[sldev] 1.23.4 released in a hurry ?

[Brad Kittenbrink (Brad Linden)]

I'm not sure I understand what your complaint is.  There's nothing 
blocking 1.22 viewers from logging in.  Our policy for deprecating older 
viewers is described here: 
https://blogs.secondlife.com/community/technology/blog/2009/03/09/supported-viewer-versions

Quite frankly if you're looking for "Some kind of clue" that a new 
viewer is going to be released, then IMHO you should treat our release 
of RC0 as that clue.  We've been bad in previous releases by calling 
things that weren't even close to releasable quality "RC" viewers, but 
the 1.23 RC process is what we've been aiming for ever since we started 
doing Release Candidates.  We're sorry if you've gotten used to us 
sucking, but this is one case where I'm glad to disappoint you. ;)

-Brad

Marine Kelley wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Sorry for making this message sound like a rant, but it seems that the 
> RC viewer has finally gone gold... without any prior warning. As a 
> result, a lot of people are now asking me when the compatible 
> Restrained Life viewer will be out, while I have not even finished 
> working on my latest version. I am now forced to release a half-done 
> viewer (it is operational, it just doesn't have all the features that 
> I had planned to add for 1.23) so that people can just keep using it.
>
> Even worse, the 1.22 series are not even available anymore, I guess 
> because of the adult changes. In other words, the Restrained Life 
> viewer is not compatible with anything for the next few hours, while 
> people keep messaging me.
>
> In the future, like one week before a RC is released, can we please 
> get some kind of clue so that custom viewer developers have time to 
> react and make a smooth transition ?
>
> Thank you in advance,
> A suddenly very busy Marine
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