[Opensim-dev] Firestorm OpenSimulator support policy changes

[Leal Duarte]

Hi,

     We have been informed that Firestorm team changed again their 
policy about OpenSimulator support.

      Reading their statements we can only understand that they changed 
from having a forgotten, basically dead fork, to just provide a AS IS 
viewer.

     They also inform us that AS IS will mean addiction of code just 
copied from Linden Labs viewer and removal of other code may include 
what they call old protocols.

     Firestorm team has the right to do whatever they decide, no 
question about that.

     Such "AS IS" Firestorm viewer, in the terms currently defined by 
them, CAN NOT be accepted as viewer for OpenSimulator/Opensim.

     We all hope this is just some misunderstanding/disorientation 
facing the real technical difficulties.

     But since we can't predict when or what a new release "for opensim, 
almost for opensim, or whatever" will be, and knowing that just new BoM 
code may cause issues on all version but current dev master...

     I must recommended all to NOT UPGRADE TO SUCH VERSIONS, and inform 
all your users to no do so, until this situation is clarified.

Best Regards,

Ubit, (Leal Duarte)

ps: do not think i did not tried to talk with them, for example about 
BoM potential issues and possible fixes,  wasted hours just being 
ignored.. but details..