What this Weeks Deployments are Bringing

[KarenMichelle Lane]

What this Weeks Deployments are Bringing

Tuesday Deployments

- It seems that the Main Production Server Pool is receiving the following Maintenance Project

13.07.12.278519

• This is preparatory work for the Experience Keys project
• Scheduled 2013-07-23 for Second Life Server
• History

Wednesday Deployments

- LeTigre & Magnum will both be receiving the latest SSA Project Release. This means 3000+ regions will be running SSA. Have fun testing. BlueSteel is receiving a Maintenance Project.  It seems looking at the project release numbers that the Projects are starting to converge. Perhaps SSA will roll out into the Main Production Server Pool in a weeks time.

BlueSteel - 13.07.19.278836

• This is a server maintenance project
• Scheduled 2013-07-24 for RC BlueSteel
• Bug Fixes
  • Fixed "teleporting breaks collision detection state for volumedetect objects" (BUG-969[c])
  • Fixed "run_time_permissions no longer triggers in attachments after requesting 0 permissions" (BUG-2931[c])
  • Fixed a case in which pathfinding characters using CHARACTER_STAY_WITHIN_PARCEL feature would get stuck if they somehow exited their home parcel
  • Fixed a few crash modes
• New Features
  • Added "RenderMaterialsCapability" to /simulator/features cap
    • This indicates the access rate allowed when accessing the "RenderMaterials" capability
  • Increased the "RenderMaterials" capability access rate to 4 requests per second (up from 1)
• Changes since RC LeTigre 13.07.11.278471
  • Includes changes from Second Life Server 13.07.12.278519

LeTigre -  13.07.19.278843

• This is the server side appearance project
• Scheduled 2013-07-24 for RC LeTigre and RC Magnum
• New Features
  • Enabled server side appearance.
    • Added a new capability, UpdateAgentAppearance, which is used to request a server side bake.
    • An explanation of the new system is available here: Project_Sunshine-Server_Side_Appearance
  • Deprecated and removed the ability of connected viewers to upload baked textures via the UploadBakedTexture capability and via AssetUploadRequest.
    • Client side baked textures are no longer shared with other connected agents, so the functionality was removed.
    • Viewers that do not support server side baking will fail to display avatars correctly.
  • Added IncrementCofVersion capability, which allows the viewer to request an increment to the cof_version without changing the contents of the current outfit folder.
    • This is intended as a signal to the server side bake system when an item contained by an object in the current outfit folder is modified without any changes to the container.
    • The response to a successful request to the capability includes the current outfit folder version, which could be used for synchronization and verification.
• More details can be found in these previous announcements:
  • http://community.secondlife.com/t5/Featured-News/Faster-Avatar-Loading-on-the-Horizon/ba-p/2026857
  • http://community.secondlife.com/t5/Featured-News/It-s-Time-to-Update-Your-Viewer/ba-p/2067673
• Changes since RC Magnum 13.07.15.278606
  • Includes changes from Second Life Server 13.07.12.278519

Magnum - 13.07.19.278843

• This is the server side appearance project
• Scheduled 2013-07-24 for RC LeTigre and RC Magnum
• New Features
  • Enabled server side appearance.
    • Added a new capability, UpdateAgentAppearance, which is used to request a server side bake.
    • An explanation of the new system is available here: Project_Sunshine-Server_Side_Appearance
  • Deprecated and removed the ability of connected viewers to upload baked textures via the UploadBakedTexture capability and via AssetUploadRequest.
    • Client side baked textures are no longer shared with other connected agents, so the functionality was removed.
    • Viewers that do not support server side baking will fail to display avatars correctly.
  • Added IncrementCofVersion capability, which allows the viewer to request an increment to the cof_version without changing the contents of the current outfit folder.
    • This is intended as a signal to the server side bake system when an item contained by an object in the current outfit folder is modified without any changes to the container.
    • The response to a successful request to the capability includes the current outfit folder version, which could be used for synchronization and verification.
• More details can be found in these previous announcements:
  • http://community.secondlife.com/t5/Featured-News/Faster-Avatar-Loading-on-the-Horizon/ba-p/2026857
  • http://community.secondlife.com/t5/Featured-News/It-s-Time-to-Update-Your-Viewer/ba-p/2067673
• Changes since RC Magnum 13.07.15.278606
  • Includes changes from Second Life Server 13.07.12.278519

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KML: copied from the Category:Server Release Notes Wiki Pages.

[Qie Niangao]

It appears that no new code at all is being rolled this week, just promoting the pre-XP work to main channel and shuffling the RCs so there are two channels doing SSA. Makes sense to ramp that up gradually, inasmuch as they need confidence that the shared "bake servers" have enough capacity before the whole grid goes SSA.

[KarenMichelle Lane]

I totally agree with your analysis. Say, did Linden Research ever mention what % of Data Center Server resources were going to be dedicated to the activity of "Baking" and "Appearance" Support? The way Data Centers can Virtualize Server Resources these days I'm guessing it could even be a completely dynamic thing

Here is the official announcement from Maestro Linden

http://community.secondlife.com/t5/Second-Life-Server/Deploys-for-the-week-of-2013-07-22/td-p/2095945