XCSoar

XCSoar 6.3.3 released!

2012-05-05T00:00:00+04:00

Hi everyone!

Another week, another release. This new version fixes a few bugs that came up lately and tries to improve two known problems.

First of all we hopefully reduced the risk of XCSoar getting killed by the Android Activity Manager. And the new vario filtering that was introduced in XCSoar 6.3.2 was also rewritten and hopefully works even better now. Please give us feedback on those two items!

Besides these two there were several bugs fixed. In some cases XCSoar crashed on Android because it had too many network failures when trying to use the live tracking functionality. Another problem occured when using the IGC files for the OLC, because the “flat line” before takeoff was unfortunatly missing from the IGC files and due to that the OLC wasn’t able to detect the takeoff properly.

You can read about the other bugfixes in our changelog (now with ticket numbers !):

http://download.xcsoar.org/releases/6.3.3/NEWS.txt

Download:

http://www.xcsoar.org/download/index.html
http://download.xcsoar.org/releases/6.3.3/
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.xcsoar

The next maintenance release will be 6.3.4, to be released on demand.
The next major release will be 6.4, scheduled in about two to three months.

XCSoar 6.3.2 released!

2012-04-26T00:00:00+04:00

Hi everyone!

Just one week and we have yet another maintenance release for you. This release fixes a regression that got introduced in XCSoar 6.3.1. It should now be possible again to download IGC files from the Flarm and hopefully it will be even a bit more stable than before.

In addition to that we added a filter mechanism for Android devices that have a barometric sensor (for example the Samsung Galaxy Note). Until now the vario was quite jumpy even when the phone was not moving and the new filter should calm things down a bit. Please report back how well this is working out!

Changelog:

http://download.xcsoar.org/releases/6.3.2/NEWS.txt

Download:

http://www.xcsoar.org/download/index.html
http://download.xcsoar.org/releases/6.3.2/
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.xcsoar

The next maintenance release will be 6.3.3, to be released on demand.
The next major release will be 6.4, scheduled in about three to four month.

XCSoar 6.3.1 released!

2012-04-19T00:00:00+04:00

Hi everyone!

Three weeks ago we released the first stable version of XCSoar 6.3 and today we uploaded the first maintenance release that fixes quite a few bugs. This is also the first release with a dedicated version for 64 bit Windows computers.

Good news for users of the IOIO board: XCSoar will no longer freeze if you quit and don’t have the board connected. Good news also for users of older PDAs: No more unintentional double key presses. Under the hood we also fixed a few smaller bugs that lead to crashes, wrong calculations or problems with connected devices.

You can see the list of bugs that were fixed in the changelog:

http://download.xcsoar.org/releases/6.3.1/NEWS.txt

Download:

http://www.xcsoar.org/download/index.html
http://download.xcsoar.org/releases/6.3.1/
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.xcsoar

The next maintenance release will be 6.3.2, to be released on demand.
The next major release will be 6.4, scheduled in about three to four month.

XCSoar 6.3 released!

2012-03-29T00:00:00+04:00

Hi everyone!

There it is: XCSoar 6.3, the final version.

Compared to the last beta3 release we have fixed two major bugs that prevented the K6BT option and the Flarm driver from working properly and also a few other minor bugs.

Just to give you a quick overview of what this version holds for you when you’ve used XCSoar 6.2 before:

faster OLC calculations
a serial port monitor
proper finish cylinder optimizations
Flarm IGC file downloads
Westerboer VW921 and FlyNet vario support
new “MapItem” list when clicking on the map
two-finger panning on Android
improved METAR parsing
kinetic scrolling on some platforms
UTM coordinate format
experimental DPI-aware dialogs
fullscreen mode for Linux
LiveTrack24 tracking
baro. sensor support on Android devices.
start-only mode for the internal IGC logger (for paragliders)

You can read the complete list of notable changes in our changelog:

http://download.xcsoar.org/releases/6.3/NEWS.txt

Download:

http://www.xcsoar.org/download/index.html
http://download.xcsoar.org/releases/6.3/
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.xcsoar

The next maintenance release will be 6.3.1, to be released on demand.
The next major release will be 6.4, scheduled in about three to four month.

XCSoar 6.3 beta3 released!

2012-03-23T00:00:00+04:00

Hi everyone!

We are getting closer and closer to the final release of XCSoar 6.3 and this will probably be the last beta version before we go final!

This version includes an important bugfix that caused freezes when using Bluetooth on Android. Some other things are also fixed like for example the Flarm team colors for all non-English speaking users. Don’t ask why… I would also like to highlight that Helmut Rohs has started to update the manual again and the current version includes a few new and changed chapters about new features.

