[Opensim-dev] request for patch feedback on several issues

[dz]

I'll bite...

  Lets focus on one of the patches....  new feature: attaching objects to
non-owner http://opensimulator.org/mantis/view.php?id=6133 ...

First problem with this patch...   It replicates the *
osForceAttachToOtherAvatarFromInventory*  function
documented  here ->
http://opensimulator.org/wiki/OsForceAttachToOtherAvatarFromInventory ..
as you can see from the history of that page   it was created almost a
month before your patch was submitted...

Second problem with this function...   and  one i added to the talk page on
the wiki...
Unless that object is unscripted OR is removed when the avatar exits the
region or disconnects,
this sounds like a heap of griefer trouble...

What happens when I visit a region where an object scans me,  attach a
malicious package to me,
and then take advantage of the fact that attached objects don't require
permissions to
teleport me to a random region and have the object spew 200,000 prims into
someones else space???
Is MY fault  I didnt check all of my attachments before and after i TP'd???

There are so many reasons why asking for permissions works, and owning the
objects that are attached to you makes sense..
The  ONLY valid reason I have ever come across for someone wanting to
attach something to me without me owning it is
DEMO prim/mesh clothing/accessories   That functionality IS supported in
SL  via lAttachToAvatarTemp<http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/LlAttachToAvatarTemp>...
and ASKS.

Like I said above..  making this functionality accessable to NPC bots who
cannot leave the region, and currently cannot grant permissions, MIGHT be a
use case..   But since you make no distinctions...

...

I guess the bottom line is...  there's some code there, yes...  but even if
it is functional,  it is going to take more than filing a mantis to get it
worked on and reviewed...   Part of that work is defining and communicating
the NEED for the function  so it can be balanced against the implications
of implementing it.




On Fri, Aug 10, 2012 at 12:10 PM, SignpostMarv Martin <
opensim at signpostmarv.name> wrote:

> Patch feedback on several issues requested :D
>
> implementing missing feature: Implementation of PRIM_SLICE
> http://opensimulator.org/**mantis/view.php?id=6122<http://opensimulator.org/mantis/view.php?id=6122>
>
> new feature: axis-aligned bounds-constrained chat
> http://opensimulator.org/**mantis/view.php?id=6126<http://opensimulator.org/mantis/view.php?id=6126>
>
> bug fix: Viewer can edit prim to be smaller than llSetScale() allows
> http://opensimulator.org/**mantis/view.php?id=6129<http://opensimulator.org/mantis/view.php?id=6129>
>
> new feature: attaching objects to non-owner http://opensimulator.org/**
> mantis/view.php?id=6133 <http://opensimulator.org/mantis/view.php?id=6133>
>
> new feature: single function for stopping & starting animations on avatars
> & npcs. http://opensimulator.org/**mantis/view.php?id=6142<http://opensimulator.org/mantis/view.php?id=6142>
>
> new feature: Add Phi constant to script engine http://opensimulator.org/**
> mantis/view.php?id=6147 <http://opensimulator.org/mantis/view.php?id=6147>
>
> new feature: function to allow scripts to duplicate an object on behalf of
> the owner http://opensimulator.org/**mantis/view.php?id=6146<http://opensimulator.org/mantis/view.php?id=6146>
>
>
> ~ Marv
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