re: [Flightgear-devel] PLIB 1.4 is now a requirement

[David M. <da...@me...>]

Alex Perry writes:

 > The ul.h call for time delays is not available in plib version 1.2
 > so that the CVS tree no longer compiles for people on stable plib.
 > This will also be true for our upcoming 0.7.7 release of course.
 > 
 > This call is specifically used by fgjs with some good reasons.
 > Request that we either put a workaround into the C source code, or
 > that we tell the makefile that it is ok if fgjs fails to build.
 > I personally prefer the latter because it keeps our codebase clean.
 > 
 > Some people will prefer to stick with their distributions pre-packaged
 > version of plib and build their joystick configuration manually.

Curt hasn't said this explicitly yet, but since PLIB is moments away
from a stable 1.4, I think that he may plan to require the newer plib
for FlightGear 7.7.


All the best,


David

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