Day: September 11, 2017

2017 Viewer release summaries week 36

Posted on by Inara Pey
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Updates for the week ending Sunday, September 10th

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 5.0.7.328060, dated August 9th, promoted August 23rd – No change
  • Release channel cohorts (notes on manually installing RC viewer versions):
    • Wolfpack RC viewer 5.0.8.328879, released September 8th – this viewer is functionally identical to the release viewer, but including additional back-end logging “to help catch some squirrelly issues.”
    • The Alex Ivy 64- bit viewer updated to version 5.1.0.508209 on September 5th.
  • Project viewers:
    • No updates.

LL Viewer Resources

Third-party Viewers

V5-style

  • Black Dragon released a 64-bit version, 2.9.0, on September 5th.

V1-style

Mobile / Other Clients

  • No updates.

Additional TPV Resources

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