[Opensim-dev] Incompatibilities between libsl 0.2 and 0.3

[Adam Frisby]

We were going to rewrite our UDP code anyway.

Let's wait for the mini-packets-only libsl to be released, and use that 
combined with a rewritten UDP engine.

Adam

Tleiades Hax wrote:

> Hi
> 
> I am trying to do the changes required in opensim in order to be
> compatible with libsl 0.3.
> 
> One of the nastier changes they have done is that "TickCount" in the
> Packet class is marked "internal", which means that opensim cannot
> reference that property. TickCount is used in
> ClientView.PacketQueue.cs to help manage packet acks.
> 
> <philosophy>
> I think the basic problem stems from the fact that the primary
> thinking in the libsl team is "replacement viewer" which means that
> packets and comms are focused on the client side, and opensim is
> thinking "replacement grid/region", which means that packets and comms
> are focused on the server side.
> </philosophy>
> 
> The short story is, what should/could have been a simple exercise,
> suddenly has turned nasty, I see to ways forward:
> 1) change libsl, and talk with the libsl team to *not" mark TickCount
> as internal,
> 2) change opensim, this will require a change in the packet shipping
> code of OS, which will take some time - at least for me - since I am
> not familiar with that part of os.
> 
> suggestions on how to progress, are welcome.
> 
> /tleiades
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