[sldev] alternative os support?

[Rob Lanphier]

On 1/23/07 3:33 PM, Mathew Frank wrote:
> Protocol changes come "out of the blue" right now.  With a custom
> client - and lots of people using it - you just can't afford to keep
> people out of SL for a few days while you get the update and recompile
> (assuming no local code changes required).  It is not good business to
> work on a reactionary basis for this.   I would like the following
> therefore:
>
>     * An eta of "protocol expected to change on X date"
>     * A warning a few days before the change with all details required
>       for it (ie updated source code, and message layout)
>     * An announcement on go-live day that the protocol is changing
>
In the short term, you can pretty much count on every release having
protocol changes.  In the longer term, check out some of the work
described by Zero Linden here:
http://blog.secondlife.com/2006/12/21/a-big-change-youll-barely-notice/

As this work progresses, and we implement more robust extensibility
mechanisms you'll see the protocol stabilize more and more.  I think
it'd be more productive to establish a conversation about accelerating
that work that it is to adopt a lot of extra policies and procedures for
dealing with the current state of affairs.

Rob

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