The FS Weekend event has been the closest thing to a developer conference
that we've had over the past few years. Our developers are dispersed
across the world so any event would involve significant travel for most
people. For people with day jobs, young families, or tight budgets,
international travel can be a significant challenge. Everyone is in a
slightly different situation though, so attending an event might be doable
for enough people to make it worth while? With our size, it probably makes
sense to continue to piggy back on other larger events.
Another thing that might be fun to try is a group skype call or google
hangout. I think you have to pay money for the high end version of skype
to organize a group skype call, but google hangouts are free. If there's
any interest in something like this it would be fun to try it out. I could
imagine a weekly "hangout" to discuss issues of the week, future
developments, etc.
When FlightGear was first launched in the late 90's, group email was the
way these things were done, but now we have more options. For a google
hangout we have to deal with timezones around the world, and we'll never
have a perfectly convenient time for everyone. If you've never used google
hangouts before, you have to download a plugin for your browser (which is
available for windows, mac, linux) and then you need a google+ account. I
propose google hangouts because it's free to the end user (even though not
open-source), supports all the major platforms out there (and can even run
on smartphones or tablets), and as far as I know, there isn't an upper
limit to the number of participants in a hangout.
But if anyone is interested in something like this, let's propose a time to
do a test. I think for many people they'll need to spend some time messing
around getting the plugin installed, getting their mike and video to work
(if they wish to show their face) :-) I got it running pretty quickly on
linux, but the true test was that I got it running on a mac and a windows
box (which means it can't be all that hard to get running there if I could
do it.) :-)
Curt.
On Sun, Dec 2, 2012 at 7:04 AM, Olivier <acom...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Hi Yves, all,
>
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> *De :* HB-GRAL <flightg...@sablonier.ch>
> *Envoyé le :* Dimanche 2 décembre 2012 12h12
> **
>
> > My dream: FlightGear should held a developer meeting once next year.
> > This would be my all time favourite. Have there been such meetings once?
> At least there were thoughts about doing a FG "Eurodev" conference (
> http://www.flightgear.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=8337 ) after the
> FSWeekend.
>
> FG is a very exciting project, where everyone can find a place where he
> can contribute depending on his skills, interests, ... Maybe something we
> are lacking is a kind of roadmap, so we can have a clearer view on the
> future.
>
> Olivier (silent, but working!)
>
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