On Fri, Mar 12, 2010 at 12:58 PM, Opensource Obscure <o...@autistici.org> wrote: > > Is Runitai actually holding office hours? It seems not: > http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/Office_hours > I'd like to participate. May some Linden please ping Runitai?
I thought he was. I know that page is often out of date, so I'll fire off an email to ask. > With regard to upcoming, but not-yet implemented feature > as meshes import, I'm assuming that its development model > is going to follow current and future LL's approach - that is > 1. design and develop internally/secretely, 2. launch the > feature, 3. release code. > Does this make sense? Some things will happen in the dark, but the current plan is *not* to do another monolithic Viewer 2 quiet cycle. We want to get intermittent code dropping regularly again - expect to hear more on that soon. Once that's covered, I know some teams are actively campaigning to get their source out regularly again, and that the graphics guys are in that camp. The company might think other features are better held. I don't know all the reasons there, but I can see where some early announcements haven't helped anyone. AO was one good example. Look back on the amount of damaging FUD about AO and LL, as well as the constant harassment of Lindens before it was finalized, and then look at its real impact on resis' daily lives...? One could write a book on that gap. I'd bet that kind of response is going to be raised as a counterpoint to open development* at the Lab for years. * Open development, as opposed to open source - open participation during the development phase, versus code landing when binaries land _______________________________________________ Policies and (un)subscribe information available here: http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/OpenSource-Dev Please read the policies before posting to keep unmoderated posting privileges
