[bf1942] crash updates...

[Kingsley Foreman]

Ryan is our linux porting legend
who will please please please work on server stabilty
i don't mean the current bug i mean the fact that the windows server
crashes about twice a day
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ryan C. Gordon" <icculus at clutteredmind.org>
To: <bf1942 at icculus.org>
Sent: Thursday, December 12, 2002 11:27 AM
Subject: RE: [bf1942] crash updates...


>
> > I'm curious what relationship you have with EA/DICE. Is there any
> > qualification process for releasing a build, or are you just free to
> > make a new build public whenever you see fit? Was the decision to
> > release the current public version made on your own free will, or
> > based on pressure from the public, or EA? Are you an actual DICE
> > employee, or have you been contracted to work on the port, based on
> > past porting experience?
>
> There isn't an officially documented way to do this, but it's something
> like: Major releases (first beta, etc) go through a general consensus
> between EA, DICE, and me. Emergency patches will just get thrown out there
> by me, and I don't imagine anyone will object.
>
> I'm not a DICE or EA employee; I'm a contractor.
>
> The current release was (foolishly, I guess) believed to be stable enough
> for public testing.
>
> > And of course... Are you going to be going through the mirroring process
for
> > each build, or should we just keep an eye on a folder on your FTP/HTTP
server,
> > and the mailing list?
>
> I'll announce them here. They won't be full packages, just replacement
> files.
>
> --ryan.
>
>