[Opensim-users] Fw: Re: [SLED] Linden Lab Sells Second Life!

[Tom Willans]

Ok Guys, I think the message that the joke did not go down well in  
some quarters  has been received, and its impact.

It is always a danger with April 1 jokes. It is clear that there was  
no malicious intent and attempts were made to ensure it did not get  
into the tagged versions. It is a compliment to all those working on  
OpenSim that people are now beginning to use OS for serious uses even  
if it is still "alpha" software - that is what we want. OpenSim is  
maturing and everyone who has contributed should be proud of that. I  
guess everyone is now learning about this new phase - including  
users, developers, testers and backers. Lets all learn from this.

We have now substantially ported the Sloodle project, for instance,  
from SL to OpenSim and this would not have been possible even 6  
months ago. This did help identify a bug and that was rectified very  
quickly to help us  - so thank you to everyone who made this possible.

Regards
Tom


On 1 Apr 2009, at 22:03, MW wrote:

> While Teravus did the april 1st joke, all of core (or certainly  
> most of it) knew about it. And we fully supported him applying it.  
> As he said it was never in a tagged version.
>
> --- On Wed, 1/4/09, Teravus Ovares <teravus at gmail.com> wrote:
> From: Teravus Ovares <teravus at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Opensim-users] Fw: Re: [SLED] Linden Lab Sells Second  
> Life!
> To: jonathangreenlee at yahoo.com, opensim-users at lists.berlios.de
> Date: Wednesday, 1 April, 2009, 9:59 PM
>
> FYI, the avatar stick bug April 1 joke was my idea.
>
> Also, I think it's really important to note that all of the developers
> of OpenSimulator have, since day one told people to avoid SVN for
> something that is production.   That includes anything that
>  you want
> to work.
>
> April 1st is a tradition in OpenSimulator and on April 1st a sense of
> humor is required when using SVN.   We made sure that all releases and
> tags did *not* have the April fool's joke in it for this very reason.
>    We make releases and tag revisions not for our benefit, but for
> yours.
>
> I know some people on this list don't spend time on IRC, however, it's
> been hinted upon since February that there would likely be an April
> fool's joke there.  For those that argue that most people don't sit in
> IRC, see two paragraphs up.
>
> Now, if despite our warnings and hints, you continued to use SVN, then
> likely your avatar were stick-bugged.
>
> I reiterate what has been said all along.   Direct SVN revisions are
> risky.  They've always been, and it's always bad practice to use them
> unless you've thoroughly looked them over.   A lot of people thought
> it was funny.  The people who did not were in
>  the far minority.
>
>
> Sincerely
>
> Teravus
>
>
> On 4/1/09, Jonathan Greenlee <jonathangreenlee at yahoo.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> > This was funny.
> > Vandalising everyone's avatar was not.
> >
> > > On Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 3:59 PM, S Collingwood
> <collingwood.7 at osu.edu>
> > > wrote:
> > > This is really BIG.  A takeover!  We can expect
> > > panzer tanks rolling into shopping malls --  uniformed guards  
> at sim
> crossings
> > > --  dogs and cats living together -- it's the END!!
> > >
> > > Linden Lab Sells Second Life!
> > > >
> > > >
> http://www.secondlifeupdate.com/news-and-stuff/linden-lab-sells- 
> second-life/
> > > --
> >
> >
> >
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