[bf1942] Linux server status update 2003-04-28

[kenk at shreve.net]

Hello Andreas,

While any effort made on the logging front is appreciated, perhaps things
can be sped along by looking at other successful examples of logging done
right. I am a big fan of the log format that a group of Half-Life admins
came up with on their own and that Valve liked well enough to implement
it.  Here's a detailed specification of the logging format:

http://www.hlstats.org/logs/

So while XML is nice, perhaps you are unecessarily re-inventing the wheel.
 If BF supported the above format, it would have an instant pool of
readily available, well-established log utilities for admins to use.

Even if you want to continue on with the XML, perhaps the HL log format
will give you some ideas of things to include or consider for your own log
format.

Thanks for your attention,

-Ken

> * There's a new feature of the 1.4 dedicated server that might
>   be interesting to people on this list. I've added a rough
>   version of an event logging system which writes out compressed
>   XML data to the Logs directory of the mod. This is useful
>   for making your own stat engine, problem reporting or
>   just to play with.