Re: [Flightgear-devel] Final 2.6.0 Release Preparations

2012-02-16 Thread Gijs de Rooy
@Curt: in the media subforum ;-) Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2012 00:46:08 +0100 From: joac...@gmx.de To: flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [Flightgear-devel] Final 2.6.0 Release Preparations On Wed, 15 Feb 2012 15:38:59 -0600 Curtis Olson curtol...@gmail.com wrote: Obviously

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Final 2.6.0 Release Preparations

2012-02-15 Thread Torsten Dreyer
The FlightGear development team is happy to announce the v2.6.0 release of FlightGear, the free, open-source flight simulator. This new version contains many exciting new features, enhancements and bugfixes. Major improvements from v2.4.0 include reduced AI aircraft load times, easier

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Final 2.6.0 Release Preparations

2012-02-15 Thread Martin Spott
ThorstenB wrote: Every free, open source project is really driven by active community _participation_, [...] I overly agree with the opinions presented by the two Thorsten's ! Aside from that I'd like to point out that I'm having mixed feelings concerning the prominent use of the term

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Final 2.6.0 Release Preparations

2012-02-15 Thread Curtis Olson
I would also like to put a call out for screen shots for the v2.6 release. What I'm looking for is an honest representation of FlightGear v2.6, but of course shown in the best light/angles/environment possible. I'm ok with images generated from pre-releases or release candidates. Obviously I

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Final 2.6.0 Release Preparations

2012-02-15 Thread joacher
On Wed, 15 Feb 2012 15:38:59 -0600 Curtis Olson curtol...@gmail.com wrote: Obviously I need to steer clear of images that show development or testing features that are not yet available in the v2.6 release What about custom scenery? Joe

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Final 2.6.0 Release Preparations

2012-02-12 Thread Stuart Buchanan
On Sat, Feb 11, 2012 at 10:16 AM, ThorstenB wrote: Every free, open source project is really driven by active community _participation_, not so much by (passive) user's _requests_. In general, it's not even a matter of economic incentives, though this may be the case with FG. But you can see

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Final 2.6.0 Release Preparations

2012-02-11 Thread thorsten . i . renk
Best of all, the new features are based on user community requests, and not driven by economic incentives. Some of these features are already in the works for the next FG release [give continuity message about the development] That'd be suspiciously close to dishonest advertizing. I spend a

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Final 2.6.0 Release Preparations

2012-02-11 Thread ThorstenB
Am 11.02.2012 10:40, schrieb thorsten.i.r...@jyu.fi: Best of all, the new features are based on user community requests, and not driven by economic incentives. Some of these features are already in the works for the next FG release [give continuity message about the development] That'd

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Final 2.6.0 Release Preparations

2012-02-11 Thread Ron Jensen
On Friday 10 February 2012 04:08:32 Torsten Dreyer wrote: Hi all, for our release of version 2.6.0 next week, we have a few open items on our checklist and I am kindly asking for support to get them done: 1. How are our release candidates performing? Are there any release blocking bugs that

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Final 2.6.0 Release Preparations

2012-02-11 Thread ThorstenB
Am 11.02.2012 16:32, schrieb Ron Jensen: I found and fixed a potential NaN and Segfault in the JSBSim propeller code yesterday. It could be considered a blocking bug for 2.6 to me. Thanks, looks like a small and safe enough patch which we should push to the 2.6.0 branch. cheers, Thorsten

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Final 2.6.0 Release Preparations

2012-02-10 Thread flightgear
3. We need a short official announcement to be sent out to press, fs websites, newstickers, CBS, NBC, al-Arabia, ITAR-TASS et al. I'd prefer a native English speaker to write on or two enthusiastic paragraphs about FlightGear 2.6.0. For my point of view it is worth to put some effort in

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Final 2.6.0 Release Preparations

2012-02-10 Thread Stuart Buchanan
On Fri, Feb 10, 2012 at 11:08 AM, Torsten Dreyer wrote: 2. What is the state of our changelog? http://wiki.flightgear.org/Changelog_2.6.0 - Please everybody who contributed to the core and fgdata, check the document and fill in the gaps. I've just gone through this, tidied up the grammar and

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Final 2.6.0 Release Preparations

2012-02-10 Thread flightgear
The FlightGear development team is happy to announce the v2.6.0 release of FlightGear, the free, open-source flight simulator. This new version contains many exciting new features, enhancements and bugfixes. Major improvements from v2.4.0 include reduced AI aircraft load times, easier

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Final 2.6.0 Release Preparations

2012-02-10 Thread James A. Treacy
On Fri, Feb 10, 2012 at 03:09:53PM +, Stuart Buchanan wrote: I've added the following as the synopsis for the changelog, which should be suitable: The FlightGear development team is happy to announce the v2.6.0 release of FlightGear, the free, open-source flight simulator. This new

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Final 2.6.0 Release Preparations

2012-02-10 Thread Stuart Buchanan
On 10 Feb 2012, at 15:25, James A. Treacy wrote: On Fri, Feb 10, 2012 at 03:09:53PM +, Stuart Buchanan wrote: FlightGear features more than 400 aircraft, a worldwide scenery database, detailed sky modelling, a flexible and open aircraft modelling system, varied networking options,

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Final 2.6.0 Release Preparations

2012-02-10 Thread Stuart Buchanan
On Fri, Feb 10, 2012 at 6:58 PM, Tuomad wrote: best of all, it's open source and developed by an active group of people with different backgrounds - a group that welcomes people like you to be part of the community. ? Or is that attempting a too big group hug? ;^) The idea I was trying to

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Final 2.6.0 Release Preparations

2012-02-10 Thread Ignacio Bravo
: stuar...@gmail.com To: flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [Flightgear-devel] Final 2.6.0 Release Preparations On Fri, Feb 10, 2012 at 6:58 PM, Tuomad wrote: best of all, it's open source and developed by an active group of people with different backgrounds - a group