
Updates for the week ending Sunday, January 14th
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 5.0.9.329906, dated November 17, promoted November 29th – formerly the “Martini” Maintenance RC – 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):
- Nalewka Maintenance RC updated to version 5.0.10.330173 on January 10, 2018.
- Alex Ivy RC viewer was updated to version 5.1.0.511732 on January 9th, 2018.
- Wolfpack RC viewer withdrawn.
- 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 2.9.9 on January 9th, 2018 and then 2.9.9B on January 10th, 2018 (change log).
V1-style
- Cool VL Viewer stable branch updated to version 1.26.20.41 and experimental version to 1.26.21.7 both on January 13, 2018 (release notes).
Mobile / Other Clients
- MetaChat updated to version 1.2.2 on January 12th 2018 (release notes).