On Nov 30, 2007 1:36 PM, Durk Talsma <> wrote:
> Having given the issue some thought, I also vote for 1.0. Here's my
> reasoning:
> The current version is pretty much the culmination of our plib based
> development tree. With regard to plib, and in particular SSG, we're
> approaching the limits of what's possible (in terms of graphics , etc).
> Therefore, it seems completely logical to release the end of this line of
> development as V1.0. Once this release is out, OSG will be the focus of
> our
> development efforts, and hopefully that will someday result in FlightGear
> 2.0. I just hope we don't need to switch to another scencegraph by then...
Here's another thought that wouldn't necessarily have to be an issue, but
it's something we should be careful to avoid.
Goals we can all agree on:
1. Get to a v1.0 release.
2. Do at least one final plib based release.
3. Implement a list of still missing features. Everyone has different
priorities and goals here, but we all agree there are features that would be
nice to have, but still aren't yet done.
4. Long term we want to move to OSG.
What I would like to avoid is setting up the conditions and constraints such
that we can't release a plib based v1.0 until it meets certain feature
requirements. But at the same time make it known that as soon as we get a
v1.0 plib based release out the door we will immediately cut over to OSG and
base all further development efforts on that. The problem is that who would
want to invest a ton of time battling the limits of plib/ssg to get these
features done for v1.0, only to have the team turn around and immediately
abandon all that effort in favor of OSG and a completely different way of
doing them.
I'm not saying we are necessarily setting ourselves up for this particular
conundrum, but we want to avoid inadvertant demotivations that will keep us
short of our consensus goals.
Regards,
Curt.
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