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

[Killing]

XML has plenty of advantages and is a good choice IMO. If you've
ever worked with XML you'll appreciate that from that it should
be trivial to write a pre-parser so that tools like hlstats can work
as long as the info required it there.

    Steve / K
----- Original Message ----- 
From: <kenk at shreve.net>
To: <bf1942 at icculus.org>
Cc: <andreas.fredriksson at dice.se>
Sent: Monday, April 28, 2003 11:02 PM
Subject: Re: [bf1942] Linux server status update 2003-04-28


> 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