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(Get the code!)
David wrote:
> Game servers don't just eat resources and open a potential security
> hole,
That's not different from any other server.
> (Your tremded package is years old),
That's not mine, and I won't speak for that because I don't have taken
any proper look at it.
> but they also cause headache for other people. The tremulous master
> server has a constant list of un-configured, useless servers in it,
> causing spam and wasted CPU cycles. It will also be causing a large
> amount of wasted bandwidth for the server, which in some places can be
> charged by the byte. (Laptop on a mobile phone link could be very
> expensive).
That's a completely different issue then. If the server doesn't have a
sensible default configuration that should definitely be changed.
Claiming that it shouldn't run when one installs it is though a
different topic.
> Also, when people install this package there intention isn't to run a
> server for the world, its to play with there friends on a lan.
I wonder how you claim to know what the intention of people installing
a server package is?
> The package you have is not at all suitable for a internet server,
> there are countless bugs and none of the features required to
> administer a server.
Then propably the default configuration of that server should be
inspected more deeply and changed to something sensible.
> The client package already has the ability to do this, so this package
> is obsolete, and should be removed. (In my opinion.)
As long as someone cares for something and maintains it and is
responsive there isn't any reason to remove something just because some
people don't like it. They just won't have to install it, that's all.
> At the very least it shouldn't announce its self to the internet by
> default, and preferably not run at all.
That goes again into the direction of some sensible default where I
agree with you (not on what sensible defaults are (because I still don't
know tremulous) but that the daemon should be configured for those).
> What percentage of people with it installed even know it is running?
I would expect quite a lot. People installing apache are always aware
of that it runs, likewise with ntp, proftp, dancer-ircd, you name it.
I absolutely see no difference with game servers in this area.
So long,
Rhonda