0.7.5 Release - Revision history

Justincc at 22:04, 26 September 2013

2013-09-26T22:04:31Z

Justincc: /* Backwards Compatibility Notices */

2013-02-18T20:31:48Z

‎Backwards Compatibility Notices

Justincc: /* Requirements */

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‎Requirements

Justincc: /* Requirements */

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‎Requirements

Justincc: /* Acknowledgements */

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‎Acknowledgements

Justincc: /* Scripting */

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‎Scripting

Justincc: /* Test */

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‎Test

Justincc: /* Archiving */

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‎Archiving

Justincc: /* Avatars */

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‎Avatars

Justincc: /* General Server */

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‎General Server

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 * Bug fixed where having more than 63 users in an estate's banlist would cause the viewer to crash when the estate dialog was opened.
 * Bug fixed with SQLite plugin where some parcel settings (such as media settings) were not persisted.
-* AllowRegionRestartFromClient [EstateManagement] config option added by which estate managers can be prevented from restarting regions (since this may still be unstable on current OpenSimulator, though fixes in this area have been implented0>
+* AllowRegionRestartFromClient [EstateManagement] config option added by which estate managers can be prevented from restarting regions (since this may still be unstable on current OpenSimulator, though fixes in this area have been implemented.
 === Map ===
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 === Monitoring ===
-* OpenSimulator 0.7.4 regression fixed where viewer stats sent by viewers were no longer being recorded in the LocalUserStatistics.db if this faiclity was enabled.
+* OpenSimulator 0.7.4 regression fixed where viewer stats sent by viewers were no longer being recorded in the LocalUserStatistics.db if this facility was enabled.
 === Test ===

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 == Backwards Compatibility Notices ==
-* This release includes database migrations but these should be backward compatible with OpenSimulator 0.7.3.1 (i.e. one could rollback to 0.7.3.1 if necessary without also rolling back the database).  However, this is not a guarantee - please always backup your data before migrating from earlier OpenSimulator versions.
+* This release includes database migrations but these should be backward compatible with OpenSimulator 0.7.4 (i.e. one could rollback to 0.7.4 if necessary without also rolling back the database).  However, this is not a guarantee - please always backup your data before migrating from earlier OpenSimulator versions.
 * Due to a libomv bug fix, teleports in this release are incompatible with OpenSimulator 0.7.0.2 and earlier. This affects primarily Hypergrid teleports, since simulators within the same grid tend to be all in the same version. Teleports to OpenSimulator 0.7.1 and later should work.

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 * .NET Framework 3.5 when running under Windows.
-* At least Mono 2.4.3 when running under Mono (Linux or Mac). Mono 2.6.x and Mono 2.10.x onwards work well. Mono 2.8.x versions are reported as less stable in some situations.  OpenSimulator should also run under Mono 3.0.3 although, as with Mono 2.10 and earlier, there are still issues when running under the optional new sgen garbage collector .  Some physics issues (at least on ODE) have been reported but we are not sure if these are still a problem on Mono 3.0.3.  OpenSimulator does not run well (and sometimes not at all) on Mono 3.0.0 to 3.0.2 (Xamarin labels all Mono versions as beta currently).
+* At least Mono 2.4.3 when running under Mono (Linux or Mac). Mono 2.6.x and Mono 2.10.x onwards work well. Mono 2.8.x versions are reported as less stable in some situations.  OpenSimulator should also run under Mono 3.0.3 although, as with Mono 2.10 and earlier, there are still issues when running under the optional new sgen garbage collector .  Some physics issues (at least on ODE) have been reported but we are not sure if these are still a problem on Mono 3.0.3.  OpenSimulator does not run well (and sometimes not at all) on Mono 3.0.0 to 3.0.2 (Xamarin labels all Mono 3 versions as beta at this time).
 == Backwards Compatibility Notices ==

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 * .NET Framework 3.5 when running under Windows.
-* At least Mono 2.4.3 when running under Mono (Linux or Mac). Mono 2.6.x and Mono 2.10.x onwards work well. Mono 2.8.x versions are reported as less stable in some situations.  OpenSimulator should also run under Mono 3.0.3, although there are still issues when running under the new sgen garbage collector.  Some physics issues (at least on ODE) have been reported but we are not sure if these are still a problem on Mono 3.0.3.  OpenSimulator does not run well (and sometimes not at all) on Mono 3.0.0 to 3.0.2 (Xamarin labels all Mono versions as beta currently).
+* At least Mono 2.4.3 when running under Mono (Linux or Mac). Mono 2.6.x and Mono 2.10.x onwards work well. Mono 2.8.x versions are reported as less stable in some situations.  OpenSimulator should also run under Mono 3.0.3 although, as with Mono 2.10 and earlier, there are still issues when running under the optional new sgen garbage collector .  Some physics issues (at least on ODE) have been reported but we are not sure if these are still a problem on Mono 3.0.3.  OpenSimulator does not run well (and sometimes not at all) on Mono 3.0.0 to 3.0.2 (Xamarin labels all Mono versions as beta currently).
 == Backwards Compatibility Notices ==

