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| author | David Seikel | 2011-05-09 21:29:10 +1000 |
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| committer | David Seikel | 2011-05-09 21:29:10 +1000 |
| commit | 1bb944de2365d0e36cd77f0bf889514d5de2797f (patch) | |
| tree | e258688eadfec45246c876865eead01e8251ed43 | |
| parent | Fix the SL creator check. I fixed this wrong last time. (diff) | |
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Readme rewrite.
I'll update the Windows special copy later.
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| 1 | ABOUT META-IMPY | 1 | ABOUT META-IMPY |
| 2 | 2 | ||
| 3 | Meta-impy used to be the next generation experimental viewer for the | 3 | The meta-impy viewer is based on the Imprudence 1.4 viewer - |
| 4 | meta 7 grid. Meta 7 closed, but meta-impy lives on. The rest of | 4 | |
| 5 | this text is the old text from the meta 7 days. I'll write | 5 | http://blog.kokuaviewer.org/ |
| 6 | something now soon. | 6 | |
| 7 | 7 | I agree with the Imprudence manifesto. I also have my own ideas | |
| 8 | The old meta 7 viewer was based on an ancient version of Emerald. We | ||
| 9 | need an update. After much discussion and evaluation, and too much | ||
| 10 | delay, I decided to fork and modify the Imprudence 1.4.0 code base | ||
| 11 | to our requirements. Thus the meta-impy viewer was born. This time | ||
| 12 | around I will try to keep up with the upstream changes. | ||
| 13 | |||
| 14 | I agree with the Imprudence manifesto. I also have my own ideas | ||
| 15 | about how code should be written, and how the mess that is the LL | 8 | about how code should be written, and how the mess that is the LL |
| 16 | code base should be morphed into something sane. I don't think that | 9 | code base should be morphed into something sane. I don't think that |
| 17 | moving to the SL 2 code base is such a good idea. Even now I still | 10 | moving to the SL 2 code base is such a good idea. Even now still see |
| 18 | see problems from the move to the SL 1.23 code base. I thought | 11 | problems from the move to the SL 1.23 code base. I thought moving |
| 19 | moving from 1.22 was a bad idea to. LL has us playing catch up at | 12 | from 1.22 was a bad idea to. LL has us playing catch up at their |
| 20 | their chosen pace. We should just fix up their horrid code and | 13 | chosen pace. We should just fix up their horrid code and streak |
| 21 | streak ahead of them. | 14 | ahead of them. |
| 22 | 15 | ||
| 23 | Since this is being done for meta7, and meta7 does not care about LL | 16 | Mostly this viewer development is for me to scratch my own itches. |
| 24 | TPVP, somethings are just going to be changed specifically to suit | 17 | There are some things I might implement that are of general |
| 25 | the meta7 grid. On the other hand, there are some things we might | 18 | usefulness, or already on the Impy wish list. I will try to write |
| 26 | implement that are of general usefulness, or already on the Impy | 19 | them such that Impy developers can cherry pick those things, then |
| 27 | wish list. I will try to write them such that Impy developers can | 20 | let the Impy developers know. Other developers may join my efforts |
| 28 | cherry pick those things, then let the Impy developers know. | 21 | if they wish, if their itches match my own. We can scratch each |
| 29 | 22 | others backs. B-) | |
| 30 | Note, since we don't care about LL TPVP, it's likely that meta7 | 23 | |
| 31 | viewers will not be TPVP compliant. Meta 7 viewers are made for use | 24 | I don't really care about SL or LL any more. I don't care for |
| 32 | on the meta7 grid. They will probably work on the SL grid, but that | 25 | OpenSim that much either, but at least that provides a wider |
| 33 | is not important to us, and not recommended by us. Use at your own | 26 | ecosystem. So meta-impy will try to be more general purpose. The LL |
| 34 | risk on the SL grid. | 27 | code base is full of assumptions that it's running on the SL grid. |
| 35 | 28 | These assumptions I'll remove one by one. A lot of policies LL has I | |
| 36 | The latest source code for the meta-impy viewer is always | 29 | disagree with, and I'm not much interested in enshrining those |
| 30 | policies in code. | ||
| 31 | |||
| 32 | Note, since I don't care about the LL TPVP, it's likely that the | ||
| 33 | meta-impy viewer will not be TPVP compliant. Meta-impy is made for | ||
| 34 | use on OpenSim grids. It will probably work on the SL grids, but | ||
| 35 | that is not important to me, and not recommended by me. Use at your | ||
| 36 | own risk on the SL grids. | ||
| 37 | |||
| 38 | The latest information for the meta-impy viewer is always | ||
| 37 | available at: | 39 | available at: |
| 38 | 40 | ||
| 39 | http://github.com/onefang/meta-impy | 41 | Forums http://onefang.net/drupal/forum/5 |
| 42 | Downloads http://onefang.net/drupal/downloads | ||
| 43 | Project details http://onefang.net/redmine/projects/me7v-0 | ||
| 44 | Source code https://github.com/onefang/meta-impy | ||
| 40 | 45 | ||
| 41 | 46 | ||
| 42 | LICENSE | 47 | LICENSE |
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| 49 | 54 | ||
| 50 | DISCLAIMERS AND NOTICES | 55 | DISCLAIMERS AND NOTICES |
| 51 | 56 | ||
| 52 | Second Life is a registered trademark of Linden Research, Inc. | 57 | Second Life is a registered trademark of Linden Research, Inc. |
| 58 | |||
| 59 | Imprudence is in no way affiliated with Linden Research, Inc. | ||
| 53 | 60 | ||
| 54 | Imprudence is in no way affiliated with Linden Research, Inc. | 61 | meta7 and/or Magne Metaverse Reasearch are in no way affiliated with Linden Research, Inc. |
| 55 | 62 | ||
| 56 | meta7 and/or Magne Metaverse Reasearch are in no way affiliated with Linden Research, Inc. | 63 | onefang has no relationship with any of them, though used to work for meta 7. |
| 57 | 64 | ||