Hello, >there was little input on the fgdata split and few people speaking up >when things were started. We do see a lot of responses now - many being >in favor of the change, but also concerns about remaining issues. >Indeed, setting up the new repo isn't as simple as it seemed initially, >and there are issues which need to be resolved. We also need common >acceptance of the new structure, tools and processes.
>Unfortunately, the call for "split completed" was communicated ahead of >time - even before fgdata itself was switched. And we still do see a >need for a proper testing phase before switching - including a chance >for everyone to give input, raise concerns, etc. Thanks for that- it looked to me like the changes have been made to quick without seeing the consequences. Nethertheless, I'm in favor for a split. My Reasons: -Gitorious.org had problems with the size of our repo. This was one cause why Merge-requests didn't worked for a while. They fixed it, but as the number aircraft are increasing I wonder for how long. -There are countries and locations where download speed isn't really fast, but even very slow. And yes, Germany is indeed one of them.... -for each small update developers without commit rights it wasn't that comfortable to get them up. For those people I think it wasn't easy as well to find time to work on their own projects and review and commit new updates of aircraft. That was the reason why I set up my own repos. It was easier for to organize my work, still open and free for users even if they want to contribute, tar.gz was made automatically (no need of uploading to my Homepage), and still had the possibility to let commit it to FGdata. On the other side clone each of the 300+ aircraft isn't that comfortable as well. I would rather liked to see a "FGAircraft" or "FGAicraftFixedWings","FGAicrafthelicopters",... Heiko ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The demand for IT networking professionals continues to grow, and the demand for specialized networking skills is growing even more rapidly. Take a complimentary Learning@Cisco Self-Assessment and learn about Cisco certifications, training, and career opportunities. http://p.sf.net/sfu/cisco-dev2dev _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list Flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-devel
