[Opensim-dev] Update LibOMV

[Frisby, Adam]

Yeah this could be a problem if they have a conflicting version. I know we've utilized custom extensions to HTTPServer in the past, and I wouldn't want to throw away the ability to do that in future.

Adam

> -----Original Message-----
> From: opensim-dev-bounces at lists.berlios.de [mailto:opensim-dev-
> bounces at lists.berlios.de] On Behalf Of Teravus Ovares
> Sent: Monday, 16 March 2009 11:11 AM
> To: opensim-dev at lists.berlios.de
> Subject: Re: [Opensim-dev] Update LibOMV
>
> OpenMetaverse updates, traditionally have been difficult.   That's
> generally the reason why we don't do them often.
>
> I'm not quite ready to accept the openmetaverse version of the HTTP
> server yet personally, I think we want the granualarity of maintaining
> it and customizing it ourselves.   They both have the same herritage,
> but they're different.   In a way, if we do, we'll probably be
> customizing it anyway with our own http server updates.
>
> I'm sure more discussion will follow :)
>
> Best Regards
>
> Teravus
>
> On 3/16/09, Arthur Valadares <arthursv at linux.vnet.ibm.com> wrote:
> > Hi everyone,
> >
> > The current version of OpenSim's libomv (r2362) has a bug in it's big
> > endian conversion methods that stops big endian machines from running
> > OpenSim. A patch was already sent to libomv and applied in r2439
> > successfully. I attempted to check if an update to that revision was
> > possible, but ended up spending an entire afternoon solving the new
> bugs
> > related to this update. Most of them happened because of the
> HttpServer
> > update.
> >
> > Since I think most of the community would rather not see an update
> > that's going to mess things up more then it fixes, I wanted to
> suggest
> > patching the current version with the big endian fix for now, until
> we
> > feel we are ready (and have a good reason) to face the new libomv
> > changes. This creates a small confusion though, as OpenMetaverse.dll
> in
> > OpenSim will no longer be the original one compiled.
> >
> > I would like some thoughts on this from everyone.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > --
> > Arthur Valadares <arthursv at linux.vnet.ibm.com>
> >
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