While the background updater is new, having an updater is not. In the past all that was required was a request to a URL and it would return to you the latest installer for the grid you specified. Will this old mechanism be phased out? I rather liked the ability to download the recommended client for an arbitrary grid. The URLs have been a fixture on my wiki user pages for years.
On Fri, Dec 3, 2010 at 4:58 PM, Brad Kittenbrink (Brad Linden) < b...@lindenlab.com> wrote: > I have posted this info here: > https://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/Viewer_Update_Service/Protocol > > -Brad > > > On Wed, Dec 1, 2010 at 6:46 AM, Kitty <sl...@catznip.com> wrote: > >> Would it be possible to get the protocol specification for the updater >> service on the server-side? >> >> >> >> It’s always possible to work backwards from the code in the viewer, but it >> would be handy to just have an overview of the viewer<->web service >> exchanges :). >> >> >> >> Kitty >> >> >> >> *From:* opensource-dev-boun...@lists.secondlife.com [mailto: >> opensource-dev-boun...@lists.secondlife.com] *On Behalf Of *Brad >> Kittenbrink (Brad Linden) >> *Sent:* dinsdag 30 november 2010 22:34 >> *To:* Bunny Halberd >> *Cc:* opensource-dev@lists.secondlife.com >> *Subject:* Re: [opensource-dev] Autoupdater Flashback >> >> >> >> Oops, thanks for the heads-up. >> >> The background updater is new in viewer 2.4 (as it's not released in beta >> yet, it doesn't have release notes yet, so sorry for the surprise). >> Yesterday we deployed the server side work in preparation for the beginning >> of the 2.4 beta releases, and it turned on. Unfortunately we hadn't been >> paying attention to the Second Life Development channel, and there was some >> obsolete data in the database. >> >> Anyways, thanks again for testing this for us. We should be getting it >> fixed shortly. >> >> -Brad >> > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 >
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