Friday is probably the deadline for whatever update they are working on.
Ook wrote: > In the real world, we would never release an update on a Friday, or worse, > before a holiday. You just don't do that. If something breaks, it's the > weekend/holiday, and no one is around to fix it. Gosh only knows what Valve > is thinking when they pull stunts like this. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Nick Turner" <[email protected]> > To: "'Half-Life dedicated Linux server mailing list'" > <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, December 07, 2009 5:14 PM > Subject: Re: [hlds_linux] Left 4 Dead 2 Update Available > > > >> The last few updates have occurred in the wee hours of Saturday or Sunday >> morning Australian time, leaving our servers idle for many hours until >> someone wakes up and sees that an update is needed. >> >> Not ideal :( >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] >> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Daniel >> Worley >> Sent: Tuesday, December 08, 2009 2:23 AM >> To: Half-Life dedicated Linux server mailing list >> Subject: Re: [hlds_linux] Left 4 Dead 2 Update Available >> >> It's a valid point and I don't see any reason why this shouldn't be done. >> At the end of the day it's up to Valve, but I agree, unless it's something >> critical, patches shouldn't be rolled out during peak gameplay hours or on >> the weekends in general since admins might not necessarily be around their >> computers. >> >> "Hi Jason, >> >> This, for me at least, update seems to break sv_steamgroup_exclusive. >> These settings seem to yoyo between working and not working with each >> update." >> >> I thought I was the only one that noticed this. This problem has existed >> since the original L4D and it's absolutely absurd that the behavior of >> this >> cvar changes with almost every update. >> >> On Mon, Dec 7, 2009 at 12:41 PM, f0rkz <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >>> Short answer: no. >>> Long answer: Welcome to server administration! ;) >>> >>> Its definitely inconvenient, but its life. >>> >>> On Mon, 2009-12-07 at 11:04 -0600, Jay Deiman wrote: >>> >>>> Ok, this is something that has been bothering me for quite a while. >>>> Why >>>> is it that Valve is pushing out updates on Friday nights at: >>>> >>>> "Fri, 4 Dec 2009 18:32:33 -0800" >>>> >>>> Please, other admins, chime in here unless I'm just crazy. The servers >>>> I host, and once in a while play on, are *always* at their busiest >>>> between Friday afternoon sometime until sometime on Sunday morning (I'm >>>> CDT, for reference). >>>> >>>> Perhaps, unless there is something absolutely critical to fix, these >>>> updates should be pushed out on a Monday morning. That way, if a new >>>> issue crops up, our players can be notified of some *new* issue and any >>>> possible workarounds if there isn't another patch before the weekend, >>>> which, again, is always the busiest time. This Friday night patching >>>> is >>>> akin to my rolling out major changes to my email systems at work on >>>> Monday morning around 10am (just before our busiest time of the week). >>>> Is there any way this can be adjusted? >>>> >>>> Jay >>>> >>>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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 > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 9.0.709 / Virus Database: 270.14.98/2551 - Release Date: 12/07/09 > 14:34:00 > > _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux
