Just wanted to drop everyone a quick note about the release.
As of right now, everything is pointing towards the release happening on
Wednesday of this week at 11:00am PST. Most of you have all been through
this once before, so you know the drill.
Sometime tomorrow we'll post some information on where you can grab the
necessary files to run a server for the new release. You should have enough
time to download the server tomorrow to be ready to flip your server over to
the new code when the client is released.
This is going to be a pretty major release. The network protocol has been
changed significantly, which means that old clients will not be compatible
with the new server.
There isn't going to be any more news today on this, just wanted to give
everyone a heads up. If you're interested in mirroring the server files for
the release tomorrow, send a mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> . People here on the list are pretty
efficient in passing links to their personal servers, so I'd suggest that
people hold off tomorrow from jumping on the first link that goes around.
There are generally about 10 mirrors after about an hour of the initial
release.
Please don't post this to any news sites, as things could change with the
release if something comes up at the last second. This mail is just so
server admins can be ready for the party tomorrow, and the rest of the week.
Thanks for running servers everyone, and as always, send me a mail if you
have any questions.
Erik Johnson
VALVe
