Updates for the week ending Sunday, April 9th
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: 5.0.3.324435, hotfix for snapshots to e-mail issue download page, release notes – No Change
- Release channel cohorts (please see my notes on manually installing RC viewer versions if you wish to install any release candidate(s) yourself):
- Maintenance RC viewer updated to version 5.0.4.325124 on April 3 – avatar rendering and other updates – review (download and release notes)
- Maintenance RC viewer updated to version 5.0.4.325124 on April 3 – avatar rendering and other updates – review (download and release notes)
- Project viewers:
- No Updates.
LL Viewer Resources
- SL Alternate Viewers wiki page – LL
- Viewer Source Repositories wiki page – LL
- Test Builds wiki page – LL
- Supported Viewers wiki page – LL
- Starlight alternative viewer skins page (not officially supported by LL)
- Viewer release process overview – this blog
- SL Viewer updates and reviews in this blog
Third-party Viewers
V5-style
- Black Dragon updated to version 2.6.9 on April 4th (change log).
- Kokua OpenSim updated to version 4.2.1.39007 on April 2nd – bug fix release. As an OpenSim viewer, this version of Kokua does not support Bento or “Jelly Dolls” (release notes)
V1-style
- Cool VL viewer Stable branch updated to version 1.26.20.16 on April 8th (release notes)
Mobile / Other Clients
- No updates.