On Sat, 16 Oct 2004 19:47:47 +0100 Lee Elliott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
<snip> > > The great thing about being able to include such > incomplete a/c in cvs is that it makes it possible for > people who _do_ understand the stuff that I don't to do > something about it, as happened with the Sea Hawk - Vivian > took the a/c I'd done, added the speed-brakes and an > accurate 3d cockpit, and gave the fdm some tuning, > resulting in a better FG a/c. I have had enormous fun with all of a/c in fg over the past five years or so. In my opinion, one of the nicer things about fg is that one is able to see things develop. If a model does not seem to work well (or at all), I just leave it a while and sooner or later I return to find an improvement. If something seems weirdly out of kilter I browse the dev archives, and I usually find that a fix is under discussion there. I am not picking a fight with anyone who thinks differently, but for me this is the essence of using open source software. One thing that I would love to see would be an occasional news letter from the developers - posted here or and/or on the website every quarter or so - explaining the general thrust of development. I know that one can read dev for that, but the issues there tend to be very detailed and it is difficult for an outsider to see the wood for the trees. Such a newsletter could also be used to ask users to monitor particular areas under development for bugs. I do appreciate that every hour spent by (eg) Curt on the newsletter would be an hour less of code (or just having a life away from fg). Even so, it would be nice ...... Geoff _______________________________________________ Flightgear-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-users 2f585eeea02e2c79d7b1d8c4963bae2d
