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

[[smISK]BoinK]

About the logging. I forbid you to give up the XML option! :-)



Sure, HL got a lot of tools, but parsing those stupid log files, compared to
the options XML gives you no choice.

Writing to XML instead of the "text file" is nothing like re-inventing the
wheel, it's like building a spaceship when all you got was a lousy bike at
the beginning.



I'm sure that whatever option you decide to use will be fine. But XML would
be great.

Ken got a point about the tools, but I think BF would benefit from new and
rewritten tools.

HL-logging is working, and that's about it. With XML, you can't start to use
them more easily.



IMHO



// BoinK




----- Original Message -----
From: <kenk at shreve.net>
To: <bf1942 at icculus.org>
Cc: <andreas.fredriksson at dice.se>
Sent: Tuesday, April 29, 2003 12:02 AM
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
>
> > * 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.
>
>
>