[Opensim-dev] files you should not override

[diva at metaverseink.com]

This keeps coming back over and over again, so I thought I'd send this 
email.

When upgrading your installation of OpenSim to newer releases, there are 
certain files that your update script, if you have one, should NEVER 
override. If you don't have an update script, and you copy your configs 
by hand, or have your configs in some other form than that which comes 
in the main distro, also please make note of these special files.

bin/OpenSim.addin.xml
bin/config-include/Grid.ini
bin/config-include/GridHypergrid.ini
bin/config-include/Standalone.ini
bin/config-include/StandaloneHypergrid.ini

Do NEVER override these files with old ones.
If you're keeping your own configs in some other form, make sure that 
you always check if the new release has new content on these files that 
you need to copy to your config.

The general rule here for configuration files (.xml and .ini) is that if 
the files come out from git/svn as .example you can make a copy, change 
as you wish, and carry around -- they are "user configuration" files. 
If, however, they are not .example that means that you have no business 
carrying them around to new releases, they are "system configuration" 
files. Be very careful with system configuration files.