On Tue, 11 Jun 2013 14:09:27 +0200, James wrote in message <068d459e-8a17-4403-89b1-92606456d...@mac.com>:
> Hi all, > > Hyde has submitted a work-around for issue 772, which you can see > here: > > https://gitorious.org/fg/flightgear/merge_requests/1572 ..does this test for _both_ speed and altitude? ..I see no test for friction (maybe elsewhere in the code?), on e.g. wet ice, wind _should_ push you around, but a wee 3kts breeze shouldn't move an airliner, a say 30kts gust probably should rock it a wee bit, and say a 60kts gale should have it skating away. Maybe test friction forces against (cross)wind forces? > He'd like this merged before the freeze (actually it's a fix so it > can be merged afterwards, but still), I'd like to hear any opinions > on if this is a bad idea or good idea. Personally I'm not so affected > by issue 772, but if many people are, the work-around seems > just-about-acceptable to me. > > (Obviously it would be nicer to fix Yasim for real, but let's skip > that just for a moment) > > Does anybody feel strongly that either: > > - the bug is very bad, so that the workaround is definitely needed > (keeping in mind it's a long-standing bug) > - the work-around is very bad, for some scenario I didn't imagine > myself? (Helicopters on the ground? But they likely benefit more from > the fix?) ..one problem with good work-arounnds, is they have a way of becoming permanent fixes despite their often fundamentally flawed assumptions, because they work "well enough." > I'm happy to merge the change above to get some feedback, with the > understanding that if people raise 'problems which are worse than the > original issue' before 2.12 is final, we could revert it. > > James -- ..med vennlig hilsen = with Kind Regards from Arnt Karlsen ...with a number of polar bear hunters in his ancestry... Scenarios always come in sets of three: best case, worst case, and just in case. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF.net email is sponsored by Windows: Build for Windows Store. http://p.sf.net/sfu/windows-dev2dev _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list Flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-devel
