[Opensim-dev] init.d scripts I put on the wiki and putting then in the svn

[Stefan Andersson]

I'm leaning towards that the 'tools' and 'scripts' and whatnots that are in the svn would live a better life nurtured externally. Right now, they seem to live in a twilight zone.
 
Best,
/Stefan
 



> Date: Sat, 9 Feb 2008 10:36:52 +0000> From: jjustincc at googlemail.com> To: jjustincc at googlemail.com> CC: opensim-dev at lists.berlios.de> Subject: Re: [Opensim-dev] init.d scripts I put on the wiki and putting then in the svn> > Heh. I just noticed through the magic of commit changelogs that we > already have a Windows installer in Tools/Windows/Installer. However, I > still think my arguments for having this stuff externally are valid - > most of the existing stuff in tools (such as the installer and the gui) > would be better off outside OpenSim SVN. I'm not going to get terribly > upset if another core committer wants to directly include them though.> > --> justincc> > > Justin Clark-Casey wrote:> > Hi Brian,> > > > Sorry for the terse reply last night - it was very late and my head was > > full of an attempt to pin down a memory leak.> > > > Essentially, Stefan's suggestion has hit my main reason for my opinion > > right on the head (to mangle a metaphor). By not making the installer > > (and such scripts) part of the OpenSim SVN, it potentially allows a much > > larger set of people to directly change, adapt and maintain them (for > > example, through a site such as the one Stefan suggests) than just those > > with OpenSim SVN access. One can argue that changes can be made through > > patch, but we are already fairly bad at dealing with the code patches we > > get currently.> > > > Installer code is one of those things which is pretty decoupled from > > core code changes (the main pain point is reacting to required shippable > > file changes). As long as the installer has a BSD (or like) license, it > > could still be bundled with the OpenSim code on a formal release (or > > included in some nightly build).> > > > Regards,> > > > justincc> > > > > > Stefan Andersson wrote:> >> I just suggested on the chat channel that we create a site,> >> > >> gotopensim.com (or something like that)> >> > >> that caters for the opensim community with forum, support, samples, > >> scripts, binaries, asset libraries et c> >> > >> I'm thinking something like gotdotnet.com + getfirefox.com> >> > >> /Stefan> >>> >>> >>> >>> >> > >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------> >> Date: Sat, 9 Feb 2008 00:00:06 -0700> >> From: nebadon2025 at gmail.com> >> To: brianw at terrabox.com; opensim-dev at lists.berlios.de> >> Subject: Re: [Opensim-dev] init.d scripts I put on the wiki and> >> putting then in the svn> >>> >> if your making an installer why do they need to be in the SVN?> >>> >> On Feb 8, 2008 10:27 PM, Brian Wolfe <brianw at terrabox.com> >> <mailto:brianw at terrabox.com>> wrote:> >>> >> I was considering creating a unix installer tool which would> >> need the> >> scripts.> >>> >>> >> On Sat, 2008-02-09 at 04:12 +0000, Justin Clark-Casey wrote:> >> > Brian Wolfe wrote:> >> > > I was thinking today that it would probably be a good idea> >> to have a> >> > > place in the SVN where contributing scripts such as these> >> could be> >> > > added. That way people wouldn't have to hunt them down on> >> the wiki to> >> > > have them. It would also let me pass out updates for the> >> scripts as I> >> > > improve them.> >> > >> >> > > Any objections to makign the scripts a part of OpenSim> >> svn? If not,> >> > > would someone be kind enough to dd them for me? :)> >> > >> >> > In my personal opinion, support scripts like these should> >> live in a> >> > separate space from the core OpenSim project.> >> >> >>> >> _______________________________________________> >> Opensim-dev mailing list> >> Opensim-dev at lists.berlios.de > >> <mailto:Opensim-dev at lists.berlios.de>> >> https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/opensim-dev> >>> >>> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------> >>> >> _______________________________________________> >> Opensim-dev mailing list> >> Opensim-dev at lists.berlios.de> >> https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/opensim-dev> >> > > > > > > > -- > justincc> Justin Clark-Casey> _______________________________________________> Opensim-dev mailing list> Opensim-dev at lists.berlios.de> https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/opensim-dev
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