This has been suggested multiple times on this mailing list for many years.
I doubt this time will be different since Valve is on their yearly company retreat, and they still have SteamPipe and Linux to deal with. The last I heard of it was that the server registration token was supposed to solve the problem, but it doesn't. On Sat, Apr 6, 2013 at 3:00 PM, Asher Baker <asher...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hence the point about SRV records, which eliminate anyone apart from the > host having to care what port the server is on. > > On Sat, Apr 6, 2013 at 10:46 PM, Ruben Lopes <ruben_d_lo...@hotmail.com > >wrote: > > > > The best (and much easier than re-purposing the server id's) solution > > here > > > would be for the server browser to save hostnames instead of IP > > addresses, > > > it would also be handy if the client made use of SRV records. > > > This way it's making use of standards, rather than fighting against > them. > > > > Just remember that the port should be saved somehow, in case it port > > changes too. Otherwise the job would be left half-done and this would be > > useless again if one had to change port's. > > _______________________________________________ > > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > > please visit: > > https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux > > > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > please visit: > https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux > _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux
