[Opensim-dev] Mono 4.0 coming changes

[Frank Nichols]

Exactly, Shaun, I agree. The other approach taken to its extreme is to stop all development of OS because what we have works for some (most?) people and any change brings with it the risk of incompatibility.

This discussion of when and whether to upgrade a project has been hashed out since the beginning of time on almost every project. It amazing how the same discussion occurs over and over and all the reasons remain the same and only the names change.

I guess, it would be impertinent of me to point out that this is an "ALPHA" release product and it is being held at ALPHA after so many years in development specifically so it can be changed at will, and people have been warned not to use it in commercial applications because it is ALPHA. But then when an change is suggested people complain because it might bring about incompatibilities... Ironic.

As I said, that was probably impertinent of me. Anyway, I guess my question is why should the advancement of OS be put on hold until the majority of users are using 5, 6 or 7 year old technology? If someone wants or needs to run old versions of the code that works for them, how is the incorporation and release of modern changes impacting them from continuing to do what they are before the release?

Frank

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> On Dec 30, 2014, at 10:12 AM, Shaun T. Erickson <ste at smxy.org> wrote:
> 
> Agreed. People who want to live on the bleeding edge should be able to and, upon reflection, it's not unreasonable to ask that they be the one to jump through a hoop or two to do so. When mono 4.x becomes more widely distributed, the roles could be reversed, as I mentioned previously.
> 
> I think the greater concern, for me, would be if support for the older Mono versions prevents the OpenSim project from incorporating beneficial changes that only the newer Mono versions support. In that case, there's a tangible negative effect. I don't know that this is the case presently, however.
> 
> -ste
> 
>> On 12/30/14 9:57 AM, Dahlia Trimble wrote:
>> The way I see it is we make it easiest for the majority of users. I don't see mono 4.x users being the majority for quite some time yet.
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