14.03.2012 09:26, Maarten Vanraes kirjoitti: > Op woensdag 14 maart 2012 01:16:23 schreef Juan Luis Baptiste: >> On Sun, Mar 11, 2012 at 7:21 AM, Michael Scherer <[email protected]> wrote: >>> Le samedi 10 mars 2012 à 10:26 +0100, Thierry Vignaud a écrit : >>>> Hi >>>> >>>> please let in xonotic-0.6.0 >>>> It's just a game that impacts nothing else. >>> >>> Niet. >>> >>> That's bugfix or security fixes. >> >> Well I vote to be updated, why ? global game servers are currently >> running 0.6.0, and by personal experience over several years (omg how >> much time wasted on this) these FPS games need to have the same >> client/server version, in some cases different versions won't work at >> all (ie. Urban Terror 3.7 -> 4.0 -> 4.1, Warsow 0.5 -> 0.8 etc). >> >> I just did the test of running a 0.5.0 client on a 0.6.0 server and it >> works, but a big and annoying yellow announce floats across the screen >> remaining you that a new version is available. I also talked with one >> dev over IRC and he told me that there could be issues when running >> different client/server versions. >> >> So just to be on the safe side this new version should be pushed. If >> not then probably we will need to do it later as an update if any >> problems arise. I commit my self to test the new version, I know very >> well how this game works. > > IINM we have some kind of exception regarding games for their client/server > relation regarding updates vs backports? if so, then perhaps we could have > the > same policy wrt updates to version freeze?
Yes, we do. Version policy (i.e. no-new-versions-in-updates policy) has an exception for "Software that is version-bound to an online service (games, virus scanners?) and will only work with the latest version." This doesn't 100% fit xonotic, though, as online play doesn't *require* a specific version. However, as it does impede the online playing experience and (AFAIU) online-play is a significant part of xonotic, I'd side on the 'update' verdict here. What do other people think regarding this aspect? -- Anssi Hannula
