[Opensim-dev] OpenSim release candidate 0.6.9.rc2 available

[Justin Clark-Casey]

Hi folks,

I just put together packages for 0.6.9.rc2, which is the second release candidate for 0.6.9.

Compared to 0.6.9.rc1, this includes 

* HTTP texture downloading.

* A fix for running the user grid server on the console.

* A new default SQLite database adapter which allows sqlite to be used with Mono 2.6 and later (and earlier) on Linux.  Unfortunately, this does not work for Mac OSX.  In fact, anybody using SQLite with Mono 2.4 on Linux will need to switch back to the legacy adapter in both OpenSim,ini and StandaloneCommon.ini (if running standalone).  Instructions can be found in OpenSim.ini.example and StandaloneCommon.ini.example.  This problem will not be fixed for 0.6.9, though hopefully it can be resolved for 0.7.  The new adaptor works with no known problems on Windows.

* A symptom squasher for Mantis 4588 (NullReferenceException in the CombatModule when avatars cross regions or log in).

Download links for binary and source packages are available on http://opensimulator.org/wiki/Download

Testing would be much appreciated, particularly of the new sqlite database module.  I anticipate that rc2 will become 0.6.9 proper soon - only super-critical showstopper bugs in 0.6.9.rc2 will be addressed.

I'll put together a list of major changes since 0.6.8 when 0.6.9 is released.

Best,

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Justin Clark-Casey (justincc)
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