[Opensim-users] Warning, one month Warning

[Karen Palen]

This is a learning process for all of us!

Hopefully a relatively fun way to learn though :-)

Karen

On Thu, Mar 4, 2010 at 10:51 AM, Master_Mirage <mirage123 at verizon.net>wrote:

>
>
> The point is that if you run "development" software for "production" you
> WILL have problems!
>
> One of the subtle differences between OpenSource development "closed
> source"
> development is that "there is no bottom to the rabbit hole"! You can change
> anything and run the most unstable "bleeding edge" software imaginable.
>
> Commercial ("closed source") software does not get released until much
> later
> in the design cycle. If OpenSim were "closed source" then likely V0.6.7
> would be "production" and V 0.6.8 would be "beta" - if indeed ANY of it was
> allowed outside the factory!
>
> Essentially the difference is that you get to make the choice and live with
> the results!
>
> If you are prepared for things a lot more subtle than the April 1 pranks to
> go wrong then running the "head" revision helps the developers by testing
> the software in a realistic environment using "standard idiots" as uisers.
>
> If you are trying to build a virtual world and want to concentrate on
> getting stuff built and working "in world" then you should be using one of
> the release versions!
>
> Just because the nightly builds or "head" version doesn't break often does
> *
> not* mean that they won't break!
>
> The April 1 antics should serve as a reminder of this!
>
> Karen
>
>
>
>
> On Wed, Mar 3, 2010 at 9:35 AM, Master_Mirage <mirage123 at verizon.net>
> wrote:
>
> >
> > Yah i remeber last year, got alot of ppl mad too. The problem wasent so
> > mutch
> > about the prank it was not knowing one would be played. Hopefully at
> least
> > this time grid ops are better informed than last time.
> > So in that way i have to say ty for the reminder.
> > Stick ppl was funny just happened in an un-expected time and way.
> > It was quickly un-done and as said allready check mantis on that day as
> > they
> > usualy allready have away to counter it if needed.
> > As far as If its right or wrong to do it. Ill avoid that topic lol.
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Well for me last year was a matter of not knowing what was beeing reffered
> too.
> It was at the same time as real virus threat was bbeing warrned about and
> me
> not knowing exactly what it was. Thought that thay were talking about a
> trick on OSG users or a joke just between devs ect..
> I never considered it would be done in the master svn code.
> When i saw that something was wrong, It became a series of things as i
> dident know and made the worst assumption and that my system had been
> hacked
> and nothing todo with the build.
>
> Anyway, For me it came down to just not knowing what was beeing reffered
> too.
> I really dident care about the prank its selph. At the same time there were
> some that seemed to be using it as an excuse to make alot of trouble. Im
> shure theres some that remeber that too.
> New ppl may be getting the wrong impression and dont know what scars there
> were from then.
>
> In hindsight (now that i know) its not a big deal and is done to have fun.
> It doset make it into tagged rev. it dosent harm data or have some black
> hidden stuff in it. Its just a joke and lives for one day in a dev. git
> build is all.
>
> The sky is not falling :)  Have some fun if its done at all this year.
>
>
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