Updates in preparation for the 0.9.8 release.

NEWS

@@ -1,3 +1,54 @@
+New in 0.9.8
+* December 20, 2004
+
+* Added an encoder and transponder to the available avionics modules.
+
+* Updates to the AI traffic manager.
+* Updates to the submodel system.  This allows things like contrails,
+  payload dropping, projectile firing, and aircraft carrier landings.
+* Added some controls for aircraft carrier operations.
+* Updated to sync with latest JSBSim developments.
+* YAsim adds support for contra-rotating propeller pairs as well as
+  crude models for ITT, Oil Temp and Oil Pressure in the jet turbine
+  engine model.
+* Instruments, avionics, and subsystems are now configurable per
+  aircraft.  You can assemble the correct componets available for each
+  particular aircraft.
+* Updates to the wet compass to make it behave much more like a real
+  wet compass including various errors and motion effects.
+* Make display list usage optional since these can be a net
+  performance loss on some older or low memory platforms.
+* Make sound inaudible until after the scenery is loaded.
+
+* Move radio stack and avionics code from cockpit library to
+  instrumentation library.
+* Added several digital filters to the autopilot: exponential, dobule
+  exponential, moving average, and noise spike.  These are available
+  to aircraft designers via the autopilot config file.
+
+* Fix a crash that could occur when the joystick config specified more
+  buttons or axes than the physical hardware provided.
+* Fixes to make FlightGear work with 16bpp visual depth.
+
+* Various FreeBSD fixes.
+* Various MSVC fixes.
+* Various Mac OS X fixes.
+* gcc 2.95 and 4.0 fixes.
+
+* Updated aircraft: 737, A-10, AN-225, B-52, BAC-TSR2, Concorde,
+  Spitfire, BO-105 Helicopter, F-15 (updated flight control system),
+  Fokker 50, Fokker 100, Seahawk made carrier capable (working
+  arresting hook), 
+
+* New aircraft: Cessna Citation-II (wip), Beech 1900D, DHC-2 Beaver
+  (on floats)
+
+* Updated KAP140 autopilot instrument (used in default C172.)
+
+* Updated Nimitz model (aircraft carrier), updated radio tower models,
+  added Oracle head quarters to bay area scenery, added Dumbarton
+  bridge at the south end of the SFO bay, added a model of Alcatraz, 
+
 New in 0.9.6
 * October 12, 2004
 

configure.ac

@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 dnl Process this file with autoget.sh to produce a working configure
 dnl script.
-dnl
-dnl $Id$
 
 AC_INIT
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([src/Aircraft/aircraft.cxx])
@@ -12,7 +10,7 @@ AC_PREREQ(2.52)
 dnl Initialize the automake stuff
 dnl set the $host variable based on local machine/os
 AC_CANONICAL_TARGET
-AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE(FlightGear, 0.9.6)
+AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE(FlightGear, 0.9.8-pre1)
 
 dnl Checks for programs.
 AC_PROG_MAKE_SET
@@ -403,7 +401,7 @@ if test "x$ac_cv_header_simgear_version_h" != "xyes"; then
     exit
 fi
 
-AC_MSG_CHECKING([for simgear 0.3.7 or newer])
+AC_MSG_CHECKING([for simgear 0.3.8 or newer])
 AC_TRY_RUN([
 #include <stdio.h>
 
@@ -414,7 +412,7 @@ AC_TRY_RUN([
 
 #define MIN_MAJOR 0
 #define MIN_MINOR 3
-#define MIN_MICRO 7
+#define MIN_MICRO 8
 
 int main() {
     int major, minor, micro;

src/Main/main.cxx

@@ -715,7 +715,7 @@ bool fgMainInit( int argc, char **argv ) {
     fgInitFGRoot(argc, argv);
 
     // Check for the correct base package version
-    static char required_version[] = "0.9.6";
+    static char required_version[] = "0.9.8";
     string base_version = fgBasePackageVersion();
     if ( !(base_version == required_version) ) {
         // tell the operator how to use this application