[Opensim-users] oddities with SecondInventory and Opensim 770x

[James Stallings II]

Interesting choice of words: "... since OS
appears to be vulnerable to any application using libSL, browsers
included."

This begs the questions: can opensim distinguish between clients? Should it
as a part of the core functionality?

I think the answer to the former, at least, is a resounding 'No".

In any event, last I heard, use of third-party inventory transfer systems
was not supported by the opensim team, if not actively discouraged (at
least, that was the case in the past).

I think that at the very least, it is safe to say "use at your own risk".

There are numerous good reasons why - not the least of which is that they
may in fact damage your inventory, not to mention the near-impossible task
of supporting someone else's closed-source application.

I am *truly* sorry that Sacha is having a problem with this, but I really
think he needs to seek out support from the vendor.

In the interim, if there is in fact a problem with SI corrupting
inventories, we should perhaps investigate some method of controlling its
use.

Cheers
James


On Mon, Dec 15, 2008 at 9:41 AM, John Hopkin
<opensim at jfhopkin.karoo.co.uk>wrote:

> With all due respect, surely:
>
> (a) This doesn't look like the cache glitch - with that, you see your
> pre-existing inv items, just not the new ones.  It looks to me like
> Sacha is saying the inventory is actually rendered unusable (permanent
> "loading" message).
>
> (b) If (a) is correct, this is *not* purely a SI problem, since OS
> appears to be vulnerable to any application using libSL, browsers
> included.  An application using a standard API should not be able to
> cause damage to the underlying database.
>
> Even if SI had actually deleted the entire inventory or something,
> surely you'd just see an empty inv, not "loading"?
>
> All the best
> John
>
> James Stallings II wrote:
>
> >Sacha, typically, from what I understand, a cache-clear is req'd before
> any
> >inventory imported with second inventory will be seen in the av's
> inventory.
> >
> >That being said, second inventory questions are perhaps best asked
> >elsewhere.
> >
> >Cheers
> >James
> >
> >
> >On Mon, Dec 15, 2008 at 7:24 AM, Lc <lcc1967 at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> Hello all,
> >>
> >> Some users report me that issue and I'd appreciate if someone can
> reproduce
> >> that :
> >> Beware, the avatar won't recover the inventory, please don't test that
> with
> >> your regular "you"
> >>
> >> Create a new avatar
> >> go InWolrd
> >> Grab some object / skin / shape / items in order to fill its inventory
> >> Check the inventory = No issue, all should be there.
> >> Eventually logOff/On to countercheck
> >>
> >> Now the "odd" part :
> >>
> >> Start SecondInventory
> >> upload any object/skin whatever inworld
> >> Stop SI
> >>
> >> Log the avatar inworld
> >> Now the inventory will stay "loading"
> >> No shape / skin is loaded
> >> you are ruthed
> >>
> >> I looked in the DB and couldn't find any items loaded with
> SecondInventory
> >>
> >> Can someone test that ?
> >>
> >> thanks
> >>
> >> Sacha
> >>
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