This is not fun to me.. and with people like John Ward telling me to never reply to this group again is why I got tired of OpenSim and why I decided its not worth my time to help with it any longer.
John On Thu, Mar 4, 2010 at 1:55 PM, Karen Palen <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Opensim-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/opensim-users > > -- John Mieske / Winword Exonar http://johnmieske.org Space Grid Station
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