[Opensim-users] To the developers.....

[Ale Fernandez]

Hi,

I just tried upgrading my diva's distro and it now gives a strange
error where it can't reach any regions and thereby can't log any users
in. It also got rid of my previous sim - I ended up with 4 islands, so
maybe it could do with a warning sign on it saying it will do that? On
neither of the installs I ended up with was I able to then go into the
"wifi" bit to try out the web login stuff. Does that have to be turned
on in the config somewhere?

Ale

On 2 August 2010 15:16,  <diva at metaverseink.com> wrote:
> Communication between developers and users is fine, if only users like you
> understand how the project works. If you don't understand, then you're in
> for disappointments.
>
> No one noticed/cared that that feature was broken. You're the first one to
> notice. There are literally thousands of features, if you count the
> combinations of events from the viewer. We don't have an automated test
> suite for this monstrosity. So detecting broken features pretty much relies
> on people testing what matters to them. Breaking things that used to work
> before will happen again, as long as no one detects/cares for those things.
>
> Testing is done by a much larger group than the core developers. Almost
> anyone can participate in that process. The testing process for 0.7 was
> quite organized, it took about 5 weeks from the point at which we created
> the first release candidate to the point at which we made the release.
>
> If you had taken the time to participate in the testing process that
> happened for 0.7, the release probably would have that feature fixed. Since
> you didn't, no one even noticed that that feature was broken, so it didn't
> make it to the release notes.
>
> We need more people for testing release candidates, so consider volunteering
> your time when the next one comes along.
>
> Easy wrote:
>>
>> I know that the developers of the software do a very good job!
>> But I think that the communication in terms of properties between software
>> developers and users is not so good. It was removed some features and
>> added
>> again.
>> Perhaps one should communicate these things.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
>> Von: opensim-users-bounces at lists.berlios.de
>> [mailto:opensim-users-bounces at lists.berlios.de] Im Auftrag von
>> diva at metaverseink.com
>> Gesendet: Sonntag, 1. August 2010 20:39
>> An: opensim-users at lists.berlios.de
>> Betreff: Re: [Opensim-users] To the developers.....
>>
>> If the new release has critical bugs for you, you should pull back to the
>> previous release. Simple.
>>
>> It's *your* responsibility to make sure to test new releases thoroughly
>> before you deploy them in your production grid. OpenSimulator developers
>> can't possibly test the thousands of features of this system, and these
>> features have different importance for different people (like, for example,
>> I personally care very little about calling cards).
>>
>> Anyone supporting users should get into the habit of having a beta grid.
>> Test the new releases there, identify critical bugs (for you), report them
>> appropriately, and wait until they get fixed before you upgrade your
>> production grid.
>>
>>
>> Easy wrote:
>>>
>>> Hello, Yesterday I live my system updated to the 0.7. Today I had to
>>> ScrewBox that appears when you add a friend it no longer is in the folder
>>> Calling Cards. It would be nice if we can do such things somewhere once
>>> known. I have to explain to my users the situation.
>>> In the Mantis one has explained to me that this feature will "soon" be
>>> restored.
>>>
>>>
>>> Sorry for my bad English....
>>>
>>>
>>>
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