Re: FGAddon catalog updating

Hi James,

On Thu, Aug 6, 2026 at 10:35 AM James Turner wrote:

> Just a heads up on an infrastructure change: I had some inspiration (and
> useful input from Florent), and have been able to totally redesign how the
> creation of aircraft .zips from FGaddon works. It’s now incremental, so no
> longer requires the machine running the update, to have a full SVN clone -
> instead we just do lightweight remote check for changes, and then `svn
> export` the changed aircraft and upload them.
>
> This means we can use the GitLab CI for doing the build - there’s no
> longer a dependency on my home NAS box running a Docker, nor on my home
> ISP.  The update task runs every 8 hours for now, so also more frequently
> than the old setup.
>
> As part of this, we will also switch to using the CDN for serving aircraft
> zips, which should dramatically improve the download experience : more
> servers, closer to more people.
>

This is great news.

A big thank-you for all the recent work on our infrastructure.  While
perhaps not as flashy as a new feature or aircraft, this is improving
quality of life for users, and driving real benefits for the project.

And also a thank-you to everyone who has been contributing money towards
the infrastructure which means we can benefit from the work!

Best regards,

-Stuart

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