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<body class='hmmessage'>I'm leaning towards that the 'tools' and 'scripts' and whatnots that are in the svn would live a better life nurtured externally. Right now, they seem to live in a twilight zone.<BR>
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/Stefan<BR>
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> Date: Sat, 9 Feb 2008 10:36:52 +0000<BR>> From: jjustincc@googlemail.com<BR>> To: jjustincc@googlemail.com<BR>> CC: opensim-dev@lists.berlios.de<BR>> Subject: Re: [Opensim-dev] init.d scripts I put on the wiki and putting then in the svn<BR>> <BR>> Heh. I just noticed through the magic of commit changelogs that we <BR>> already have a Windows installer in Tools/Windows/Installer. However, I <BR>> still think my arguments for having this stuff externally are valid - <BR>> most of the existing stuff in tools (such as the installer and the gui) <BR>> would be better off outside OpenSim SVN. I'm not going to get terribly <BR>> upset if another core committer wants to directly include them though.<BR>> <BR>> --<BR>> justincc<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> Justin Clark-Casey wrote:<BR>> > Hi Brian,<BR>> > <BR>> > Sorry for the terse reply last night - it was very late and my head was <BR>> > full of an attempt to pin down a memory leak.<BR>> > <BR>> > Essentially, Stefan's suggestion has hit my main reason for my opinion <BR>> > right on the head (to mangle a metaphor). By not making the installer <BR>> > (and such scripts) part of the OpenSim SVN, it potentially allows a much <BR>> > larger set of people to directly change, adapt and maintain them (for <BR>> > example, through a site such as the one Stefan suggests) than just those <BR>> > with OpenSim SVN access. One can argue that changes can be made through <BR>> > patch, but we are already fairly bad at dealing with the code patches we <BR>> > get currently.<BR>> > <BR>> > Installer code is one of those things which is pretty decoupled from <BR>> > core code changes (the main pain point is reacting to required shippable <BR>> > file changes). As long as the installer has a BSD (or like) license, it <BR>> > could still be bundled with the OpenSim code on a formal release (or <BR>> > included in some nightly build).<BR>> > <BR>> > Regards,<BR>> > <BR>> > justincc<BR>> > <BR>> > <BR>> > Stefan Andersson wrote:<BR>> >> I just suggested on the chat channel that we create a site,<BR>> >> <BR>> >> gotopensim.com (or something like that)<BR>> >> <BR>> >> that caters for the opensim community with forum, support, samples, <BR>> >> scripts, binaries, asset libraries et c<BR>> >> <BR>> >> I'm thinking something like gotdotnet.com + getfirefox.com<BR>> >> <BR>> >> /Stefan<BR>> >><BR>> >><BR>> >><BR>> >><BR>> >> <BR>> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------<BR>> >> Date: Sat, 9 Feb 2008 00:00:06 -0700<BR>> >> From: nebadon2025@gmail.com<BR>> >> To: brianw@terrabox.com; opensim-dev@lists.berlios.de<BR>> >> Subject: Re: [Opensim-dev] init.d scripts I put on the wiki and<BR>> >> putting then in the svn<BR>> >><BR>> >> if your making an installer why do they need to be in the SVN?<BR>> >><BR>> >> On Feb 8, 2008 10:27 PM, Brian Wolfe <brianw@terrabox.com<BR>> >> <mailto:brianw@terrabox.com>> wrote:<BR>> >><BR>> >> I was considering creating a unix installer tool which would<BR>> >> need the<BR>> >> scripts.<BR>> >><BR>> >><BR>> >> On Sat, 2008-02-09 at 04:12 +0000, Justin Clark-Casey wrote:<BR>> >> > Brian Wolfe wrote:<BR>> >> > > I was thinking today that it would probably be a good idea<BR>> >> to have a<BR>> >> > > place in the SVN where contributing scripts such as these<BR>> >> could be<BR>> >> > > added. That way people wouldn't have to hunt them down on<BR>> >> the wiki to<BR>> >> > > have them. It would also let me pass out updates for the<BR>> >> scripts as I<BR>> >> > > improve them.<BR>> >> > ><BR>> >> > > Any objections to makign the scripts a part of OpenSim<BR>> >> svn? If not,<BR>> >> > > would someone be kind enough to dd them for me? :)<BR>> >> > ><BR>> >> > In my personal opinion, support scripts like these should<BR>> >> live in a<BR>> >> > separate space from the core OpenSim project.<BR>> >> ><BR>> >><BR>> >> _______________________________________________<BR>> >> Opensim-dev mailing list<BR>> >> Opensim-dev@lists.berlios.de <BR>> >> <mailto:Opensim-dev@lists.berlios.de><BR>> >> https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/opensim-dev<BR>> >><BR>> >><BR>> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------<BR>> >><BR>> >> _______________________________________________<BR>> >> Opensim-dev mailing list<BR>> >> Opensim-dev@lists.berlios.de<BR>> >> https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/opensim-dev<BR>> >> <BR>> > <BR>> > <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> -- <BR>> justincc<BR>> Justin Clark-Casey<BR>> _______________________________________________<BR>> Opensim-dev mailing list<BR>> Opensim-dev@lists.berlios.de<BR>> https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/opensim-dev<BR><BR></body>
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