[Opensim-dev] New language for Downloads Page

[Stefan Andersson]

I added an 'older versions archive' paragraph too, just to push trunk even lower down the page.

Best regards,
Stefan Andersson
Tribal Media AB



 
> Date: Thu, 2 Apr 2009 18:46:44 -0400
> From: sdague at gmail.com
> To: opensim-users at lists.berlios.de; opensim-dev at lists.berlios.de
> Subject: [Opensim-dev] New language for Downloads Page
> 
> A lot of what transpired was because it was apparently not clear enough
> about not using trunk. So that there isn't such confusion in the
> future, I've removed the direct SVN link off the front page, and moved
> the trunk links to this section of the Downloads page
> (http://opensimulator.org/wiki/Download) :
> 
> Experimental Upstream Code
> 
> There Be Dragons Beyond This Point
> 
> If you are truly feeling dangerous, adventurous, or want to help us test
> the next version of OpenSim you are welcome to grab the latest unstable
> code out of our subversion trunk. Any warnings previous expressed about
> the alpha nature of the code go double or triple if you are running
> directly off of trunk. Never, ever, ever, never run this in production
> environments, it is not suitable for that unless you are very familiar
> with the source code, and can hot fix any piece of it (that probably
> means you are an OpenSim core member). Feedback and testing on the
> unstable tree is appreciated, as that helps us make the next release
> better. If this scares you from using trunk, that was intended.
> 
> If it breaks, you get to keep both pieces.
> 
> * Latest Subversion revision version (bleeding edge)
> ...
> 
> 
> I replicate this here, because there are plenty of people that already
> have a trunk tree, hopefully they'll get this message here if not via
> the website.
> 
> I'd also ask a favor from our users, if you find links to SVN anywhere
> else in the wiki, please remove them, and just link in the Downloads
> page. If anyone in IRC asks you how to get source, please don't give
> them a direct svn command, please send them to that page. Everyone
> getting svn trunk needs to read that paragraph, and really internalize it.
> 
> Apologies to people for which this makes it a couple more steps to get
> code who understand trunk, and continue to be incredible testers for
> this incredible project.
> 
> Thanks folks,
> 
> -Sean
> 
> -- 
> Sean Dague / Neas Bade
> sdague at gmail.com
> http://dague.net
> 
> 
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