[Opensim-dev] Round 2: Config changes preview

[Ideia Boa]

I follow you and Melanie text too

Ralf Haifisch wrote:
> I am not writing code here..
>
> I do opensim for my personal passion and for the believe as a 3D web
> standard.
>
>
> Being an IT-Pro I speak to customers (sponsor / CIO level) about that from
> time to time.
> And opensim gets by architecture a better acceptance, that SL does.
>
> Furthermore, while not sharing the opinions sometimes - I love to see people
> discussing about security or (here) maintaining infrastructure of different
> sizes.
>
>
> I would love to see the option to get the config via http (what means, a
> small part where to get must be local).  
>
> A "config master file" with overrides by more in depth smaller things per
> simulator would be nice, yes.
>
>
>
> But there is a point I strongly agree with Melanie.
>
>
> I donŽt follow the discussion any more - I got lost.
>
> My stomach says, that (while I still believe other breeds than dev are able
> to think  *gg*) newbies will get totally lost.
>
> I have put much effort in building a german community and did many "support
> hours"..  this seems to be most likely unsupportable.
>
>
> So - since I want the features, but not the pain:
>
> Could we have some graphics (folder structure - sequence of
> reading/overriding settings - ...) on oensimulator.org somewhere ?   that
> would at least make it easier to follow, decide (for now) and troubleshoot
> (in future).
>
>
> Cheers,
> Ralf
>
> --
> Date: Sat, 14 Mar 2009 09:35:48 +0000
> From: Melanie <melanie at t-data.com>
> Subject: Re: [Opensim-dev] Round 2: Config changes preview
> To: opensim-dev at lists.berlios.de
> Message-ID: <49BB7A74.6070901 at t-data.com>
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> Has anyone notices how impossibly complicated, complex and 
> unmaintainable this is going to become?
> Instead of demanding the user read a simple set of instructions, 
> then do the RightThing, you try to do all their thinking for them, 
> resulting in something that will make neither novice nor grid 
> operator happy.
>
> You are increasing, not decreasing, complexity and the effort to get 
> up and running.
> Rename, copy, multiple subdirectories, even I am hard put to see any 
> sense in that, and I'm a dev, for crying out loud!
>
> Melanie
>
>
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