[Kstars-devel] opinions on using KNewStuff for Hipparcos catalog?

[Jasem Mutlaq]

On Friday 04 June 2004 1:50 am, Jason Harris wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I am just about ready to commit the code to enable "Get New Stuff" in
> KStars.  At this point, there are three files that can be downloaded:
>
> + The Messier images displayed on the map
> + Updated comet/asteroid ephemerides
> + Steinicke's NGC/IC catalog
>
> I am also considering reducing the default Hipparcos star catalog back
> to 40,000 stars and making the larger catalog available for download.
> This would reduce the size of KStars by 5 MB or so.  Do you guys have
> any opinion on this?  I guess I would rather leave the full catalog in
> by default, but I know some people think kdeedu is too big...

I'd rather have the full catalog in by default.

- Jasem