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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...

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Hi everyone!

We have just released the first preview version of XCSoar 6.3 to show you what we’ve been working on lately. We are now concentrating on fixing the remaining bugs and will release the final version of XCSoar 6.3 very soon.

Here is a short overview of what...

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We’re proud to announce that by now over 9.400 people have downloaded and installed XCSoar on their Android devices!

That number counts only the installs via the Google Market though. Since we don’t track our users we have no idea how many people still...

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Hi everyone,

here comes another maintenance release for XCSoar 6.2. Once again we have fixed several bugs in this release. On some Windows Mobile PDAs the start bar was not disappearing correctly when installed from a CAB file. This problem should be fixed now. If you still experience this (or...

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Merry christmas everyone,

we’ve got a present for you. XCSoar 6.3 is still under development but today we release XCSoar 6.2.4. This release has a lot of old bugs fixed and it might just be the most stable version of XCSoar ever. If you still experience any crashes or think...

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Hi everyone,

over the weekend we’ve finished the third bugfix release of XCSoar 6.2. We fixed many of your bug reports and also fixed a few bugs that we had found along the way. Most importantly though: This is the first release that includes a version for Mac OSX! Some...

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Good news for Altair users:
Triadis have released their 07 Altair Firmware

http://triadis.triadis.biz/downloads/altair/update/

This allows you to run XCSoar.exe from the root of a USB Stick - making it easier to run XCSoar 6.x and try new versions.

Download XCSoarAltair.zip, uncompress and move/rename the file from ToAltair/XCSoarAltair-600-CRC3E.exe to the...

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Hi everyone,

the second bugfix release of XCSoar 6.2 is ready for delivery! We have fixed a number of minor and some major bugs. Just to name a few: automatic QNH calculation was slighlty off in the past, Reach/Route calculation returned wrong numbers on strong wind conditions, instant L/D showed...

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Hi everyone (and our nordic friends in particular),

we have just updated our MapGenerator and from now on you should be able to create maps for Iceland including terrain!

Unfortunatly I noticed that our waypoint database for Iceland is essentially empty. We are using the Welt2000 database for waypoint information....

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Hi everyone,

today we have released the first maintenance release of XCSoar 6.2. It fixes a few minor bugs and a bigger one on the Altair platform which made 6.2 unusable. All Altair owners with 6.2 should update to 6.2.1 to enable the rotary button again.

The other changes include...

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Hi everyone,

the XCSoar developers are proud to announce the release 6.2!

Some highlights:

• flight download from CAI302 and IMI ERIXX
• Android IOIO driver
• new fast and accurate wind algorithm (requires airspeed)
• better airspace warnings (horizontal and vertical distance)
• better profile support
• many optimisations, for increased battery runtime
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Hi everyone,

in the last days we have eliminated a good number of bugs that we (and you!) have found in the last beta and alpha versions of XCSoar 6.2. Just to give examples: AAT time calculation is working again, clipping problems and crashes in the task editor and target...

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Hi,

we are nearly finished with the development of XCSoar 6.2. Since version 6.1, three months have passed, and 30 people have contributed more than 2,200 changes.

This is the first beta version, and we will concentrate on bug fixing now.

Download:

http://www.xcsoar.org/download/latest.html
http://download.xcsoar.org/releases/6.2_beta1/
https://market.android.com/details?id=org.xcsoar.testing

We’re proud to announce that by now over 5.200 people have downloaded and installed XCSoar to their Android devices!

Hi everyone,

this evening we have released the fifth maintenance version of XCSoar 6.1. We had noticed some minor bugs and felt that another stable release would be necessary before releasing XCSoar 6.2 next month.

This release fixes some problems with TNP airspace file parsing, temperature readings from certain devices,...

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Hi everyone,

today we’ve released the third preview version of XCSoar 6.2. This version includes several smaller bugfixes including one miscalculation of airspace distances. The circling wind calculator that was broken in 6.2_alpha2 is working again. In addition to that John have developed a new wind algorithm that replaces the...

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here’s another preview version of XCSoar 6.2. There are dozens of major changes and optimisations since the first alpha. Perhaps the most important new feature is the new Android IOIO device driver some of you have been waiting for.

The CPU usage of the Android version has been reduced:...

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Hi everyone,

the fourth maintenance release of XCSoar 6.1 might be the last one before the 6.2 release, we hope.

Again, it reduces the memory usage, for smoother operation on PPC2000. The biggest change is an optimisation of the airspace renderer, which now runs twice as fast (on Windows). Altair...

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Hi,

this is a preview for those who are curious what we’ve been doing behind the scenes. This is the first public pre-release of the upcoming XCSoar version 6.2.

My favorite new feature is the ability to download validated IGC files from external loggers (IMI ERIXX, CAI302 and LX/Colibri so...

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Hi everyone,

the third maintenance release of XCSoar 6.1 has a lot of Android specific rendering fixes. Terrain display on the Samsung Galaxy S II and other modern chips works now. Triadis has sponsored a Galaxy S II for debugging - big thanks for the support!

Memory usage was reduced...

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Once again we have updated our Map Generator with three new features:

• Welt2000 Waypoints:
  If you activate this option, your map file will contain all the waypoint from the Welt2000 waypoint database of the chosen area. The algorithm to determine the type of waypoint isn’t entirely perfected yet,...
  
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Hi everyone,

the second maintenance release of XCSoar 6.1 fixes a few minor (but annoying) bugs. The NMEA parser is more reliable, memory usage was reduced, UTC offsets were fixed, coast lines are displayed correctly now, and more.

If you see land now where water should be you will need...

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We have updated our Map Generator server today and that means some new features for everyone. Next to a few minor bugfixes there are three new major features:

• SeeYou CUP:
  Previously you have been able to pass a Cambridge/WinPilot DAT file to the Map Generator and it would...
  
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Today we have released the first maintenance release of XCSoar 6.1.
It contains numerous fixes, most of them for the Altair and old PDAs (PPC2000).

Increased memory usage was responsible for crashes on both Altair and PPC2000. These devices have very small main memory, and new 6.1 features were too...

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The XCSoar developers are proud to announce the release of XCSoar 6.1!

Some highlights:

• route suggestions to avoid airspaces and mountains
• the terrain reach line/shade now considers turning around mountains
• runway directions can be displayed on the map
• new task manager
• new task types
• multiple start points are back
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After nearly 2 years of development, including major rewrites of the task engine and many other features, we have finally released the sixth version of the XCSoar glide computer software. If you want to have a quick look on what the major changes are take a look at our
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