[Ruatha]

Originally posted by Mark the Merciful:
I've just been reading the threads on the PBW emergency server (do a search on "emergency server" to find the relevant stuff). Question for everyone involved, especially Ruatha; is this ready to run should PBW die completely, and could it be a useful starting point for the new project?

Mark

It is an emergency system.
(And mostly untested, it's been tested mostly as a fileserver but should work also as a gameserver.
It can perhaps be set up to bear the load of the current PBW server, but not with the versatility that PBW has offered (Multitude of mods, exe Versions, files and forums, etc)
There is no password protection for regular Users, only for admins.

And no, it is not something to build a new PBW server on, it's an emergency thing.

A new PBW server should be built from scratch with no old code, only old ideas.

Before anything get's programmed it must be decided what should be programmed, a clear though through flow chart of everything.
Then it can be decided what should be made first.
That's my point of view but I have the utmost trust in that Tesco will do a good job.

(I've promised my wife that the companion is almost done, so I'm not in the situation of getting involved in a new project )

I have switched on the Emergency server now, mind you that it is on my home computer with my internet connection. So it's not too fast.
But as an example of what it can do: (The autoturn.exe isn't running.)
http://ruatha.homelinux.org

the software (Still under slooow development can be found here):
http://ruatha.homelinux.org/PBW_e2_beta.zip

If anyone want's to check the software out you will realise why it isn't something to build a new PBW server upon

[ June 09, 2004, 19:19: Message edited by: Ruatha ]