FlightGear Scenery Designer

File Release Notes and Changelog

Release Name: 0.3.0

Notes:
Compiling fgsd under Linux may be a bit tricky, so here are some guidelines.
First, the bad news : g++ v3.3.x is unable to compile fgsd correctly. It produces
internal Compiler Errors, and although the problem was reported, it has been 
forgotten by the gcc developpers. Now the good news : either g++ 3.2 or 3.4 are
able to produce a good fgsd binary, so both are suitable to compile the sources.
There is a gotcha though : you can't mix libraries compiled with g++ 3.4 with 
libraries compiled with g++ 3.2/3.3, so if binary versions of a prerequisite library
is used, it is likely compiled with g++ 3.3 because few distributions use 3.4 as
the default compiler. In that case, compile fgsd with 3.2.

The prerequisite libraries are :
 - plib,
 - SimGear,
 - CGAL,
 - libjpeg,
 - pnglib,
 - giflib (optional),
 - curl.

Build CGAL 3.1 and remember the value of CGAL_LIB_DIR. Part of it will be needed when
configuring fgsd. For example, if CGAL_LIB_DIR is : 
/home/fred/CGAL-3.1/lib/i686_Linux-2.6.8-1-k7_g++-3.2-3.2.3

then fgsd will be configured like this :

./configure --with-cgal-platform=i686_Linux-2.6.8-1-k7_g++-3.2-3.2.3 --with-cgal=/home/fred/CGAL-3.1 CXX=g++-3.2

assuming CGAL was untarred in /home/fred/CGAL-3.1 ( beginning of CGAL_LIB_DIR before /lib/ )
and the computed platform is i686_Linux-2.6.8-1-k7_g++-3.2-3.2.3 ( last part of CGAL_LIB_DIR ).
CXX=g++-3.2 means that g++ v3.2 is required and g++ alone is v3.3 ( at least for Debian,
other distro may vary ).

For more info, consult the FGSD web site at http://fgsd.sourceforge.net/ or 
subscribe to the fgsd-devel mailing list

Update for the IRIX binary :
The FlightGear Scenery Designer binary for IRIX needs external
libraries. You'll need the following packages from the SGI freeware
site:

  fw_fltk, fw_libz, fw_libpng, fw_curl, fw_libungif


Changes:
2005-05-10, release 0.3.0
	* switch to CGAL ( http://www.cgal.org/ ) to do computational geometry. GTS is dropped,
	* retrieve aerial photo from http://www.terraserver-usa.com/,
	* non rectangular map fragments,
	* new export dialog,
	* new icons in the toolbar.