Re: [Opensim-dev] [kyoryoku] Announce: realXtend Naali 0.1 (alpha) client viewer

2010-02-09 Thread Tommi Laukkanen
Nice work rex team :). Congratulations are in order! -tommi On Tue, Feb 9, 2010 at 12:02 PM, Ryan McDougall sempu...@gmail.com wrote: realXtend is proud to announce the first major alpha release of its groundbreaking multi-use virtual world client viewer, Naali. We are hoping this release

[Opensim-dev] getting spam from forge

2009-08-09 Thread Tommi Laukkanen
Hi I am getting this kind of spam. I do not have the password for the project commits list so I can not do anything about it: opensimoperator-commits-boun...@forge.opensimulator.org to opensimoperato. show details 6:00 PM (1 hour ago) The opensimoperator-comm...@forge.opensimulator.org mailing

Re: [Opensim-dev] Main Repository now in Git

2009-08-06 Thread Tommi Laukkanen
Out of curiosity: does commit I make register under my name in repository now that git is used? In other words can non core member claim their commits in ohloh.net now? -tommi On Thu, Aug 6, 2009 at 2:42 PM, Sean Daguesda...@gmail.com wrote: Ursula MATOVA wrote: Sure you're right ... let's go

Re: [Opensim-dev] voice meetings

2009-05-20 Thread Tommi Laukkanen
Voice meetings are especially useful for getting to know people and building trust relationship. -tommi ___ Opensim-dev mailing list Opensim-dev@lists.berlios.de https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/opensim-dev

[Opensim-dev] Collada as Model Format

2009-05-16 Thread Tommi Laukkanen
Hello As custom viewers start to emerge I would like to point to Collada specification as one format which could be used to support freestyle models (meshes): This document describes the COLLADA schema. COLLADA is a COLLAborative Design Activity that defines an XML-based schema to enable 3-D

Re: [Opensim-dev] OAuth as authentication and authorisation (capability) specification

2009-04-30 Thread Tommi Laukkanen
I think what Christian proposes is a win win for opensim and existing social networks. We can easily expand to their entire user base while the social networks can offer OpenSim as extension to their services. Making that one extra account can be a deal breaker for many normal users. One click and

Re: [Opensim-dev] moving away from grid vs. standalone

2009-04-30 Thread Tommi Laukkanen
Well said Michael and I have come to similar conclusions when working with OpenSim code. There is no need to have separate code for grid and standalone. You can run the systems using separate executables like standalone and distributed services and still keep the code base same. Separate

[Opensim-dev] Alternatively Identifying Assets using URL's

2009-04-30 Thread Tommi Laukkanen
If we do not consider SL restrictions for a second and look to the future it would be nice to discuss the following which popped out from dahlias idea of supporting loading textures from websites directly and Stefans suggestion of using strings as ids in the standard format thread: It is good to

Re: [Opensim-dev] OAuth as authentication and authorisation (capability) specification

2009-04-28 Thread Tommi Laukkanen
I think Diva's point was that when using rich client we can collect the credentials with a dialog and post them to openid. On http level we can do the same tricks but we don't need necessarily switch to web browser but we can stay inside the viewer. -tommi

Re: [Opensim-dev] OAuth as authentication and authorisation (capability) specification

2009-04-28 Thread Tommi Laukkanen
Ouch, any chance of standard extension to support rich clients :) ___ Opensim-dev mailing list Opensim-dev@lists.berlios.de https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/opensim-dev

[Opensim-dev] GetAssetStreamHandler, grid mode and caching

2009-04-26 Thread Tommi Laukkanen
Hello Does someone know why GetAssetStreamHandler is not using cache but fetching data directly from database with asset data plugin? This can cause pretty heavy load on database when a lot of assets is loaded via HTTP. I noticed this when debugging why RegionAssetService does not work in grid

Re: [Opensim-dev] GetAssetStreamHandler, grid mode and caching

2009-04-26 Thread Tommi Laukkanen
Hello I just added CachedGetAssetStreamHandler to be able to use asset cache and submitted the code as patch for review: http://opensimulator.org/mantis/view.php?id=3539 Maybe I should add further logic to enable CachedGetAssetStreamHandler only in the special case of using MXP enabled grid

Re: [Opensim-dev] GetAssetStreamHandler, grid mode and caching

2009-04-26 Thread Tommi Laukkanen
This patch only affects region asset service as I made separate class namely CachedGetAssetStreamHandler instead of modifying GetAssetStreamHandler directly. I could tweak it to be enabled only when MXP is enabled and in grid mode. That should further limit any possible risks. -tommi

[Opensim-dev] OAuth as authentication and authorisation (capability) specification

2009-04-24 Thread Tommi Laukkanen
Hello OAuth seems to provide OpenSimulator server side authentication and authorisation needs. If you are interested in this area please read this page and especially the What is it for-chapter: http://oauth.net/about/ Is OAuth a New Concept?-chapter is a good read as well. Essentially it

Re: [Opensim-dev] On Revisions, tags and branches

2009-04-05 Thread Tommi Laukkanen
Great summary and a really useful addition to build. ++ -tommi ___ Opensim-dev mailing list Opensim-dev@lists.berlios.de https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/opensim-dev

Re: [Opensim-dev] Withdrawing preview config changes for now

2009-03-21 Thread Tommi Laukkanen
Creating a conf-directory is a definitive ++. One could also condier resource and temp directories or something like that and leave only binaries to bin directory. Having runtime data under bin is not what one would expect. Take any application which has bin-directory and they store runtime data

Re: [Opensim-dev] Memory Leak and stats

2009-03-18 Thread Tommi Laukkanen
One could catch the objects which are causing the leak by using a profiler. If someone has .NET profiler and skills he could try to trace the source of the problem so it can be fixed... -Tommi ___ Opensim-dev mailing list Opensim-dev@lists.berlios.de

Re: [Opensim-dev] Memory Leak and stats

2009-03-18 Thread Tommi Laukkanen
,) -Tommi On Wed, Mar 18, 2009 at 7:48 PM, Melanie mela...@t-data.com wrote: It's really the proliferation of eternal caches that causes issues, IMHO. Melanie Tommi Laukkanen wrote: One could catch the objects which are causing the leak by using a profiler. If someone has .NET profiler

Re: [Opensim-dev] Accessing textures via HTTP [bayes]

2009-03-18 Thread Tommi Laukkanen
I would not go so far that I would suggest we should go and try to protect our assets by using semi supported image format instead of well supported format... -Tommi ___ Opensim-dev mailing list Opensim-dev@lists.berlios.de

Re: [Opensim-dev] Withdrawing preview config changes for now

2009-03-18 Thread Tommi Laukkanen
It is a bit sad that this effort goes to waste. The opensim.ini is too big to be efficient and everyone is wasting a lot of time browsing it back and forth. I think something like splitting it up or moving defaults to other file is really needed. What is complex now is finding the properties you

Re: [Opensim-dev] Withdrawing preview config changes for now

2009-03-18 Thread Tommi Laukkanen
I apologise that I linked the latter chapter to this specific thread. I should have posted it as a separate message as it was a more general comment on our decission making process. I guess it sprung from my wonderment about how the decission turned out to be not to fix the overtly long config

Re: [Opensim-dev] Accessing textures via HTTP [bayes]

2009-03-18 Thread Tommi Laukkanen
My professional opinion is that it is a wild goose chase to try to protect assets. The unfortunate reality is that when opensimulator becomes widely adopted there will be open clients and anyone can go and use them to get someone elses assets. There is just no way to protect yourself against it.

Re: [Opensim-dev] Accessing textures via HTTP [bayes]

2009-03-17 Thread Tommi Laukkanen
I can try and write a patch. I assume this is only usable in grid. Is there any way to serve assets over http in sandbox mode? regards, Tommi ___ Opensim-dev mailing list Opensim-dev@lists.berlios.de https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/opensim-dev

Re: [Opensim-dev] Accessing textures via HTTP [bayes]

2009-03-17 Thread Tommi Laukkanen
I noticed that all our HTTP asset providers serve textures as j2k but I need jpegs or other well supported image formats for MXP. regards, Tommi ___ Opensim-dev mailing list Opensim-dev@lists.berlios.de

Re: [Opensim-dev] Accessing textures via HTTP [bayes]

2009-03-17 Thread Tommi Laukkanen
Can everyone interested read the patch mantis and provide their comments how we should proceed with this one: http://opensimulator.org/mantis/view.php?id=3308 -tommi ___ Opensim-dev mailing list Opensim-dev@lists.berlios.de

Re: [Opensim-dev] Accessing textures via HTTP

2009-03-16 Thread Tommi Laukkanen
Hi I would like to receive the asset binary. I am not that interested in the metadata currently. Is there a way to access that? regards, Tommi On Mon, Mar 16, 2009 at 2:11 AM, Mike Mazur mma...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, On Sun, 15 Mar 2009 08:35:21 +0200 Tommi Laukkanen tommi.s.e.laukka

Re: [Opensim-dev] Accessing textures via HTTP [bayes]

2009-03-16 Thread Tommi Laukkanen
Reading the source code from OpenSimAssetFrontEndPlugin. Looks like there is no handling yet for the binary data request url in the proposal: http://assets.virtualworld.com/c228d1cf-4b5d-4ba8-84f4-899a0796aa97/data Could we add here handing for handing out the raw binary data: public override

[Opensim-dev] Identity Management, Inventory Management and Asset Management from MXP Perspective

2009-03-09 Thread Tommi Laukkanen
Hello I have tried to collect a viewepoint from MXP perspective to the OpenSimulator UGAIM architecture discussion. This text is based on the discussion on this list and on formulation of an overall picture using MXP terminology. I would like to hear your comments. Have I understood things

Re: [Opensim-dev] Ini file(s) loading

2009-03-09 Thread Tommi Laukkanen
How about splitting to normal ini file and advanced ini file? In the normal ini file you would have those parameters which 95% of the people change and rest can be stuffed to advanced ini file. - Tommi ___ Opensim-dev mailing list

Re: [Opensim-dev] Authentication and oAuth

2009-03-02 Thread Tommi Laukkanen
Hello again This kind of argumentation really helps us to weed problems before we implement them. I think that if people have been on war over this issue for years then either both or other party has not been entirely logical. After all in engineering issues it should be possible to deduce how

[Opensim-dev] Authentication and oAuth

2009-03-01 Thread Tommi Laukkanen
Hello Everyone who is interested in authentication should check this out: http://oauth.net/core/1.0/ Looks well established standard which does OpenId+Tokens and is getting adopted in web industry. What do you think? regards, Tommi ___ Opensim-dev

Re: [Opensim-dev] Authentication and oAuth

2009-03-01 Thread Tommi Laukkanen
It looks like OpenId Authentication 2.0 has similar functionality: http://openid.net/specs/openid-authentication-2_0.html regards, Tommi On Sun, Mar 1, 2009 at 4:42 PM, Tommi Laukkanen tommi.s.e.laukka...@gmail.com wrote: Hello Everyone who is interested in authentication should check

Re: [Opensim-dev] Authentication and oAuth

2009-03-01 Thread Tommi Laukkanen
Hi Diva Thanks for the analysis. I have to admit I have only fastly scanned the oAuth spec. They advertise that it works for desktop applications so I assume it should not necessarily be too complex for the end user and not too hard to implement either. Someone would need to study / poc it or get

