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 <[email protected]>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 <[email protected]> > 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. > > > -- > View this message in context: > http://n2.nabble.com/Warning-one-month-Warning-tp4658833p4675957.html > Sent from the opensim-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > _______________________________________________ > Opensim-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/opensim-users >
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