Release 12.11
The GCompris development team is happy to propose you a new version
of GCompris numbered 12.11. This release includes 13 new activities,
probably more than any release of GCompris so far.
GCompris is a popular high quality educational software suite
comprising of numerous activities for children aged 2 to 10.
And when we say multi-activities, we really mean a lot. We now have
136 activities in GCompris!
I would like to give a special thanks to Gnome and Google for their
support in allowing us to have two students working three months
full time on GCompris last summer.
Release 12.05
The release 12.05 is mostly a maintenance release, no new activities
have been included. Many bug fixes and translation updates.
upstream changes since 20121029:
20121201:
- fix a write after free bug
- fix out of bounds write bug when --render-font-outline is specified
- update Androld SDK
20121117:
20121116:
20121031:
- iOS SDK updates (not relevant to pkgsrc binary)
by Tim Larson.
Remember when you were a child, there was something about the dark that
just struck you with pure terror? But you grew out of this fear, knowing
that nothing really was there.
Things have changed.
Everyone was wrong.
Monsters DO exist.
Additional cleanups (config file, perl path, desktopdb).
Changes:
The changelog is very long, but it can summarized by saying the
pkgsrc supplied version is so old it isn't on the gnu sites anymore.
Some of the changes include: chess variant support, PGN variations,
fifty-move counter, move history, engine selection and output
windows, user-based settings, translations, position search, figurine
chess fonts and so on.
pkgsrc changes:
- add PKG_OPTION onscripter-pda that enables PDA_AUTOSIZE option
to fit window size to screen on small PDA devices like W-ZERO3 and Zaurus
upstream changes since 20120926:
20121029:
- fix compiler error on iOS target build environment
20121019: serious bug fix
- fix memory leak per rendering a glyph, slipped in since 20050819
20121016:
- reimplement yesnobox insn to allow yes/no choice in dialog
- implement okcancelbox insn
- enlarge buttons in yesnobox and okcancelbox dialogs
- allow mapping right click to no/cancle in yesnobox and okcancelbox insns
libXext/buildlink3.mk, now that it is included there.
Leave the places where its API version is set or variables from it
are used directly (about 3 packages).
Changes summary:
20120926:
* fix a bug in textgosub insn used with wait-click '@' and following insns
20120910:
* improve font rendering used by --render-font-outline option
August 17, 2012 -- FlightGear v2.8.0 is Released
The FlightGear development team is happy to announce the v2.8.0
release of FlightGear, the free, open-source flight simulator. This
new version contains many exciting new features, enhancements and
bugfixes.
V2.8.0 includes improvements making FlightGear world more realistic
than ever before. Placement of random buildings and trees match the
underlying terrain texture, and urban areas now have denser random
buildings. Textures can be region specific, and users can select
between summer and winter textures in-sim. An improved atmospheric
scattering and terrain haze model means the lighting of the terrain is
more realistic. Finally, a new automated system is now available for
scenery submissions that automatically get rolled into the scenery
distribution to be enjoyed by everyone.
[...]
Some of the major changes include:
AI Traffic
Improved aircraft models and textures.
Flight dynamics
FlightGear has been synced with the JSBSim project.
Environment
Region-specific terrain textures are used for Europe and Hawaii.
Now towns in Europe look different from towns in the USA.
Cities and towns now look more populated due to random 3D
buildings, complete with lighting at night.
Scenery looks more realistic due to improved placement of random
objects, buildings and trees.
Airport signs are now rendered in 3D, with support for
double-sided signs. Full apt.dat 850 syntax is supported.
You can now select between summer and winter scenery in-sim.
Instruments & HUDs
A new flexible, 2D rendering system designed for complex
instruments such as CDUs, MFDs, EICAS, HUDs and other glass cockpit
interfaces. Canvas allows aircraft designers to easily build complex
instruments without needing specialized C++ code.
Interface
Support for translation of the main menu into languages other than
English.
A Nasal API is available allowing access to Navigation and
route-manager data.
Highlighted new and improved aircraft
Airwave Xtreme 150: complete new (JSBSim) flight dynamics, new
model, advanced pilot animations.
Cessna 337G Skymaster
Project infrastructure
Various improvements to our scenery database make it easier than
ever to add, delete or update objects to the FlightGear world.
The new aircraft download page allows you to easily find quality
aircraft, by filtering on status indications.
Visual effects
Improved simulation of atmospheric light scattering with terrain
haze.
An experimental renderer, named after the famous painter
Rembrandt, is included for testing purposes. The Rembrandt rendered
supports multiple light sources (landing lights, instrument lights),
real-time shadows and ambient occlusion across aircraft and scenery
for a much more realistic visual experience.
Other
Additional joysticks and rudder pedals are supported out-of-the-box:
InterLink Elite
Micorosft Xbox 360 Controller
Qware USB
Saitek Cyborg X (F.L.Y. 5)
Saitek Pro Flight Cessna Yoke
Saitek Pro Flight Cessna Trim Wheel
Saitek Pro Flight Cessna Rudder Pedals
Speedlink Defender
A French partial translation of The FlightGear Manual is now available.
Bug fixes
See our bugtracker for an extensive list of the bugs fixed in this release.
Build system changed to cmake.
Rename patch-ab; the other pre-existing patches do not appear to be
needed any further.
No recent upstream news or changelog appears to exist. The project
home page doesn't admit the existence of versions newer than 2.0.0,
but there are several, corresponding to the recent versions of
FlightGear.
Change logs:
20120901:
* add --render-font-outline option that enables outline fonts
added in SDL_ttf 2.0.10
20120831:
* fix resampling bug in resizeImage function enabled by
-PDA_WIDTH or -DPDA_AUTOSIZE options
20120826:
* fix a bug in getcursorpos2 insn after strsp insn
* fix autosave bug if pretextgosub is not set
