[bf1942] DICE update: in-house Linux server

[Brigham Stevens]

Hello Andreas,

Thanks for sending this out. Ryan has done an outstanding job for us. Two 
things that he did that really worked well for the linux "community" was that 
he was accessible via this mailing list, and he maintained a public bug 
database server that we could review and post bugs on.

Unfortunately, the BF1942 mailing list has totally degenerated over the past 
few weeks due to a few impatient people. I am requesting that a notice be sent 
out warning people to stay on topic, stop whining, focus on sharing 
information about bugs to help you develop, and other admins to solve 
problems. The list has had some extreemly useful e-mail, but is on the verge 
of being worthless now unless people get straight. Unfortunately, I don't know 
if much can be done, because the outcome of such a warning would probably be 
more whining... But anything you can do to keep the list on topic would be 
superb.

Anyways, it would be terrific to continue helping beta-test the server with 
this level of access to the development team, and I hope you will continue 
with where Ryan left off.

Regards,

--brigham

Quoting "Fredriksson, Andreas" <andreas.fredriksson at dice.se>:

> 
> Hello all,
> 
> from now on, DICE will be developing the BF1942 Linux server
> updates directly in sync with the windows updates. This will
> hopefully reduce the time between windows and linux releases
> down to a minimum.
> 
> We would like to thank Ryan for the work he has done on the
> earlier patches. This mailing list will remain active for
> some time to come and will be the best channel for bug reports
> and for direct communication with DICE regarding the BF1942 Linux
> server.
> 
> Regards,
> Andreas Fredriksson
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>