[Opensim-dev] Proposed additional db fields

[Sean Dague]

Alan M Webb wrote:
> As you say, e-mail in user information should be non-controversial, but it 
> does highlight the difference between users and avatars. Does the OpenSim 
> database actually reflect users? Or avatars? I thought the latter. What 
> purpose will the e-mail address serve? I think there maybe more reluctance 
> to provide this information than you might think. I'm prsonally nearly as 
> opressed by providing my e-mail as I am my telephone number.

In reality, you need some sort of contact information to deal with lost
passwords on any account.  In this day and age, that's an email address.
 Like I said *every* web based management system for OpenSim has added
this field, because it's really required for just about any system.

> Create time, given its one-to-one correspondence with an asset seems OK to 
> me, but I think there is probably room for lots of discussion on ways to 
> determine currency.

Agreed.  This is going to open up a whole other discussion on reasonable
reaping strategies, which needs to happen.  However, if we think of
assets sort of like inodes in a filesystem, and inventory like hard
links, it does make sense to have the a/ctimes on assets (mtime is
thrown out as assets can't be modified).

	-Sean

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