[Opensim-dev] OpenSim 0.7 Release Candidate with ALL working OpenSim Modules

[James Stallings II]

Actually, that is the plan - for 1.0b.

On Wed, Sep 30, 2009 at 7:36 PM, Mark Malewski <mark.malewski at gmail.com>wrote:

>
> *> My thoughts are simple every 4-6 months lockdown all of the
> > refactoring and recoding stuff get things stable and then do a formal**> release get
> something that works out and then go back to "playing"*
> *> with the code
> *
> See this is exactly what I was thinking.  We are constantly evolving so
> quickly that nothing really works, and OpenSim just stays "broken" and there
> is no such thing as a "formal release".
>
> I understand OpenSim is still Alpha, but could we at least try to put out
> ONE single release (a 0.7 release) that is usable, and then go back to
> developing and then we'll wait till a 1.0 release comes out.
>
> But at least we'll have something stable, where all the modules work, and
> we have something stable for the non-dev's to use?
>
> *> As far as the "we don't do distros" thing is YES YOU SHOULD
> > its called the "Reference Server Platform"*
>
> I do agree that we should at least put out a stable distro every 4-6
> months.  A 0.7 Release would really be a good time to put out a distro.
>  Could we at least try to get everything working, and create ONE single
> stable release?
>
> I certainly don't mind helping with putting out a 0.7 distro, and working
> on updating documentation for it, and even testing it (and submitting bug
> reports) but can we just stop and focus for a bit and work on bug fixes, and
> just releasing a SINGLE STABLE release?
>
> I'd even be willing to be a P.O.C. for module testing, and even test/verify
> modules, so that they could even be bundled/included in a working release.
> So at least we have a nice STABLE release that people can use?
>
>                     Mark
>
>
> On Wed, Sep 30, 2009 at 6:20 PM, Robert Martin <robertltux at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> My thoughts are simple every 4-6 months lockdown all of the
>> refactoring and recoding stuff get things stable and then do a formal
>> release
>> get something that works out and then go back to "playing" with the code
>>
>> heck it seem like every 2 weeks or so LL does a formal release/ server
>> update. As far as the "we don't do distros" thing is YES YOU SHOULD
>> its called the "Reference Server Platform"
>> if you run into say a Diva copy then you should be able to go back to
>> the matching OpenSim Server to see if its something that Diva did or
>> if its a bug in the codebase.
>>
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