[sldev] Finding the latest build (Re: Experience so far with 2244)

[Rob Lanphier]

On 05/13/2009 07:14 AM, Matt White wrote:
> I've been running the OSS builds as they're posted here, but that
> brings up a question I have - is there a URL that automatically points
> to the latest OSS build? (Or a way to determine what the latest build
> is?)
>   

Hi Matt,

Glad to have you working on this.  If you want the absolute newest bits,
subscribe to this mailing list:
/index.html-commits

Here's the notification flow you should see:

1.  Commits to the projects/2009/http-texture branch, like this one:
https://lists.secondlife.com/pipermail/sldev-commits/2009-May/002610.html

2.  Some time later, someone will manually fire off a build to pick up
the changes since the last build.  When that build completes, you'll
either see a successful build notification, like this one:
https://lists.secondlife.com/pipermail/sldev-commits/2009-May/002612.html

...or a failed build notice, like this one:
https://lists.secondlife.com/pipermail/sldev-commits/2009-May/002580.html

If you notice there's some older changes for which don't appear to have
been built yet, hop onto irc.efnet.org #opensl and ask one of the
Lindens (me: llrobla) to fire off a build.  There are several of us that
can do that, and it only takes a few pokes at a web page for any of us
to do it.

3.  Generally, there's someone that pounces on the build right away.  If
they have a reasonably good experience with it, they'll update the
latest build page here:
https://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/Open_Source_Portal

If you'd like to update that page, the place to do the updating is
actually here:
https://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/Template:Open_Source_Portal/Featured

Please only do this after you've successfully run the build yourself and
verified that it at least doesn't crash on startup on your favorite
platform.  To date, only Merov and I have updated this, but I don't
think others should be shy about doing so.

4.  Occasionally, someone will then send email to sldev@ about the build.

We'd love to have your help in testing these builds as they roll off the
end of the assembly line!

Rob