Tim Moore wrote > > On Tue, Aug 2, 2011 at 11:39 AM, Francesco Angelo Brisa > <fbr...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Any news about a possible separation of aircrafts data from the fgdata > > folder ? > > I am afraid this topic is sligtly falling into the "forget about it" > folder > > :-( > > > > > > Cheers > > Francesco > > > Some of the inertia -- on my part -- comes from the fact that the > benefits are not visible until the end: until all the aircraft are > removed from fgdata and fgdata is effectively regenerated through > various git magic, the repository will still keep all the history, > including any deleted files. However, we need to start somewhere. I > had been thinking that the aircraft needed to be grouped into repos -- > by theme, author, era, whatever -- but perhaps that is totally > unnecessary. > > One thing (perhaps the only thing) that was nice about keeping > aircraft in fgdata is that enforced synchronization between the > aircraft and other common nasal and instrument files. However, if they > are split out, maybe we will be forced to be more mature about > backward compatibility, etc. > > So, let's choose an aircraft, preferably not one being considered for > the base distribution, and suck it into its own repo. I'll perform and > document the git magic, which uses git-filter-branch, to preserve > history for an aircraft in the new repo. If this goes well, we'll do > it with all the rest, build a new fgdata without aircraft, and drop > the old one. > > Sound good? Any nominations? I favor the an2, which I like, has lots > of textures and sounds, and which hasn't seen any recent activity. >
We have to start somewhere - the AN2 is as good a place as any - let's go for it. Vivian ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ BlackBerry® DevCon Americas, Oct. 18-20, San Francisco, CA The must-attend event for mobile developers. Connect with experts. Get tools for creating Super Apps. See the latest technologies. Sessions, hands-on labs, demos & much more. Register early & save! http://p.sf.net/sfu/rim-blackberry-1 _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list Flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-devel
