Deploys for the week of 2012-11-05

[Maestro Linden]

This week, we're back to our usual deploy schedule.

 

Second Life Server (main channel)
The main channel is getting the 'server modernization' project that was previously on BlueSteel and LeTigre.

Scheduled Tuesday 2012-11-06 05:00-13:00 PST

Release notes: https://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/Release_Notes/Second_Life_Server/12#12.10.26.266333

 

Second Life RC BlueSteel

BlueSteel is getting a new maint-server project, which also includes the plethora of bugfixes found on Magnum recently.

Scheduled Wednesday 2012-11-07 07:00-11:00 PST

Release notes: https://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/Release_Notes/Second_Life_RC_BlueSteel/12#12.11.05.266580

 

Second Life RC LeTigre

LeTigre is getting the same update as BlueSteel.

Scheduled Wednesday 2012-11-07 07:00-11:00 PST

Release notes: https://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/Release_Notes/Second_Life_RC_LeTigre/12#12.11.05.266580

 

Second Life RC Magnum

Magnum is on the same maint-server project as last week.  Aside from the changes included in this week's main channel update, it has two fixes for bugs discovered late last week.

Scheduled Wednesday 2012-11-07 07:00-11:00 PST

Release notes: https://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/Release_Notes/Second_Life_RC_Magnum#12.11.02.266530

 

We will be monitoring this thread as the code gets released, so feel free to note any observations you have about the server updates.  I just ask that you remember remember to stay on topic.  If you have a specific bug you'd like to report, please file a Jira. 

[Lydia Craig]

Now for the real question is this restart going to be the vehicle for the implementation of the new thrid party viewer policy?

[Hitomi Tiponi]

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Lydia Craig wrote:

Now for the real question is this restart going to be the vehicle for the implementation of the new thrid party viewer policy?

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Is there a new Third Party Viewer Policy?  And also if there was wouldn't LL be more likely to tie that in to a Viewer release (3.4.1. should go live this week incidentally)?

 

[Lydia Craig]

Try looking at the SL Viewer part of the Technology Forum and you will see it, if you have not read it already.  At this point over 14,000 have read it so I would not consider it to be either hard to find or not worthy of comment.

[Hitomi Tiponi]

But that change was implemented and much discussed way back in February.  All TPV makers abided by it (though the vague wording of 2k really means some new features have to be discussed with Oz to see if they conform).

What has changed, or is about to change now?

[Maestro Linden]

Hi Lydia, I am not aware of any recent 3rd party viewer policy changes.  If such a change does exist (can you point to an announcement?), it would be independent from any server updates.

[Whirly Fizzle]

It was back in February :matte-motes-confused:

TPV Policy Changes

[Perrie Juran]

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Whirly Fizzle wrote:

It was back in February :matte-motes-confused:

TPV Policy Changes

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All I can figure out is that either Lydia is using last years calendar or that when she set her clock back last week end she went back too far.

http://community.secondlife.com/t5/Second-Life-Server/Privacy-and-ad-boards/m-p/1724739/highlight/false#M8188

 

[Marianne McCann]

Thanks, Maestro (and I hope the deploy info keeps coming out here!) - I'll let Bay City & the Aviation folks know about the Havok 2012.1 main channel rollout. I'm sure you'll hear the cheers. :-D

[Sayrah Parx]

Are you going to be handling the deploy communication from now on Maestro?

[Maestro Linden]

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Sayrah Parx wrote:

Are you going to be handling the deploy communication from now on Maestro?

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That's possible, Sayrah.  Or maybe Coyot will take over, so he can 'treat' all of you to his puns.

[Ayesha Askham]

@Maestro, or anyone who knows

Although the same code is being released on both BlueSteel and LeTigre RCs today, the ID numbers of the two batches of code are different:

For Bluesteel:  https://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/Release_Notes/Second_Life_RC_BlueSteel/12#12.11.05.266580

for LeTigre:      https://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/Release_Notes/Second_Life_RC_LeTigre/12#12.10.08.265664

now these codes are not merely different in their final number but are from different months..so why?

ETA: I answered my own question.  I guess it is just a wrong link, since the code slated for release today is indeed the same number.:smileyembarrassed:

[Maestro Linden]

Thanks for pointing that out, Ayesha.  I did mean to paste https://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/Release_Notes/Second_Life_RC_LeTigre/12#12.11.05.266580 for LT this week.  The original post has been fixed.

[Ayesha Askham]

Maestro, or whoever is watching this thread:

I wonder if something is affecting our sim?  8910 Woods of Heaven, LeTigre RC.

After the last two Rolls we have experienced, about 4 hours after the Roll on our sim, ie at about 1pm PST, a series of three or four massive spikes in sim physics, where Physics FPS drop to 0.1 (effectively zero) for about 3 or 4 seconds every two or three minutes for about 30 minutes.

Apart from these spikes we have no other issues and during the spikes, although we experience total physics outage and chat-lag, there is nothing seen in either TD or Sim FPS.  Several of us on the sim experience it, two of us in the UK and one in the USA, so it is not our ISPs, and we do not see packet loss.

I reported this last week as well.  Once the spikes have passed and before they occur no other problems afflict us and all seems normal.

Anyone like to offer an explanation?

[Maestro Linden]

Hi Ayesha, I can check the logs for your sim.  The recent performance stats for Woods of Heaven all look good (~0ms physics time), so I'll need precise timestamps of the physics spikes to investigate.

[Ayesha Askham]

OK Maestro

I'll try to get you those the next time it occurs since I don't have any time data that accurate for this lot.  's one of those things that you don't know is happening until it's almost over so I'll likely have to wait until next roll to see if it recurs!