[opensource-dev] Plugins/Modular architecture

[Nicky Perian]

Ann,
At one point I thought that just skipping 2008 all together would be the way 
forward since LL doesn't seem inclined to move quickly off the obsolete 2005 
anyway. But, I started before 2010 came out and it has been a struggle just to 
get a good build from 2008. IMO, much of the problems have been because I have 
stayed with the Express Versions of 2005 and 2008. So, I have stayed with a 
measured approach of stepping form 2005 to 2008 and build a learning base since 
I was new to all versions of VS and VC++ express. If you want to jump on board 
2010 and give it a go I and I am sure several others on list will  be glad to 
give a additional sets of eyes and test your builds. But these build issues take 
a lot of time to resolve namely, rebuilding libraries so that they fit 2010 and 
the viewer-development code base.  
So, it is certainly doable but it takes almost all time available to resolve the 
build issues and leaves little time for bug corrections and feature additions.
Nicky




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From: Ann Otoole <missannotoole at yahoo.com>
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Sent: Sat, September 4, 2010 2:19:09 PM
Subject: Re: [opensource-dev] Plugins/Modular architecture


you mean like the obsolete libraries that show up with tp SL viewers? Like the 
one that dumps a bunch of garbage in the root and then does not uninstall them? 
And that screws up the system forcing you to have to redu windows updates to 
overwrite the obsolete libs from 2005?




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From: Nicky Perian <nickyperian at yahoo.com>
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Sent: Sat, September 4, 2010 1:14:14 PM
Subject: Re: [opensource-dev] Plugins/Modular architecture


Libraries, Libraries, Libraries and MS redistribution hell.



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Sent: Sat, September 4, 2010 12:10:12 PM
Subject: Re: [opensource-dev] Plugins/Modular  architecture


Why would anyone be burning time on VS2008 when VS2010 is the current 
environment?





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Sent: Sat, September 4, 2010 9:00:33 AM
Subject: Re: [opensource-dev] Plugins/Modular architecture

 
Not yet they have just started working on bring it to VS2008 and even doing that 
is by a lot of effort from the OS community there even a jira on at least bring 
it to VS2008(vc90)
 
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[mailto:opensource-dev-bounces at lists.secondlife.com] On Behalf Of Ann Otoole
Sent: Friday, September 03, 2010 10:11 AM
To: Oz Linden (Scott Lawrence); opensource-dev at lists.secondlife.com
Subject: Re: [opensource-dev] Plugins/Modular architecture
 
Has this project code been brought forward to Visual Studio 2010?
 

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From:Oz Linden (Scott Lawrence) <oz at lindenlab.com>
To: opensource-dev at lists.secondlife.com
Sent: Fri, September 3, 2010 9:32:54 AM
Subject: Re: [opensource-dev] Plugins/Modular architecture

  On 2010-09-03 9:14, Lawson English wrote:
>    On 9/2/10 8:13 AM, Talia Tokugawa wrote:
>> [...]
>> I know this has been suggested before as friends have suggested it.
>> Why not make the viewer more Modular? Introduce a plugin architecture.
>> Allow any user to "build" their own client that fits their needs and
>> requirements.
>>
> Its a HUGE undertaking to do that. LL wasn't willing to tackle the issue
> directly years ago and they probably don't have the resources to do it
> now. It would have to be a community-lead effort and I'm not sure that
> developers are willing to invest the time to refactor the viewer at that
> level unless LL will be willing to seriously consider using the
> resulting re-architectured viewer.

Try us...

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