[opensource-dev] Explorations in develop.py

[Ricky]

Looking through develop.py, I spied the following lines:

281-        elif self.arch() == 'x86_64' and self.is_internal_tree():
282-            # the viewer does not build in 64bit -- kdu5 issues
283-            # we can either use openjpeg, or overhaul our viewer
to handle kdu5 or higher
284:            # doug knows about kdu issues
285-            return ['server-' + platform_build]

Using svn blame, I found that these lines arrived into
/linden/projects/2010/snowglobe/trunk/indra/develop.py at the time of
the creation of this project at r3145.  I didn't checkout and search
up the parent branches (wish svn had a way to do this easily!)
Because of this, I am unable to tell whether this is still valid or
otherwise.  Any enlightenment? Maybe a JIRA so I can see what the
current status is?  My initial searches have turned up nothing,
however, I may not be using the correct keywords...

My memory is bugging me with the thought that a switchover to OpenJPEG
has already happened... If so, then section of code should likely be
updated.  Of course, it seems from the conditional that is is only
about 64 bit builds of the Linden internal branch.  However, the
reasoning given here may not be valid any more, and could possibly be
replaced with a reference to a JIRA issue, maybe even the Linux 64bit
build meta http://jira.secondlife.com/browse/VWR-13793 .

Thanks,
Ricky
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