ImpDev Meetups/2010-05-05

Summary
ImpDev Meetup for May 05, 2010.


 * We met on OSGrid as the final stop on our grid tour.
 * We discussed Imprudence 1.3 beta 3. McCabe and Armin have some things for Jacek to merge. but we will try to release it tonight.
 * We discussed the SL Viewer Directory.
 * We are still not happy with the TPV policy, and especially unhpapy about the confusion among users that LL has helped create by suggesting that viewers not in the directory are not safe to use in SL.
 * Jacek also wondered if we care enough about SL anyway, since we are focused on OpenSim.
 * After some discussion, we decided to apply to the directory, to alleviate the confusion and give peace of mind to our users, and perhaps draw more users to Imprudence and OpenSim.
 * But, we will withdraw from the directory if LL behaves poorly in the future.
 * Some users had feature suggestions.
 * Viewer-side dynamic text on a prim. Render text on the face of a prim, sort of like HTML on a prim but simpler. Would eliminate the need for XYText, etc. Jacek says: Good idea, but not a high priority right now.
 * Save/Load OAR (OpenSim region ARchive) files to a sim via the viewer. This would make it more convenient for OpenSim region managers to backup and restore their sims. Jacek says: Not a high priority for us, but we'll support it if OpenSim will implement the server side.
 * Meta7 Lightshare support. Jacek says: It's on the way, probably will be in 1.3 final. We have a test branch with viewer support, but there are some issues to fix before it's ready for prime time.
 * Jacek encouraged other feature ideas to be posted in the forums.