Re: [Opensim-dev] Authentication and oAuth

2009-03-01 Thread Tommi Laukkanen
for a nice historical perspective: http://www.nabble.com/On-the-Spread-of-the-Capability-Approach-to5608409.html Tommi Laukkanen wrote: Hi Diva Thanks for the analysis. I have to admit I have only fastly scanned the oAuth spec. They advertise that it works for desktop applications so I

Re: [Opensim-dev] Authentication and oAuth

2009-03-01 Thread Tommi Laukkanen
Good morning Here are some engineering concerns I see with CAPS URLs: 1) If client is given CAPS URL to access something we need to have access list / ownership and user role information in the database to deduce if the user has the right for capabilities he/she is requesting for. CAPS URLs do

Re: [Opensim-dev] On solving Authentication and such

2009-02-24 Thread Tommi Laukkanen
+1 from me too. The 2d ui can start as sub set of html for example. ___ Opensim-dev mailing list Opensim-dev@lists.berlios.de https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/opensim-dev

[Opensim-dev] MXP and Google Protocol Buffers

2009-02-24 Thread Tommi Laukkanen
After getting this great suggestion yesterday from Hurliman I added google protocol buffers as the IDL mechanism for defining extension fragments to MXP. Added also two dummy OpenMetaverse extensions (ObjectStateExtensionFragment, ChatExtensionFragment) and unit tests. Now it is possible to edit

Re: [Opensim-dev] MXP and Google Protocol Buffers

2009-02-24 Thread Tommi Laukkanen
Thank you John for the protocol buffers idea and encouragement. Lets keep this train on the move. Hope you get your proposal published soon. Tommi ___ Opensim-dev mailing list Opensim-dev@lists.berlios.de

Re: [Opensim-dev] User Authentication

2009-02-23 Thread Tommi Laukkanen
Hello I got promising link from yesterday from Ryan (sempuki): http://dev.aol.com/OpenidTokenExchange That seems to be developed to solve exactly this problem. First point of authentication fetches tokens from token exchange, passes those temporary tokens to other components which use them to

Re: [Opensim-dev] User Authentication

2009-02-23 Thread Tommi Laukkanen
As we cannot change the viewer at the moment one could use the opensim login code to create the token... regards, Tommi ___ Opensim-dev mailing list Opensim-dev@lists.berlios.de https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/opensim-dev

Re: [Opensim-dev] User Authentication

2009-02-23 Thread Tommi Laukkanen
You could use the LLClientView to do it as well. So other protocols (MXP) with their own client views could go directly to proper model. ___ Opensim-dev mailing list Opensim-dev@lists.berlios.de https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/opensim-dev

Re: [Opensim-dev] User Authentication

2009-02-23 Thread Tommi Laukkanen
I meant that in LLClientView login we could contact the open id token provider for token. Each ugaim could basicly implement open id token provider functionality as well in case all users are not interested to use external token provider. This would enable us to use grid based user directories as

Re: [Opensim-dev] MXPClient?

2009-02-23 Thread Tommi Laukkanen
Decided to go for slightly simplified solution and drag that log4net dependency with MXP for now but allow other alternatives: using System; using System.Collections.Generic; using System.Text; using log4net.Repository.Hierarchy; using log4net; using System.Reflection; namespace MXP.Util

Re: [Opensim-dev] oddities with asset storage

2009-02-19 Thread Tommi Laukkanen
I think somekind of hybrid of different strategies might work well. Maybe each storage provider could keep the assets in database and use hash to ensure there is no duplicates and a separate metadata entry which is ref counted with the binary. Anyhow this would be up to the specific storage

Re: [Opensim-dev] Heads Up: Updating Prebuild to Upstream

2009-02-19 Thread Tommi Laukkanen
*applauds* On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 2:54 PM, Stefan Andersson ste...@tribalmedia.sewrote: First of all, sorry for the cross-post, just felt the 'users' (whatever that means) should be aware of this as well: I have now updated Prebuild from upstream. Please, try the latest rev out and report

