[Opensim-dev] Deprecate OpenSim.Grid.InventoryServer and OpenSim.Grid.AssetServer?

[BlueWall Slade]

++ MW, sounds like a sane path to follow.

Thanks!
BlueWall

On Wed, Jul 8, 2009 at 11:25 AM, MW <michaelwri22 at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:

> +1 , we need these new servers tested in production use by multiple
> people/grids for a reasonable lenght of time. Before we actually remove the
> old servers from SVN.
>
> Once they have been tested and there is full documentation then I'm +1 to
> removing the old ones.
>
> Maybe a starting point would be to set up the configs so by default
> everything was configured for the new servers.
>
> I also would rather a different name than BUST, and also before any
> protocol changes are done, see full documentation about the plans.
>
> We have just gone through a extended period of a lot of refactoring and
> rapid changes. I think now is the time to slow the changes down a bit and
> take a bit of time to reflect on things and test them and get any new bugs
> out of the system.
>
> --- On *Wed, 8/7/09, Charles Krinke <cfk at pacbell.net>* wrote:
>
>
> From: Charles Krinke <cfk at pacbell.net>
> Subject: Re: [Opensim-dev] Deprecate OpenSim.Grid.InventoryServer and
> OpenSim.Grid.AssetServer?
> To: opensim-dev at lists.berlios.de
> Date: Wednesday, 8 July, 2009, 4:18 PM
>
> Well, this may or may not be, Melanie. But, I would feel a whole lot more
> comfortable about the whole proposal *after* at least two different groups
> report success in configuring BUST and that it is not busted.
>
> At that point, we need enough clear and concise documentation on the wiki
> to allow others running grids to be able to change. After a half dozen
> different grids have adopted the notion of BUST and determined it is not
> busted, then we could consider deprecating our existing UGAIM.
>
> Charles
>
> ------------------------------
> *From:* Melanie <melanie at t-data.com>
> *To:* opensim-dev at lists.berlios.de
> *Sent:* Wednesday, July 8, 2009 8:13:04 AM
> *Subject:* Re: [Opensim-dev] Deprecate OpenSim.Grid.InventoryServer and
> OpenSim.Grid.AssetServer?
>
> B.U.S.T. is Basic Universal Server Technology. The prompt can be
> changed in the configuration file, though, for those without a sense
> of humor. I fully expect things to get renamed before 1.0. On the
> other hand, the server is named OpenSim.Server.exe, no body parts there!
>
> As soon as connectors are available for the other services, it will
> be able to run them. Part of this is getting the old servers out of
> the way, since the new servers use different web protocols and
> keeping compatibility with the old servers will not be possible. At
> this point, the presence of the old servers blocks evolution.
>
> Melanie
>
>
> Sean Dague wrote:
> > Melanie wrote:
> >> The CB version we have in trunk is another implementation of similar
> >> concepts. It has some hooks for some features, which were never
> >> implemented, that the new system doesn't have yet, but the modular
> >> system make them entirely possible.
> >>
> >> At this point, the CB in trunk is stagnant. It's a stripped down
> >> version that is already incompatible with upstream CB and
> >> essentially unmaintained. I doubt anyone uses it and would think it
> >> could also be dropped or moved.
> >
> > I'm definitely in favor of getting stuff out of trunk that we think
> > isn't getting used at all, eliminates confusion in the code.
> >
> > Can we come up with a name better than BUST though, as that doesn't
> > really mean anything to me? :)  Unrelated question, is it possible to
> > run all the grid services (not just inv & asset) via that 1 process?
> > That would simplify things for smaller (< 50 region) grids that probably
> > put all those on the same machine anyway.
> >
> >     -Sean
> >
> >
> >
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