[sldev] Off-grid avatars (Re: [DANGER DANGER DANGER etc...])

[Rob Lanphier]

On Fri, 2008-06-13 at 05:43 -0500, Argent Stonecutter wrote:
> I have posted my followup to this issue to the Jira. It's pretty  
> simple, and I think on later thought it might be possible to make  
> *avatars* portable to a fair degree without moving data between  
> grids, but it will require some careful rethinking of how attachments  
> work and limiting the capabilities of "off-grid" attachments.
> 
> I'm not watching that Jira, because I anticipate the volume of spam  
> on it to be completely out of control, but I've bookmarked it and  
> will keep an eye on it.
> 
> I think that the discussion of how you could support off-grid avatars  
> without transferring data between grids is on-topic here but I'll  
> wait for Linden confirmation before continuing the technical discussion.

It's on topic, but I think starting a related thread in the same style
as the previous one is not going to be productive.

I'd suggest putting a comment on the talk page of this page:
http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/Agent_Domain

Discussions on this mailing list tend to go in circles because people
don't quote enough the original subject with enough context to stay on
topic.  (BTW, mindlessly letting the quoted thread accumulate in a
top-reply doesn't count as providing context).  Also, few make an
effort to direct conversations off list when they're spiraling out of
control.  Most generally don't make an effort to see if the topic was
already discussed and documented on JIRA and/or Wiki.

If this conversation does stay on-list, I sincerely hope that it stays
within the list guidelines:
http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/SLDev

In particular, this guideline:
> If a topic generates more than five replies in less than 24 hours,
> it's time to redirect that conversation to one of our other tools,
> either the wiki, the bug tracker, or a thread in the appropriate
> forum.

A certain unnamed individual has been guilty of making five replies to
the same topic in 24 hours *all by himself*.   ;-)

Rob