[Opensim-users] Safe use of OpenSim - was "Fw: Re: [SLED] Linden Lab Sells Second Life!"

[Teravus Ovares]

sorry, getting tired;

As I said in previous e-mail, I would recommend *against* using anything but
tagged releases in any production environment.

Sincerely

Teravus

On 4/1/09, Teravus Ovares <teravus at gmail.com> wrote:
> I would still argue that OpenSimulator will follow a predictable path
> and that there's no need to worry about 'time bombs'.   April 1st.
>
> A joke on April 1st, in the Development SVN is really *really*
> predictable.  In fact, many major companies had pranks done behind
> closed doors internally. OpenSimulator is not 'closed doors', so you
> get to see the pranks that you otherwise wouldn't.  You can see
> exactly what's going on with it at any point.
>
> As I said in previous e-mail, I would recommend using anything but
> tagged releases in any production environment.
>
> Now, considering April 1st is over..    and there's no other time
> where the world pranks each other, I'd say that there is no need to
> worry. Furthermore, considering that I added the stick-bug joke, I can
> make that statement.  You can even read all of my commits very
> carefully if you'd like.
>
> If you want to get the commits in e-mail, there's a list for it here:
> https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/opensim-commits
> This is a good way to examine every commit, I know I look at it often.
>
> I would suggest that people, of whom this event turned off to
> opensimulator, take another look.    Our history speaks for itself.
>
> Sincerely
>
> Teravus
>
>
> On 4/1/09, Frank W Sweet <fwsweet at backintyme.com> wrote:
> > John Sheridan wrote: From the standpoint of those who develop OpenSim,
> > would you guys say what I'm doing is safe?
> >
> > You are not protected against a 2-1/2 week time-bomb unless you keep
> > prior releases going back 3 weeks. (And you are not protected against
> > a 2-1/2 month time-bomb unless you keep prior releases going back 3
> > months, etc.) You can test the living bejeezus out of each release to
> > no avail. When the time bomb goes off, it will still impact you,
> > because it was already hiding in all your prior releases.
> >
> > FWS
> >
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