[Opensim-dev] OpenSim Export

[Justin Clark-Casey]

Kayne wrote:
> --- On Thu, 28/8/08, Justin Clark-Casey <jjustincc at googlemail.com> wrote:
>
>   
>> From: Justin Clark-Casey <jjustincc at googlemail.com>
>> Subject: Re: [Opensim-dev] OpenSim Export
>> To: opensim-dev at lists.berlios.de
>> Received: Thursday, 28 August, 2008, 7:25 PM
>> Kayne wrote:
>>     
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> I'm currently about to begin a project on OpenSim
>>>       
>> for a project at University. I'm looking at an
>> export/import tool.
>>     
>>> I noticed the OpenSimExport project for the Google
>>>       
>> summer of code and wondered if anybody is currently working
>> on this? If not it would be more useful if I work on it
>> rather than work on a completely independant project. 
>>     
>>> If that is the case, what would people want from this
>>>       
>> tool? I am limited by time, so I probably won't be able
>> to complete it fully, but I would like to have the core
>> functionality finished. I notice Sean was the one who
>> proposed it so I'm guessing you have an interest in
>> this?
>>     
>> Look at the save-oar/load-oar functionality and tell me if
>> this is what 
>> you're talking about.  This currently saves out and
>> reloads a tar.gz oar 
>> region archive (prim xml + the assets needed to restore
>> this prim + 
>> region terrain).
>>
>> The export tool is something of a shell at this point,
>> though it might 
>> be nice to get it to be able to load/save archives without
>> needing the 
>> opensim region to be running.  This will involve a good bit
>> of 
>> refactoring to isolate the components of OpenSim that need
>> to be reused.
>>
>> One thing you might think about adding is inventory archive
>>
>> loading/saving, which is basically the same thing as for
>> regions, but 
>> with inventory :-)  I made a start on this but haven't
>> had time to make 
>> much progress recently.
>>
>>     
>
> Would it be useful if I work on the inventory loading and saving?
>   
That would be excellent.
> Is the work you've done on it in the repository?
>   
Yes, although it's very much only the basic beginnings (about 5%).  I 
hope to reuse a good chunk of the code from the region archiving, but 
the fact that it's a region module actually makes this a little 
difficult at the moment (some restructuring may be required, though I 
know Melanie may have made some changes to make things easier in this 
area).  Please feel free to take a look around, though if you want to 
wait I'll describe the issues and my mental implementation plans in more 
detail early next week (I'm actually on 'holiday' till then - though not 
the kind which means I completely stop processing e-mail :-)

Yours,

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justincc
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>
> Kris
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