Re: [Opensim-dev] Blockers for unit testing physics modules

2009-02-17 Thread Tommi Laukkanen
The thing with the ode tests is that instead of having them in separate test dll as with all the rest of the tests the ode tests are placed in the same dll as ode plugin. Because of this it does not need to reference the ode plugin dll which would not work. I think we should really push for

Re: [Opensim-dev] Please do not revert fixes without careful comtemplation

2009-02-16 Thread Tommi Laukkanen
, 2009 at 8:38 PM, Tommi Laukkanen tommi.s.e.laukka...@gmail.com wrote: It would be nice to have somekind of short term solution to fix the current nhibernate asset store implementation so that it works and when cable beach is finalized we can see if we need to do something extra to support

Re: [Opensim-dev] Please do not revert fixes without careful comtemplation

2009-02-16 Thread Tommi Laukkanen
out the Metadata property from NHibernate mapping. Does this sound good? regards, Tommi On Sat, Feb 14, 2009 at 5:06 PM, Mike Mazur mma...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, On Sat, Feb 14, 2009 at 4:05 PM, Tommi Laukkanen tommi.s.e.laukka...@gmail.com wrote

Re: [Opensim-dev] EstateID from uint to UUID

2009-02-14 Thread Tommi Laukkanen
are not leashed by SL protocol limitations. regards, Tommi On Sat, Feb 14, 2009 at 1:14 PM, Melanie mela...@t-data.com wrote: Hi, the estate id _is_ a uint. It is not a UUID and was never meant to be a UUID. The client sends and expects a UINT. Melanie Tommi Laukkanen wrote: Hello I am

Re: [Opensim-dev] Please do not revert fixes without careful comtemplation

2009-02-14 Thread Tommi Laukkanen
On Sat, Feb 14, 2009 at 5:06 PM, Mike Mazur mma...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, On Sat, Feb 14, 2009 at 4:05 PM, Tommi Laukkanen tommi.s.e.laukka...@gmail.com wrote: I was talking with mikkopa and he suggested we should create two tables to cover AssetBase to solve this issue properly. Namely

Re: [Opensim-dev] Please do not revert fixes without careful comtemplation

2009-02-13 Thread Tommi Laukkanen
not been available at the time of the decision to revert then notes are added to the mantis containing the patches explaining the situation to the author. On Fri, Feb 13, 2009 at 8:12 AM, Tommi Laukkanen tommi.s.e.laukka...@gmail.com wrote: Dear all If you decide to revert fixes the least you

Re: [Opensim-dev] Mesh to primitive converter

2009-02-13 Thread Tommi Laukkanen
How about adding prim type mesh? I understand we need custom viewer but how long can we stay in SL leash? regards, Tommi ___ Opensim-dev mailing list Opensim-dev@lists.berlios.de https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/opensim-dev

Re: [Opensim-dev] Please do not revert fixes without careful comtemplation

2009-02-13 Thread Tommi Laukkanen
Hello Mike, Thank you for your professional reply. I have tried to reach you in irc immediately after you first commented the mantis but we seem to be in different time zones. The NHibernate unit tests are not in the build as the system is still in experimental state. We have not tried to push

Re: [Opensim-dev] Avatar movement packet optimization

2009-02-11 Thread Tommi Laukkanen
Nice! We need more work like this. Tommi On Wed, Feb 11, 2009 at 1:21 PM, Mikko Pallari mikko.pall...@adminotech.com wrote: Hi, I have made a patch to optimize number of packets to enable even more users in simulator. I have submitted this patch to mantis and you can review it here:

[Opensim-dev] Setting default locale for opensim processes

2009-02-09 Thread Tommi Laukkanen
Hello Should we set default locale programmatically when we launch the exe files as there are various functions which will get mixed results if system locale has different decimal separator defined? regards, Tommi ___ Opensim-dev mailing list