[Flightgear-devel] Suggestion for a 737-family repository in FG GitLab

[Xavier D. C. R. <xa...@di...>]

Hello FG-dev list,

Earlier today, I explained the status quo for all 737 variants. [1] To 
sum up, none of the 737 variants have received any development for a 
long time, and there are even multiple implementations of the same 
variant e.g.: 737-800YV [2], 737NG [3] and 737-family [4] all 
implementing the 737-800.

A few months ago, I contributed a few improvements to the CDU in the 
737-800YV [5] that made it into upstream. However, the repository seems 
abandoned at this point, and unfortunately so the 737 in general.

Then, I was suggested [6] to write to this mailing list so that an 
official repository for the 737 family in GitLab, so at least the 
repository is always governed by the FlightGear community and is 
therefore not abandoned, like happened with the others before it.

I cannot guarantee I can actively work in the 737 (mostly because of 
other projects and IRL stuff), but nonetheless I think the suggestion 
above is a good first step to improve the current situation. From a 
first glance, the 737-800YV looks like the most mature implementation, 
even if I suspect its repository contains a few non-free assets that 
should be reviewed. The intention is to cover all 737 variants within 
this repository, if possible.

Please let me know your feedback.

Best regards,

Xavi

[1]: 
https://forum.flightgear.org/viewtopic.php?p=436579&sid=5b663ef59ece0bedc1f02a4d0fa508d1#p436579
[2]: https://github.com/YV3399/737-800YV
[3]: 
https://sourceforge.net/p/flightgear/fgaddon/HEAD/tree/trunk/Aircraft/737NG/
[4]: https://github.com/naviat-dev/737-family (no longer available, 
unfortunately)
[5]: https://forum.flightgear.org/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=43423
[6]: 
https://forum.flightgear.org/viewtopic.php?p=436580&sid=5b663ef59ece0bedc1f02a4d0fa508d1#p436580