[sldev] SLDev & QA: Open Source Release-Candidate Repository

[Adam Frisby]

Sounds like a great idea.

Adam

Dzonatas wrote:

> Inspired from the Open Source Meeting, I'm making available the Open 
> Second Life Community Code (OSLCC) repository for those that wish to 
> participate in Quality Assurance on contributions from the open source 
> community.
> 
> What is desired is a refined process to track patches and other changes 
> being made to Second Life from resident developers.
> 
> OSLCC currently resides on SourceForge, which is powerful but has its 
> limits. I will to host OSLCC upon resolution of my contract, as there 
> exists a ready option to upgrade the immediate bandwidth to my server. 
> Of course, I'll have to be able to cover the cost; hence, a possible 
> resolution to the contract.
> 
> The OSLCC repository could be used to create auto-builds of resident 
> made patches and further develop Q&A processes to formalize intake to 
> the official build hosted by Linden Lab.
> 
> This would not be an overnight solution; therefore, we have the SF 
> location for now. I can grant developer access to post releases and 
> further grant svn access, if desired.
> 
> Just e-mail back if you are interested to work together on this process. =)
> 
> Perhaps, if successful with the repository, we can have a new mail-list 
> for residents that don't code but would like to help test new versions 
> of Second Life that are posted to the repository.
>