Changelog:

http://download.xcsoar.org/releases/6.3_beta3/NEWS.txt

Download:

http://www.xcsoar.org/download/latest.html
http://download.xcsoar.org/releases/6.3_beta3/
https://market.android.com/details?id=org.xcsoar.testing

The next major release will be 6.3, going final soon.

XCSoar 6.3_beta2 released!

2012-03-15T00:00:00+04:00

Hi everyone!

Well, good thing that we do these beta-testing phases. You have found quite a few bugs in the short time that beta1 was released and we would like to thank you for that. We have fixed those bugs and are now releasing the second beta version of XCSoar 6.3. If you find more bugs don’t hesitate to tell us!

Changelog:

http://download.xcsoar.org/releases/6.3_beta2/NEWS.txt

Download:

http://www.xcsoar.org/download/latest.html
http://download.xcsoar.org/releases/6.3_beta2/
https://market.android.com/details?id=org.xcsoar.testing

The next major release will be 6.3, going final soon.

XCSoar 6.3_beta1 released!

2012-03-14T00:00:00+04:00

Hi everyone!

Today we start the beta-testing phase of XCSoar 6.3. This means that the feature list for XCSoar 6.3 is now complete and we will focus on fixing the remaining bugs. You can expect the final version very soon. If you find any remaining bugs please write a bug report or tell us on the forum or mailing list.

Compared to the alpha3 version we have fixed another few things and added some features for the CAI302 device driver. You can read about the details in the changelog:

http://download.xcsoar.org/releases/6.3_beta1/NEWS.txt

Download:

http://www.xcsoar.org/download/latest.html
http://download.xcsoar.org/releases/6.3_beta1/
https://market.android.com/details?id=org.xcsoar.testing

The next major release will be 6.3, going final soon.

XCSoar 6.3_alpha3 released!

2012-02-25T00:00:00+04:00

Hi again!

Seems we are on a run today… This is the third alpha version of XCSoar 6.3. We are getting closer to the beta phase with every day and the stable version should be here by the start of the season. Please test this version as much as you can to identify any remaining problems.

This release has a few new features for you. Users of the K6BT module will love to hear that XCSoar is now able to switch the baudrate of the module directly. We have also improved the LX and Volkslogger device drivers. Previously the transfer connection to LX devices was timing out when in the flight list dialog. This problem should be fixed now. Our flight download code is still not quite as perfect as we wish it would be, but we are working on improving that!

If you notice that XCSoar doesn’t have support for your device yet (Zander ZS1 for example) please contact the manufacturer and ask them to cooperate with us by sending us the necessary documentation to implement these features.

Change log:

http://download.xcsoar.org/releases/6.3_alpha3/NEWS.txt

Download:

http://www.xcsoar.org/download/latest.html
http://download.xcsoar.org/releases/6.3_alpha3/
https://market.android.com/details?id=org.xcsoar.testing

The next maintenance release will be 6.2.7, to be released on demand.
The next major release will be 6.3, going beta soon.

XCSoar 6.2.6 released!

2012-02-25T00:00:00+04:00

Hi everyone,

once again another maintenance release for XCSoar 6.2. This will probably be the last release of the XCSoar 6.2 product line. We will soon begin with the beta testing phase of XCSoar 6.3.

In this release we have fixed a number of mostly smaller bugs. Problems with manual wind settings and the final glide AutoMC feature should be repaired now. Also the Vega vario configuration dialog is now finally working properly again.

You can read about all other bugfixes in our changelog:

http://download.xcsoar.org/releases/6.2.6/NEWS.txt

Download:

http://www.xcsoar.org/download/
http://download.xcsoar.org/releases/6.2.6/
https://market.android.com/details?id=org.xcsoar

The next maintenance release will be 6.2.7, to be released on demand.
The next major release will be 6.3, to be released around February.

XCSoar 6.3_alpha2 released!

2012-02-19T00:00:00+04:00

Hi everyone!

Here comes the second preview version of XCSoar 6.3. There have been a few rendering problems on Android and other problems on other platforms too, but we have fixed most of them.

In addition to that we have improved support for the LX devices lately with the LX MiniMap in particular. The additional hardware buttons should work as planned now.

Remember that this is still a potentially unstable alpha version. Test it as much as possible, but don’t rely on it completely yet. You should always have a stable backup version available.

Change log:

http://download.xcsoar.org/releases/6.3_alpha2/NEWS.txt

Download:

http://www.xcsoar.org/download/latest.html
http://download.xcsoar.org/releases/6.3_alpha2/
https://market.android.com/details?id=org.xcsoar.testing

The next maintenance release will be 6.2.6, to be released on demand. The next major release will be 6.3, going beta soon.