OpenSimulator:0.5 Release Target Discussion

I respectfully and self-servedly recommend ODE support as a core feature of 0.5.

Even though there are still legitimate questions about ODE's stability, it works well enough already to get ppl excited. Most of the work for the core team will transport to any other physics plugin, ie bullet or physx.

If there is still a strong desire to completely redesign the physics interface, let's bite the bullet and do it. A world without physics is like -- well, a world without photons!