On Mon, 2012-05-21 at 18:44 +0200, Markus Koschany wrote: > On 21.05.2012 17:21, Martin Erik Werner wrote: > > > This looks like a neat idea, if you haven't already, you might want to > > ask if upstream would be interested in including a more generic > > server-init.cfg example? > > (Although I wonder if we'll see any new release of sauer any time > > (soon) :) > > > > I haven't asked upstream for inclusion yet. They probably consider the > documentation at [1] sufficient. I also doubt like yourself that there > will be a new sauer realease soon and i don't expect it in time for the > upcoming freeze. > > The server-init.cfg is indeed really simple. There aren't a lot of > options in general and my server-init.cfg shows all documented options > in [1]. At the moment i'm not sure how i could make it more generic but > would like to hear your opinion.
I meant "Generic" as in just s/Debian/Magic/ and tweaking the first section to not use *nix-specific concepts. Though obviously these need not change in a Debian version. > > I would like to see the documentation included because i think it makes > life for sauerbraten admins easier to know that they could also run the > server with a server-init.cfg. At the moment man sauerbraten-server only > describes the commandline configuration. > > I also would like to see similiar documentation for all server packages > in our games section, but that's another story. :) The openarena-server > package is a good example how this should be documented. > > So i think there are two options. > > 1. Asking upstream for inclusion which could mean the documentation is > not available in time for wheezy or at all. > > 2. Include it anyway and provide users with more information how to > configure the server. Maybe you could add the screen and cron text to > README.Debian and point to the server-init.cfg as an example? > I meant you could do both ;) > I'm open for everything but in general i think the more documentation > available the better. :) YES. > > Thanks > Markus > > [1] http://sauerbraten.org/docs/config.html > -- Martin Erik Werner <martinerikwer...@gmail.com>
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