<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" ><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;">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. <br><br>--- On <b>Wed, 1/4/09, Teravus Ovares <i><teravus@gmail.com></i></b> wrote:<br><blockquote style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px;">From: Teravus Ovares <teravus@gmail.com><br>Subject: Re: [Opensim-users] Fw: Re: [SLED] Linden Lab Sells Second Life!<br>To: jonathangreenlee@yahoo.com, opensim-users@lists.berlios.de<br>Date: Wednesday, 1 April, 2009, 9:59 PM<br><br><pre>FYI, the avatar stick bug April 1 joke was my idea.<br><br>Also, I think it's really important to note that all of the developers<br>of OpenSimulator have, since day one told people to avoid SVN for<br>something that is production. That includes anything that
you want<br>to work.<br><br>April 1st is a tradition in OpenSimulator and on April 1st a sense of<br>humor is required when using SVN. We made sure that all releases and<br>tags did *not* have the April fool's joke in it for this very reason.<br> We make releases and tag revisions not for our benefit, but for<br>yours.<br><br>I know some people on this list don't spend time on IRC, however, it's<br>been hinted upon since February that there would likely be an April<br>fool's joke there. For those that argue that most people don't sit in<br>IRC, see two paragraphs up.<br><br>Now, if despite our warnings and hints, you continued to use SVN, then<br>likely your avatar were stick-bugged.<br><br>I reiterate what has been said all along. Direct SVN revisions are<br>risky. They've always been, and it's always bad practice to use them<br>unless you've thoroughly looked them over. A lot of people thought<br>it was funny. The people who did not were in
the far minority.<br><br><br>Sincerely<br><br>Teravus<br><br><br>On 4/1/09, Jonathan Greenlee <jonathangreenlee@yahoo.com> wrote:<br>><br>><br>> This was funny.<br>> Vandalising everyone's avatar was not.<br>><br>> > On Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 3:59 PM, S Collingwood<br><collingwood.7@osu.edu><br>> > wrote:<br>> > This is really BIG. A takeover! We can expect<br>> > panzer tanks rolling into shopping malls -- uniformed guards at sim<br>crossings<br>> > -- dogs and cats living together -- it's the END!!<br>> ><br>> > Linden Lab Sells Second Life!<br>> > ><br>> > ><br>http://www.secondlifeupdate.com/news-and-stuff/linden-lab-sells-second-life/<br>> > --<br>><br>><br>><br>> _______________________________________________<br>> Opensim-users mailing list<br>> Opensim-users@lists.berlios.de<br>>
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