The QA must be done by Valve, not by the end user.
> Hi, > > I may be optimistic, but I really think that a LOT of people here would be > very willing to have one instance of thier servers running update tests. > > I can probably say (with the help of Flubber), that we would REALLY > appreciate to sacrifice a server for one week to give Valve a real > feedback > about their updates, instead of playing dices each times a new update is > released.... > > > On Wed, Feb 25, 2009 at 5:16 PM, David A. Parker <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> I think they test the releases, but I think the tests are probably done >> on only one server and probably never under any kind of realistic player >> load. It's probably a quick "I signed into the server and it didn't >> crash, so the build must be good" kind of test. >> >> - Dave >> >> MoggieX wrote: >> > Hi, >> > I want to be sarcastic about the recent updates, however to be more >> > constructive, does anyone [or can someone comment from Valve] think >> > Valve >> > actually test these builds on a Linux box at all, or just releases >> > willy-nilly. >> > >> > We've had almost an issue a day for the past week, if its not dying >> because >> > a segmentation error at start, its dying because a player chose the spy >> > class or fails to update because the steam servers are too busy. >> > >> > Its not a problem when you have just one game instance, however when >> > you >> > have 15 its a nightmare and I really feel for the companies that >> > actually >> > rent these games out to people, they must be running around in circles >> > covering for the mess someone else made. >> > >> > Would it be too much to ask to have Ubuntu and CentOS on a old machine >> > somewhere in Valves office, just to test these updates on. >> > >> > MoggieX >> > _______________________________________________ >> > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, >> please visit: >> > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux >> > >> >> -- >> >> Dave Parker >> Utica College >> Integrated Information Technology Services >> (315) 792-3229 >> Registered Linux User #408177 >> >> _______________________________________________ >> To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, >> please visit: >> http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux >> > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > please visit: > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux > _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux
