[Xcsoar-devel] Re: [Xcsoar-user] Future roadmap for XCSoar ?`

[Scott P. <sc...@dd...>]

On 17/01/2006, at 0:08, Sverre Eplov wrote:

> I've been using XCSoar on Condor for a while now, and I deem it  
> very, very
> usable. I am quite certain it will work equall well In Real Life. I  
> am a bit
> curious as to the future development of XCSoar - apart from the  
> Feature Request
> list on SourceForge, is there any ideas about where XCSoar will move ?
>
> The only really lacking part I see of the top of my head (apart  
> from a certain
> lack of hair in aforementioned region) would be better AAT task  
> support
> (support for moving the point with an area and have the task speed/ 
> length/eta
> calculated on the fly)

A few people have asked for better AAT (including me) :-)
Would you mind putting together the improvements into a Feature  
Request on source forge so we have a place to track it.

> But you guys with the fingers on the "make-it-happen" buttons, do  
> you have any
> ideas for new stuff, or changes to existing functionality ?

If I come up with something concrete I tend to put it into the  
Feature Request or Bugs - but not everyone does that, so it does not  
yet have everyone's input.

(hint hint, nudge nudge to all you guys) :-)

One thing to review is the README - currently in CVS - you can get to  
that from Sourceforge, CVS, View CVS online, And click on the  
XCSoarV4Readme.txt. It has some ideas for the next version - fairly  
technical but might give you some clues.

Mainly though what we need is people without the finger on the button  
to help us - suggestions from non developers for features are  
actually far more valuable - as we developers tend to get a little  
too involved in the technical (which is good) and need the help from  
users that don't know the limitations of the system. To explain  
further, developers tend to know how something works and the  
limitations of it, so judge features often around those criteria -  
even without meaning to.

Thanks Sverre

Scott