[Opensim-dev] Sit position changes in OpenSimulator b6df9e9 (Sat 5th Nov 2011)

[Melanie]

If any option then it needs to default to the new offsets or no
change will ever happen. However, I would much prefer no option as I
see everyone flipping it on to save themselves the pain.

Melanie

On 05/12/2011 04:49, Edmund Edgar wrote:
> Going forward it sounds the right way has to be to fix the thing and
> deal with the pain, but as a general principle, the system
> administrator in me says you should provide a config switch if you can
> do it without a lot of extra work.
> 
> When you have to make a change that affects your users, it's always
> best to have options which steps you perform in what order. For
> example, in a behind-the-firewall school build you might have a load
> of content that you don't want to mess with in the middle of the term,
> but you might still want to upgrade to get some bug fixes, especially
> if there are some security issues involved.
> 
> It's also good to have the option of reverting a user-facing change if
> somebody discovers something they've overlooked and need to spend more
> time preparing for. A version upgrade can often be reverted with effort, but
> it's much easier to revert a config change.
> 
> It's true that giving administrators this choice risks keeping the old thing
> circulating for longer, but not doing that risks them just not upgrading,
> which causes the same problems plus a bunch of other ones.
>