> his system but this has not happened yet and the only way to find it is to >> search the archives and even then the information is spread over a number of >> emails. Making things even more confusing there is a wiki page on this >> subject >> >> http://wiki.flightgear.org/index.php/Formalizing_Aircraft_Status >> >> which does not cover Stuart's system but rahter a totally differnt system. >> In fact the system proposed on the wiki is more complex and has no details >> on how the ratings would be made unlike Stuart's system. The details on how >> to rate various things is one of the key aspects of Stuart's system along >> with it's relative simplicity. Perhaps we can get the wiki page so that it >> reflects Stuart's system? > > Thanks for the poke. I completely forgot to write this up. > > I'll try to do this today, though it needs a proper name.
This is done. I've gone ahead and replaced the article completely with the rating system described in December. Now I'm off to rate all the aircraft I maintain! -Stuart ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ vRanger cuts backup time in half-while increasing security. With the market-leading solution for virtual backup and recovery, you get blazing-fast, flexible, and affordable data protection. Download your free trial now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/quest-d2dcopy1 _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list Flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-devel
