On Fri, 27 Feb 2015 09:23:19 -0500, Oz Linden (Scott Lawrence) wrote: > On 2015-02-24 17:10 , Henri Beauchamp wrote: > > On Tue, 24 Feb 2015 15:37:21 -0600, Nicky Perian wrote: > > > >> Plugins are no longer built in the viewer but, are delivered > >> as content in an archive. > > Which means TPV developers will not be able any more to fix bugs in the > > plugins and will have to endure the very same bugs as the ones plagging > > LL's viewer... > > Not at all - the repository that builds the plugins is public. > > https://bitbucket.org/lindenlab/3p-update-slplugins
And I confirm my assertion.. See by yourself: that link points to a repository which holds only *binaries* (no source at all !): how would TPV developers fix bugs and provide/use fixed binaries without the sources ??? > that will move to 3p-slplugins when we release the tools update viewer > (which should be going to release candidate very shortly). > > > Not at all... The proper and only "clean" solution would be to get > > fully rid of the Quicktime dependency for the builds... Quicktime > > is totally outdated anyway. > > I see no reason to remove support for any Quicktime content people may > have in SL if we can avoid it. You may perfectly read Quicktime encoded files using other libraries (including open source ones) than that old Quicktime SDK... All what I said is that it is time to drop that old Quicktime for Windows SDK and use another (preferably an open source one) instead. > We are very actively working on updating the web media subsystem; > whether or not it will maintain exactly the current plugin strategy, and > whether or not it will be possible to keep Quicktime working are still > to be determined. Stay tuned. Glad to know there's work being done... I'd wish it would be done in the open however... Any chance to get a public repository open for the current work in progress ? Henri. _______________________________________________ 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
