Fortis was able to eliminate Mono.Addins; can't Core? -ste
On Sep 20, 2011, at 5:44 PM, Melanie <[email protected]> wrote: > The use of Mono.Addins was a mistake. I was against it from the > start and eventually my intuition proved right. Mono.Addins is a > horrible way to load plugins, it prevents multiple sims from sharing > a single bin directory and makes it nearly impossible to have a > read-only bin/ directory. Sometimes it fails to load modules altogether. > > OpenSim can't move away from it as far as region modules go as the > amount of work to change them all would be too great, but we needn't > compound the mistake by adding yet more things that use Mono.Addins. > If we ever want to have a chance to remove Mono.Addins, we have to > stop using it for new things. > > Melanie > > On 20/09/2011 23:39, M.E. Verhagen wrote: >> Should the addon modules be used for the creation of plugins ? >> >> 2011/9/20, Melanie <[email protected]>: >>> Reading that page - ROBUST was specifically designed to AVOID >>> Mono.Addins and will certainly NOT be refactored to use it. >>> >>> Melanie >>> >>> On 20/09/2011 22:10, Justin Clark-Casey wrote: >>>> Great stuff, Oren - documentation improvements are extremely welcome. >>>> >>>> As far as I know, the extension points you mention are unused for at least >>>> 2 and a half years, so I have removed them in >>>> git master aadf7dd to reduce confusion. >>>> >>>> If they are in fact used then this commit can be reverted. >>>> >>>> On 19/09/11 09:51, Oren Hurvitz wrote: >>>>> I added a page to the wiki to describe the different techniques used in >>>>> OpenSim to load plugins. If there are any mistakes then please let me >>>>> know, >>>>> or edit the page directly. In particular, I'm curious about the seemingly >>>>> unused extension points: are they really unneeded, or have I missed where >>>>> they are used? >>>>> >>>>> The page is here: http://opensimulator.org/wiki/Plugins >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> View this message in context: >>>>> http://opensim-dev.2196679.n2.nabble.com/Wiki-documentation-of-plugins-tp6807677p6807677.html >>>>> Sent from the opensim-dev mailing list archive at Nabble.com. >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> Opensim-dev mailing list >>>>> [email protected] >>>>> https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/opensim-dev >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Opensim-dev mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/opensim-dev >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> Opensim-dev mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/opensim-dev >> >> > _______________________________________________ > Opensim-dev mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/opensim-dev _______________________________________________ Opensim-dev mailing list [email protected] https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/opensim-dev
