[bf1942] Should i Wine or should i go ?

Fredriksson, Andreas andreas.fredriksson at dice.se
Mon May 26 07:15:23 EDT 2003


Err.. have you heard the term "Quality Assurance", or perhaps "Testing lab"?

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Christian Lahme [mailto:lahme at 4all-networks.de]
> Sent: Monday, May 26, 2003 12:44 PM
> To: bf1942 at icculus.org
> Subject: AW: [bf1942] Should i Wine or should i go ?
> 
> 
> Ok, Andreas, let me say what I´m thinking about it:
> 
> 1. Don´t do anymore bugfixes on Win32-Structure, only if it´s in the
> client, not the server
> 2. Release 1.4 now!
> 
> Linux-Provider are getting in very hard discussion with there 
> customers.
> We only can say that DICE isn´t able to fix that now, and that we´re
> waiting for 2 month now on a patch. Come on, tell your 
> managers that we
> can´t wait anymore, not for this terrible Win32-Server. We need the
> Linux-Version and I think most servers will run on a 
> Linux-Maschine, not
> on a Win32, just because of the scriptings and some other automatism,
> the higher costs on Win2kServer-License and many other things like
> security.
> 
> It´s very hard to see, that many customers getting angry just 
> because of
> the ugly lagging servers in v. 1.3.1 on linux-machines. We´ve best
> hardware-conditions, best uplinks on european networks and we won´t be
> able to set up this game-service without having trouble 
> because of lags
> within the software.
> 
> GET IT OUT NOW, NOT TOMORROW!
> 
> Christian Lahme
> GAJA-Networks
> 
> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: Fredriksson, Andreas [mailto:andreas.fredriksson at dice.se] 
> Gesendet: Montag, 26. Mai 2003 10:31
> An: 'bf1942 at icculus.org'
> Betreff: RE: [bf1942] Should i Wine or should i go ?
> 
> 
> 
> Hi,
> 
> we're getting there. The patch has grown a bit to accomodate a lot of
> bug fixes mainly for win32, but we're getting there. You'll probably
> have played it for quite a while in July..
> 
> But don't quote me on any of this ;-)
> 
> // Andreas
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: keats at prophecy.be [mailto:keats at prophecy.be]
> > Sent: Saturday, May 24, 2003 3:53 PM
> > To: bf1942 at icculus.org
> > Subject: [bf1942] Should i Wine or should i go ?
> > 
> > 
> > I know you are bound to non-disclosure by the dice release
> > manager; and I
> > know why the 1.4 isn't out yet (a few last win32 bugs), but 
> > another friday
> > has passed, another week no patch. My superior has given me 
> a deadline
> > concerning our battlefield server section so I'm getting 
> > pretty desperate.
> > 
> > This mail is not meant to whine or beg or try to double the
> > amount of grey
> > hair on your head, but Andreas, can't you even give an order 
> > of magnitude
> > as to when we can expect it? The reason I ask this is simple 
> > : if you say
> > for instance : chances are pretty big we won't be able to 
> > release the 1.4
> > patch before the summer holiday's (july here ;) ), then I 
> > would like to
> > know now so I can suggest the alternative Wine/windows server 
> > combination.
> > If, on the other hand, it is only a matter of at most a few 
> > weeks, I can
> > still be patient for a little while longer and hope and pray :)
> > 
> > Don't get me wrong, you are undoubtedly doing a great job and
> > I appreciate
> > the updates which make this list worth while, but I have to 
> choose now
> > between keeping on waiting and trying alternatives/giving up 
> > our servers.
> > So even the vaguest, unofficial, smallest hint, preferrably 
> > expressed in a
> > real timeframe (not very very very soon ;) ), would mean a 
> > lot to me, and
> > undoubtedly many others on this list.
> > 
> 



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