From 1bb944de2365d0e36cd77f0bf889514d5de2797f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: David Seikel Date: Mon, 9 May 2011 21:29:10 +1000 Subject: Readme rewrite. I'll update the Windows special copy later. --- README.txt | 81 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------------------------- 1 file changed, 44 insertions(+), 37 deletions(-) (limited to 'README.txt') diff --git a/README.txt b/README.txt index 653d7a6..9f99d8d 100644 --- a/README.txt +++ b/README.txt @@ -1,42 +1,47 @@ ABOUT META-IMPY - Meta-impy used to be the next generation experimental viewer for the - meta 7 grid. Meta 7 closed, but meta-impy lives on. The rest of - this text is the old text from the meta 7 days. I'll write - something now soon. - - The old meta 7 viewer was based on an ancient version of Emerald. We - need an update. After much discussion and evaluation, and too much - delay, I decided to fork and modify the Imprudence 1.4.0 code base - to our requirements. Thus the meta-impy viewer was born. This time - around I will try to keep up with the upstream changes. - - I agree with the Imprudence manifesto. I also have my own ideas + The meta-impy viewer is based on the Imprudence 1.4 viewer - + + http://blog.kokuaviewer.org/ + + I agree with the Imprudence manifesto. I also have my own ideas about how code should be written, and how the mess that is the LL - code base should be morphed into something sane. I don't think that - moving to the SL 2 code base is such a good idea. Even now I still - see problems from the move to the SL 1.23 code base. I thought - moving from 1.22 was a bad idea to. LL has us playing catch up at - their chosen pace. We should just fix up their horrid code and - streak ahead of them. - - Since this is being done for meta7, and meta7 does not care about LL - TPVP, somethings are just going to be changed specifically to suit - the meta7 grid. On the other hand, there are some things we might - implement that are of general usefulness, or already on the Impy - wish list. I will try to write them such that Impy developers can - cherry pick those things, then let the Impy developers know. - - Note, since we don't care about LL TPVP, it's likely that meta7 - viewers will not be TPVP compliant. Meta 7 viewers are made for use - on the meta7 grid. They will probably work on the SL grid, but that - is not important to us, and not recommended by us. Use at your own - risk on the SL grid. - - The latest source code for the meta-impy viewer is always + code base should be morphed into something sane. I don't think that + moving to the SL 2 code base is such a good idea. Even now still see + problems from the move to the SL 1.23 code base. I thought moving + from 1.22 was a bad idea to. LL has us playing catch up at their + chosen pace. We should just fix up their horrid code and streak + ahead of them. + + Mostly this viewer development is for me to scratch my own itches. + There are some things I might implement that are of general + usefulness, or already on the Impy wish list. I will try to write + them such that Impy developers can cherry pick those things, then + let the Impy developers know. Other developers may join my efforts + if they wish, if their itches match my own. We can scratch each + others backs. B-) + + I don't really care about SL or LL any more. I don't care for + OpenSim that much either, but at least that provides a wider + ecosystem. So meta-impy will try to be more general purpose. The LL + code base is full of assumptions that it's running on the SL grid. + These assumptions I'll remove one by one. A lot of policies LL has I + disagree with, and I'm not much interested in enshrining those + policies in code. + + Note, since I don't care about the LL TPVP, it's likely that the + meta-impy viewer will not be TPVP compliant. Meta-impy is made for + use on OpenSim grids. It will probably work on the SL grids, but + that is not important to me, and not recommended by me. Use at your + own risk on the SL grids. + + The latest information for the meta-impy viewer is always available at: - http://github.com/onefang/meta-impy + Forums http://onefang.net/drupal/forum/5 + Downloads http://onefang.net/drupal/downloads + Project details http://onefang.net/redmine/projects/me7v-0 + Source code https://github.com/onefang/meta-impy LICENSE @@ -49,9 +54,11 @@ DISCLAIMERS AND NOTICES - Second Life is a registered trademark of Linden Research, Inc. + Second Life is a registered trademark of Linden Research, Inc. + + Imprudence is in no way affiliated with Linden Research, Inc. - Imprudence is in no way affiliated with Linden Research, Inc. + meta7 and/or Magne Metaverse Reasearch are in no way affiliated with Linden Research, Inc. - meta7 and/or Magne Metaverse Reasearch are in no way affiliated with Linden Research, Inc. + onefang has no relationship with any of them, though used to work for meta 7. -- cgit v1.1