Eric,

 

I'm sorry, but I don't like this at all. Why are you changing the way
releases are done? Please don't release future updates like this. It worked
just fine before and after years of doing client and server updates at the
same time, people know how to deal with them and this will create more
confusion when it just isn't needed. And Lord help us if the Client update
is delayed after the server update is released. People won't be able to play
on a ton of updated servers. Thank you for your consideration.

 

From: [email protected]
[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of fiveofeight
Sent: Monday, May 13, 2013 1:22 PM
To: Half-Life dedicated Win32 server mailing list
Subject: Re: [hlds] Mandatory TF2 update coming

 

I'm pretty sure it will say "The server is running a newer version of the
software.", since this is a mandatory update.

 

On Mon, May 13, 2013 at 4:18 PM, Albert Davis <[email protected]>
wrote:

Will the clients still be able to join the updated server until the clients
been updated?

 

On Mon, May 13, 2013 at 4:06 PM, John <[email protected]>
wrote:

Eric,

We're working a mandatory update for Team Fortress 2. The dedicated server
update is now available for you to download ahead of time...


For those of us that have automated systems that look at these announcements
and check for updates, this sort of pre-release can cause servers to be
upgraded too soon and kick a lot of clients who then cannot reconnect. It
may be better to send out pre-releases under the optional update channel, or
with some sort of other special tag.

-John

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