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3.2?

Postby tsb47 » Mon Aug 18, 2014 10:37 am

So... the wiki says 3.2 was due out yesterday... has there been some kind of delay in the release? Is there a revised ETA?

Not complaining, just wondering whether when we should be expecting the next release.

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Re: 3.2?

Postby patstan » Mon Aug 18, 2014 3:27 pm

Im wondering the same thing. No announcement either.
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Re: 3.2?

Postby Hooray » Mon Aug 18, 2014 4:24 pm

Subject: What to expect from FlightGear 3.2?

Hooray wrote:the ubbuntu packages are maintained, that particular contributor is very active WRT to ubuntu/debian packages - and he's also helped us created SG/TG packages for the build server idea.

And as you can in the devel list archives, he's just made a posting asking when the release will be available so that he can create the corresponding packages.

Most of us were/are primarily volunteers, so things like deadlines/dates are not set in stone, and frankly, it's always a major turn-off for most of us to make a major commitment when it comes to concrete features and deadlines. Imagine this like a huge herd of volunteers who all have a RL and a ton of obligations unrelated to FlightGear - so please just consider the "date" a timespan that should be interpreted +/- 5-8 weeks ideally, which would remove a lot of pressure for all the peopled involved in making this happen (no, I am not at all involved here).

Besides, as a Linux/ubuntu user, I suggest to consider using the superbuild or the debian build script to set up a git environment with SG/FG and FGDATA - it is mostly scripted, so can be kept running over night, and you'll end up with a full FG checkout next morning, which makes you no longer depend on any release cycles. And no, it's not just a developers thing: we have many non-developers, especially aircraft maintainers, who are using this method without ever having written a single line of code.

Linux users are much better off here than Windows users, because the steps are straightforward and can even be automated - the number of people with a *nix background is fairly high for a reason, and most of them consider using git/gitorious at least once - and once they actually do so, they're really close to becoming actual contributors, because the barrier to entry is almost non existant.
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Re: 3.2?

Postby Jabberwocky » Mon Aug 18, 2014 6:19 pm

Okay, thnaks for the answer ... that is the first line of Hooray's post ...
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Re: 3.2?

Postby hvengel » Mon Aug 18, 2014 6:54 pm

The other clue here is that the Windows RC builds just started happening a few days ago and these had issues that needed to be fixed. Everyone working on this needs for the RC builds to around for a number of OSes for a while and to be relatively error free before there is a release. So at this point it appears it will be a few weeks, at least, until we see the release. In the past there was a thread here for RC feedback and when that happens keep an eye on it. When users have not reported RC issues for a few days then the release is not too far out.

One other thing for end users to keep in mind is that these RC releases are being created so that you can test things before release. The more feedback from end users the better the release will be.
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Re: 3.2?

Postby tsb47 » Tue Aug 19, 2014 1:58 am

Great, thanks guys.
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Re: 3.2?

Postby J Maverick 16 » Tue Aug 19, 2014 7:56 am

Thanks a lot, I was thinking that there had be a problem or a mistake in writing the release date.
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Re: 3.2?

Postby Mike-G » Tue Aug 19, 2014 5:36 pm

downloaded 3.2 thismorning
at moment looks good

see the 777 has been revamped
nice one
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Re: 3.2?

Postby android » Fri Aug 22, 2014 5:56 pm

Mike-G wrote in Tue Aug 19, 2014 5:36 pm:downloaded 3.2 thismorning
at moment looks good

see the 777 has been revamped
nice one


Where did you download it from? Could you please give me the link/ file URL? I am very excited to play it.
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Re: 3.2?

Postby Gijs » Fri Aug 22, 2014 6:02 pm

There's a release candidate available for testing. See viewtopic.php?f=68&t=23871
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Re: 3.2?

Postby android » Sat Aug 23, 2014 3:12 am

Gijs wrote in Fri Aug 22, 2014 6:02 pm:There's a release candidate available for testing. See viewtopic.php?f=68&t=23871


Thank you very much! Wow, the new version takes up 1.2GB? I remember FG 3.0 is around 700MB. There must be plenty of upgrades...
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