Not sure if its possible to do easily , but it would be nicer to be able to link an aircraft from a personal hangar directly to FG's aircraft download page...
On Thu, Apr 21, 2011 at 3:18 AM, Scott <scott.hamil...@popplanet.biz> wrote: > > Just thinking out load,what would be nice, is it can be integrated into FG, > so that aircraft are checked against the remote "hangar" and > downloaded/updated if not under the local aircraft directory, or out of date > (a pre-generated MD5 checksum should suffice) > > Users could configure the address of an XML/HTTP service for each "hangar" > they can then decided to add new hangars or stick with the official GPL > hangars. > > So this requires work within FG, and work on a "hangar" server, but that > could simply be a XML file served of a static web site, such as; > > <hangar name="My Special Hangar"> > <owner>scotth1</owner> > <aircraft model="C172" name="Cessna 172"> > <download-uri>/aircraft/c172.zip</download-uri> > <download-url>/aircraft/c172.tar.bz2</download-uri> > <checksum>xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx</checksum> > <last-updated>2011-04-21 09:13Z</last-updated> > <license>GPL_v2</license> > </aircraft> > </hangar> > > Just a few thoughts.... > > > S. > > > > On Thursday 21 Apr 2011 18:11:46 Vivian Meazza wrote: >> Ryan M wrote >> >> > Something I've always thought about is an official aircraft repository >> > that contained non-GPL2 aircraft- straight from the authors, of course. >> > There are many aircraft for FlightGear that are not GPL-licensed (some >> > of them very well-developed, like the Tu-154b and the MD-81), and I >> > think it'd be best if we had an official repository for them. Currently, >> > they are hosted on a number of unofficial "hangars," decreasing their >> > visibility and their accessibility to the end-user. >> > >> > This discussion has been raised before on the forums; just thought I'd >> > mention it here. Sorry if there's been a previous conversation about >> > this and I've resurrected a dead topic. >> >> I don't think this has been raised for a while, if at all. It could be a >> good idea, if there really is a demand for it. Conceptually it is another >> external "hangar", but with "official" status. It would need some people to >> maintain it, but I guess you would volunteer yourself, and to organize >> others to help? >> >> I can't think of any downside right now. >> >> Vivian >> >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> --- Benefiting from Server Virtualization: Beyond Initial Workload >> Consolidation -- Increasing the use of server virtualization is a top >> priority.Virtualization can reduce costs, simplify management, and improve >> application availability and disaster protection. Learn more about boosting >> the value of server virtualization. http://p.sf.net/sfu/vmware-sfdev2dev >> _______________________________________________ >> Flightgear-devel mailing list >> Flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-devel > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Benefiting from Server Virtualization: Beyond Initial Workload > Consolidation -- Increasing the use of server virtualization is a top > priority.Virtualization can reduce costs, simplify management, and improve > application availability and disaster protection. Learn more about boosting > the value of server virtualization. http://p.sf.net/sfu/vmware-sfdev2dev > _______________________________________________ > Flightgear-devel mailing list > Flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-devel > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Benefiting from Server Virtualization: Beyond Initial Workload Consolidation -- Increasing the use of server virtualization is a top priority.Virtualization can reduce costs, simplify management, and improve application availability and disaster protection. Learn more about boosting the value of server virtualization. http://p.sf.net/sfu/vmware-sfdev2dev _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list Flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-devel
