f0rkz wrote: > Short answer: no. > Long answer: Welcome to server administration! ;) > > Its definitely inconvenient, but its life.
Actually, in terms of real administration goes, it is *not* life. If I were to break things (or potentially break things) during peak times, I wouldn't have a job. I've been a sysadmin for many years and the reason I'm still a sysadmin is because I *don't* do things like roll out updates at peak periods. Anyone else on this list that is a real systems administrator knows all about those 2-4am Saturday night rollouts (when it's off-peak for just about everyone except gamers). *That* is the short and long answer. Any server administrator that chooses to do this is not a professional administrator. This game server stuff for me is nothing more than a simple hobby so it's not really a huge deal that Valve pushes out these updates on a Friday night since I've mainly got just a group of friends "depending" on my machine being accessible for gaming. Here, I'm mearly trying to get a dialog started that other admins can append to so at least we are heard. Now, don't forget, there are people out there that are making a living doing game server hosting and support for people. These are the admins that are getting screwed by this Friday night update crap, and I feel bad for them because a shifting of the release schedule by a few days in either direction would be a lot less pain for them to deal with. Jay Deiman -- Jay Deiman \033:wq! _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux
