Shad Young > Sent: 21 December 2007 20:14 > To: FlightGear developers discussions > Subject: [Flightgear-devel] Terrasync for Windows > > > I have read through the archives about Terrasync. While I understand > Curt's motivation behind it, it does leave the vast majority of > potential users (I.E. Windows users) with the necessity to manually > download the scenery files. > > Has anybody looked into this recently or have plans to? Both > Rsync (in > the form of DeltaSync) and mkdir (Windows native 'md') are > available for > the Windows platform - though TerraSync is a > Tradmark/Brandname of a GIS > company's software, so it might need to be renamed. > > There is a growing body of open source applications for > Windows, and the > more Windows users that we attract to FSF/Open Source > software the more > we can get our message across (even MSFS has a large open > source base), > and perhaps attract more volunteer developers. > > (I could look into this if I can after my current project is > completed, > but like most of you, I am swamped with too much to do and > too little time) > >
I never made rsync work under windows, so I do it under Cygwin instead - works fine. Not elegant, but practical Vivian ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2005. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list Flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-devel
