[Opensim-dev] Should the core OpenSim distribution carrymanyscripting languages?

[Mo Hax]

+1 yeah, just as has been successful for the Apache project, which, imho, is
a better model than something like CPAN

On Tue, Jun 3, 2008 at 9:02 AM, Stefan Andersson <stefan at tribalmedia.se>
wrote:

> I beg to differ; there's quite a few modules right now; they just (afaik)
> aren't listed anywhere as such. That would be a good start, having a wiki
> page just listing the modules as such.
>
> The beauty of the modules are that they alreday now range from the
> esoteric to the general, from core to fringe. I guess this also has
> the effect of confusing people as over what a 'core module' is.
>
> Another (imho) weird thing is that there are notoriously few region
> module 'applications' - Tribal has developed a fully functional chess game,
> for example - do we have any other examples of region modules that aren't
> 'core utility' functions to showcase?
>
> (and alas, that chess board is part of a closed-source project, I merely
> mentioned it to exemplify - we can supply screenshots for a showcase page
> though)
>
> Best regards,
> Stefan Andersson
> Tribal Media AB
>
> Join the 3d web revolution : http://tribalnet.se/
>
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> > Date: Tue, 3 Jun 2008 21:49:32 +0900
> > From: mmazur at gmail.com
> > To: opensim-dev at lists.berlios.de
> > Subject: Re: [Opensim-dev] Should the core OpenSim distribution
> carrymanyscripting languages?
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > On Tue, Jun 3, 2008 at 7:02 PM, Frisby, Adam <adam at deepthink.com.au>
> wrote:
> > > I think setting up a CPAN is the way to go then.
> > >
> > > It would be nice if we could distribute applications as well as modules
> via
> > > this if possible (ie the Rex server, Tribal server, etc), or have it
> setup
> > > so those applications could utilise it.
> > >
> > > Maybe a package manager ala apt may be the way to go – that gives us
> > > flexibility to have multiple repositories (ie subscribe to the Rex
> repo,
> > > DeepThink repo, etc)
> >
> > All good ideas and in my opinion a little too far ahead. At the moment
> > there are no modules. Before diving into creating a repository and an
> > automated package management system, allow the number of available
> > third party modules to grow enough to warrant it.
> >
> > By all means, there _should_ be one place that lists available third
> > party modules, but for the time being a single page on the wiki will
> > be sufficient.
> >
> > Mike
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