Sean Dague wrote: > Justin Clark-Casey wrote: >> Frank Nichols wrote: >>> There is a member in RegionProfileData (regionOnline) which is currently >>> not used and does not exist in the region db table. I would like to add >>> it to the region table as an enum and not a boolean. Currently the code >>> assumes a region that has an entry in the region table is online (as far >>> as I have figured out...) With this field in place we can impliment the >>> requested feature of reserving regions as well as having regions online >>> but not available for logins. I suggest the following enums: >>> >>> RESERVED >>> OFFLINE >>> ONLINE >>> >>> at least for starters. >>> >>> >>> Before submitting a patch to support this, i wanted to get some >>> direction and comments from the core developers and architects. >> I think the people who could contribute most to this discussion are those >> who are actively running grids, a group that >> will consist of both some core developers but also of other core developers.
Wow, I see that last line didn't make much sense - I actually meant to say "will consist of both some core developers but also of non-core grid operators." >> >> On the surface a RESERVED state doesn't seem unreasonable to me. >> >> Perhaps the nicest thing to do would be to make such code modular so that >> people are free to implement different >> strategies for grid organization. > > This sounds sensible to me. I think it should end up as State instead > of regionOnline, so we can think of it in these more generic ways. > > -Sean > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Opensim-dev mailing list > Opensim-dev@lists.berlios.de > https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/opensim-dev -- justincc Justin Clark-Casey http://justincc.wordpress.com _______________________________________________ Opensim-dev mailing list Opensim-dev@lists.berlios.de https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/opensim-dev