Hi! * Gabriel M. <gabrielmo...@gmail.com> [2010-03-15 19:01:17 CET]: > This bug shouldn't be left to expire. The typical use for wesnothd > server is to do a lan game, maybe once a week, nobody leaves it to run > all the time except the few well-known servers hosted on wesnoth.org.
I'm with you - but I don't like an approach to have wesnothd singled out like that. This is calling for a bigger fix than "just" in wesnoth, see former comments, installing server packages are expected to have them running, that's part of the policy. > I don't know if you realize it, but usability for this is currently > much better on Windows, since it doesn't shove a constantly running > service down your throat: wesnoth just starts the server as needed and > then kills it once every participant has disconnected. That though is something I just discussed with upstream, and this is indeed the case. I am reconsider my standing on that grounds and offer a switch for this, but it will take a bit to come up with a proper approach. I fear this is too late for lucid to get included. Thanks for the additional ping and proper arguments! Rhonda -- Installing a server for a game automatically auto-inits and runs every boot. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/109434 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Debian/Ubuntu Games Team, which is subscribed to wesnoth in ubuntu. Status in “tremulous” package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Status in “wesnoth” package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: Binary package hint: tremulous-server Summary: Installing the means to start a server for an entertainment game automatically puts it into the /etc/rc* startup sequence, thereby potentially opening a large security hole. This happens with little information to the end user, and should be _optional_ or offer a quick and easy way to see what is happening with the rc* startup sequences. Affects: tremulous-server, wesnoth-server to mention two. I suspect there are more. _______________________________________________ Pkg-games-ubuntu mailing list Pkg-games-ubuntu@lists.alioth.debian.org http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/pkg-games-ubuntu
