Downloading test builds
Many developers, both inside Linden Lab and in Open Source, are constantly implementing new features and fixing problems with the viewer. One of the most important ways that you can help with that process as a user is to install and try these development viewers and provide feedback.
All of the viewers here are under active development - there may be some problems with existing features; if you want a more stable experience, use the released Second Life Viewer.
There are several places to look for viewers that need testing:
Snowstorm Team Builds
These are issues being submitted for final integration approval:
- STORM-653
- As a user i would like to be able to see the available number of attachments and remaining free slots.
- STORM-1653
- Group notices sent by muted residents are still displayed
- STORM-1723
- Characters appear broken when a lot of different characters are used
- STORM-1729
- CPU string in Help > About floater has leading spaces
- STORM-1731
- Ad-hoc confererence block failing. Residents using it to start massive multi-sim conferences, used as a griefing tool.
- STORM-1733
- Menu entry Release Keys is in Advanced->Shortcuts sub-menu but has no shortcut
- STORM-1734
- L$ Transfer failures show alert as if successful
- STORM-1736
- Cropped buttons in the bottom of the Ad-hoc floater
- STORM-1737
- panel_edit_skin.xml uses confusing historical terminology
Details for these builds (build logs, included changesets)
These are issues being put through our pre-integration team QA.
This pointer is dynamic - to see what changes are included at any given time, see the "Compare fork" display for viewer-trial.
Windows | Macintosh | Linux
Details for these builds (build logs, included changesets)
Comprehensive tracking of Snowstorm issues can be seen on the Snowstorm dashboard in Jira.
Developer Builds
Everyone may post links here to viewers that should be tested, provided the viewers are Second Life compatible and TPVp compliant when connected to Second Life.
- Contribution by Tonya Souther and Sione Lomu
Source: https://bitbucket.org/oz_linden/vwr-25062
Details for these builds (build logs, included changesets)
- Add a Local tab to the texture picker that allows a local file on the viewer system to be used as a texture when building, with the option to have it auto-update when modified. The texture is only visible to a viewer on that system (is gray to everyone else)
Source: http://bitbucket.org/serpentu/storm-64
Details for these builds (build logs, included changesets)
Development Mailing List
Developers who are looking for testers sometimes make requests for testing on the opensource-dev mailing list.
Development Integration
The viewer-development source code repository is where all new Viewer 2 development is brought together. It's the best available look at what will be in the next viewer release.
This is the absolute newest version available. Note that this one may not have been tested at all yet - you have been warned.
Windows | Macintosh | Linux
Details for these builds (build logs, included changesets)
Project
Various viewer development projects working on major new features may from time to time release Project Viewers to provide early testing opportunities. You can find any that are currently available on the Alternate Viewers page.