As soon as it's not done, I'd prefer it done by the end user rather than by nobody...
On Wed, Feb 25, 2009 at 5:49 PM, Ronny Schedel <[email protected]>wrote: > > 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 > _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux
