[opensource-dev] Inventory Patch you should integrate

[Oz Linden (Scott Lawrence)]

On 2012-01-06 17:25, Henri Beauchamp wrote:
> On Fri, 06 Jan 2012 16:15:58 -0500, Oz Linden (Scott Lawrence) wrote:
>
>> We're going to deploying changes to the inventory backend soon that
>> improve robustness and performance, but in testing those changes we
>> found that existing viewers relied on certain things being strictly
>> ordered.  With the new backend, that assumption does not always hold true.
>>
>> Changeset d327dcc8ae51
>> <https://bitbucket.org/lindenlab/viewer-development/changeset/d327dcc8ae51>
>> from viewer-development implements the viewer change needed to avoid
>> race conditions.  It should be straightforward to apply to any viewer,
>> and is safe to release before the changes are deployed (it is compatible
>> with the services as they are now).
>>
>> You are strongly urged to port this patch and get it deployed.
> How urgent is it ?... Do we have days or weeks ?  Will there be any
> testing ground available (e.g. on the beta grid or in some sandbox
> on the main grid) ?...
>

I'm not sure of the exact deployment schedule - more than days, probably 
less than a month.

I believe that there is no known risk of inventory loss or damage 
without the patch, but it is true that some operations can result in 
accidental nudity, which some users might be unhappy about.