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 == Acknowledgements ==
-Many, many thanks to all the developers, testers and community members who contributed to this release. Your hard work makes this all possible :)
+Many, many thanks to all the developers, testers and community members who contributed to this release and who help out with OpenSimulator generally. Your hard work makes this all possible :)
 [[Category:Release Notes]]

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 * Script runtime error messages now displayed by version 3 and related third party viewers.
 * Static methods from region modules can now be registered for calling by scripts using the modInvoke facility.
-* WaitForEventCompletionOnScriptStop option added to the [XEngine] configuration section of OpenSim.ini.  This is to provide a way to examine an issue where thread aborts of scripts still executing events (e.g. when an object is derezzed) can sometimes cause Mono 2.6 amd 2.10 to crash badly, with symptoms such as 100% cpu use and threads waiting for locks which no other thread holds.  Default for wait period is 1 second but this can be increased.  Tradeoff is that 'rogue' scripts will take longer to stop.  May be increased in the future, though the ultimate solution will have to completely avoid thread aborts.
+* WaitForEventCompletionOnScriptStop option added to the [XEngine] configuration section of OpenSim.ini.  This is to provide a way to examine an issue where thread aborts of scripts still executing events (e.g. when an object is derezzed) can sometimes cause Mono 2.6 amd 2.10 to crash badly, with symptoms such as 100% cpu use and threads waiting for locks which no other thread holds.  Default for wait period is 1 second but this can be increased.  Tradeoff is that 'rogue' scripts will take longer to stop.  May be increased in the future, though the ultimate solution will have to completely avoid thread aborts by co-operative script termination.
 * llResetOtherScript() now waits for the WaitForEventCompletionOnScriptStop timeout before forcibly aborting another script if it is still running an event.  This is an effort to avoid the mono crash issues outlined above when this function is heavily used.
 * llGetLinkKey() fixed to always return the avatar that last sat on an object if given the the last link number.

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 === Test ===
-* pCampbot fixed to work under Windows.
+* pCampbot fixed to work again under Windows.
 === Scripting ===

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 * "save iar" console command no longer hangs the console permanently if an asset save times out.
 * "load iar" console command no longer fails if one or more components of a coalesced object (an item consisting of a group of differet linksets) has corrupt XML.  You may still get a massive message on the console but the load of other inventory contents will continue.
-* Experimental support for [[OAR Format 1.0|multi-region OAR files]] added.  As the name suggests, these are OAR files that store more than one region in an OAR.  This is controlled using the --all switch on the "save oar" console command - currently the default is still to save single regions.  This should be considered experimental.
+* Support for [[OAR Format 1.0|multi-region OAR files]] added.  As the name suggests, these are OAR files that store more than one region in an OAR.  This is controlled using the --all switch on the "save oar" console command - currently the default is still to save single regions.  This should be considered experimental.
 === NPC ===

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 === Avatars ===
-* OpenSimulator 0.7.4 regression fixed where a logged out avatar could still sometimes be present in the connections list which would stop relog or visit of the scene until the simulator was restarted.
+* Fixed OpenSimulator 0.7.4 regression where a logged out avatar could still sometimes be present in the connections list which would stop relog or visit of the scene until the simulator was restarted.
 * Fixed OpenSimulator 0.7.4 and even earlier regression where objects attached directly from the region would often not show up as attached.
 * [http://community.secondlife.com/t5/Featured-News/Advanced-Experience-Tools-Preview/ba-p/1420633 Temporary attachments] implemented.  This is currently not well documented in OpenSimulator.

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 * More levels added to the "debug http" command to allow logging of incoming POST data.  This command can be useful to debug configuration problems.
 * The "show http-handlers" command now shows HTTP handlers listening on every port of that server - not just the 'main' port.
-* "help all" console command will now show all commands in the old big list style rather than initially in categories.
+* "help all" console command will now show all commands in the old big list style instead of categorized.
 * Dynamic plugins (Robust). Subscribe to remote repositories and install plugins from them. Enable and disable the plugins on the fly. See: http://opensimulator.org/wiki/Feature_Proposals/PluginManager for further information.