[sldev] Optimizing load time.

[Paul TBBle Hampson]

On Wed, May 23, 2007 at 08:37:42AM +0900, Alissa Sabre wrote:
>> The MD5 load is almost certainly the viewer calculating a hash of  
>> itself. This used to be used for tracking, but is no longer of use.  

> Hmm.

> If this is true, how the server knows which Viewer is Linden's
> QC-passed genuine build and which is Alissa's own experimental
> instable version (or someone else's)?

> Without such identification, support team would get big headache...

This of course is only a helpful guide, not proof that the client
is the official QC-passed build. ie. if the MD5SUM does not match,
we know it's not the official build, but that's all.

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