[opensource-dev] Open Viewer Development Announcement

[Anders Arnholm]

2010-08-18 15:11, Timothy Horrigan skrev:
> Scripters have already had to deal with the case where an avi's name 
> changes.  The Lindens have always had the option to rename avis (e.g., 
> if an offensive name falls through the filters during registration, if 
> an innoucuous name becomes offensive due to news events, if a Linden 
> loses his or her job, etc.)  That's why most scripts specify the 
> identity of a user through his or her UUID rather than his or her 
> name.  In fact the only way to use the avi name in a script is to have 
> it first look up the UUID.

With the new change the crips can't male a simple llSay() with the name 
the users around expect to see, one of the usergroups will see a name 
they have no idea what it is or is super ugly.

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