2015 viewer release summaries: week 25

Updates for the week ending: Sunday, June 21st, 2015

This summary is published every Monday, and is a list of SL viewer / client releases (official and TPV) made during the previous week. When reading it, please note:

  • It is based on my Current Viewer Releases Page, a list of all Second Life viewers and clients that are in popular use (and of which I am aware), and which are recognised as adhering to the TPV Policy. This page includes comprehensive links to download pages, blog notes, release notes, etc., as well as links to any / all reviews of specific viewers / clients made within this blog
  • By its nature, this summary presented here will always be in arrears, please refer to the Current Viewer Release Page for more up-to-date information.

Official LL Viewers

  • Current Release version: 3.7.30.302599, June 12 – no change (download page, release notes)
  • Release channel cohorts (See my notes on manually installing RC viewer versions if you wish to install any release candidate(s) yourself):
    • Maintenance RC viewer version 3.7.31.302685 released on June 19 – comprising some 50 updates, fixes and features (download and release notes)
    • Viewer-managed Marketplace RC viewer version 3.7.31.302677 released on June 18 – allows Merchants to manage inventory associated with Marketplace Listings from within the viewer + sale of items which Merchants do not have the right copy will now be supported with the Direct Delivery purchase mechanism (download and release notes)
    • Attachment fixes RC viewer (Project Big Bird) updated to version 3.7.31.302640 on June 16 – core updates: a number of fixes for various attachment issues (download and release notes)
    • Experience RC viewer updated to version 3.8.0.302622 on June 16 – provides support for viewing and managing Experiences and for contributing content for Experiences (download and release notes)
  • Project viewers:
    • VMM viewer promoted to RC status – see above.

LL Viewer Resources

Third-party Viewers

V3-style

  • Alchemy updated to version Alchemy version 3.8.0.35816 Beta on June 16th – core updates: parity with LL 3.7.30 code; bug fixes and improvements (release notes)
  • CtrlAltStudio updated to 1.2.4.43384 Alpha on June 20th (Windows) – core updates: parity with Firestorm 4.6.9 release + Rift SDK 0.5.0.1 (release notes)

V1-style

  • Cool VL Viewer Stable branch updated to version 1.26.12.47, and the Experimental branch to version 1.26.13.16, both on June 20th (release notes).

Mobile / Other Clients

  • No updates.

Additional TPV Resources

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