[sldev] Extending the Mute List

Nicholaz Beresford nicholaz at blueflash.cc
Wed Jun 13 03:32:18 PDT 2007


Wow, nice catch!! Kudos!


Nick



Able Whitman wrote:
> While I was investigating how to extend the viewer's mute list 
> functionality, I discovered that the format for the mute list that the 
> viewer expects is actually different than the format that the service 
> provides.
> 
> This hasn't caused a problem yet, but only because the viewer code which 
> parses the mute list just happens to do the right thing, even though it 
> is broken. The problem is that this bug precludes the viewer from making 
> use of the (currently unused) MuteFlags field in the mute entry list, 
> since if this field has a value other than the default of zero, the mute 
> list parser will be return an invalid value for the entry's MuteType field.
> 
> It's sort of an odd, subtle bug, so I'll relegate the details to the 
> actual JIRA issues:
> 
> SVC-309: Mute list files returned by the service are malformed
> https://jira.secondlife.com/browse/SVC-309
> 
> VWR-1170: LLMuteList::loadFromFile() improperly parses the mute list 
> returned from the service
> https://jira.secondlife.com/browse/VWR-1170 
> <https://jira.secondlife.com/browse/VWR-1170>
> 
> I'm working on a wiki entry detailing how the mute list works in the 
> viewer, which I will (hopefully) post later today when it is done.
> 
> --Able
> 
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