From basic at us.netrek.org  Fri Jul  3 00:25:39 2009
From: basic at us.netrek.org (Bob Tanner)
Date: Fri, 3 Jul 2009 00:25:39 -0500
Subject: [netrek-dev] metaserver2 problems (specifically
	XVM-ONE-140.MIT.EDU) ?
Message-ID: <h2k4oj$un4$1@ger.gmane.org>

$ dig metaserver2.netrek.org
metaserver.psychosis.net.
18.181.1.140
199.233.98.170

$ dig -x 18.181.1.140
XVM-ONE-140.MIT.EDU.

$ dig -x 199.233.98.170
neural.psychosis.net.

$ tools/metaget?
r,2
continuum.us.netrek.org,2592,3,461,0,0,B
pickled.netrek.org,2592,2,45,7,0,B

That's hard coded to metaserver.us.netrek.org

$ tools/metaget XVM-ONE-140.MIT.EDU?
r,1
pickled.netrek.org,2592,2,41,6,0,B

$ tools/metaget neural.psychosis.net.
r,2
continuum.us.netrek.org,2592,3,660,0,0,B
pickled.netrek.org,2592,2,65,6,0,B

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From karthik at karthik.com  Fri Jul  3 00:39:13 2009
From: karthik at karthik.com (Karthik Arumugham)
Date: Fri, 3 Jul 2009 01:39:13 -0400
Subject: [netrek-dev] metaserver2 problems (specifically
	XVM-ONE-140.MIT.EDU) ?
In-Reply-To: <h2k4oj$un4$1@ger.gmane.org>
References: <h2k4oj$un4$1@ger.gmane.org>
Message-ID: <59AF4599-8798-4CAF-9B23-867F30BA1EB7@karthik.com>

On Jul 3, 2009, at 1:25 AM, Bob Tanner wrote:

> $ dig metaserver2.netrek.org
> metaserver.psychosis.net.
> 18.181.1.140
> 199.233.98.170

Pointed at two machines under my control as you noted.

> $ tools/metaget XVM-ONE-140.MIT.EDU
> r,1
> pickled.netrek.org,2592,2,41,6,0,B
>
> $ tools/metaget neural.psychosis.net.
> r,2
> continuum.us.netrek.org,2592,3,660,0,0,B
> pickled.netrek.org,2592,2,65,6,0,B

Not sure why that is at the moment. They're running identical configs  
with an identical meta codebase.

I SUSPECT that it's because continuum, in this case, has decided to  
solicit one of the IPs and not the other due to not applying the DNS  
RR properly. (When I tested this when I initially set it up, it seemed  
to work correctly.)

I'll try removing the entry for neural.psychosis.net from DNS in the  
morning and see if that fixes things with soliciting onto the MIT  
machine. If so, then I'll just list one of the two until we figure out  
what's seemingly caching a solitary entry... (We could just have both  
machines in the rotation, but I actually have some custom scripts set  
up with multiple replicated DNS masters that let me do RRs and have  
"dead" IPs pulled out of the RR as needed; kinda a hack, but it works  
well for connectionless UDP or short-lived TCP sessions. I'm using  
that for multiple DNS entries, including some IPv6 testing I'm doing,  
so I'd like to see it working properly rather than just doing a  
workaround.)

So, I could just hardcode both servers in as non-solicit permanent  
entries, but I'd rather try to figure out what exactly is going on...


From quozl at us.netrek.org  Fri Jul  3 03:41:44 2009
From: quozl at us.netrek.org (James Cameron)
Date: Fri, 3 Jul 2009 18:41:44 +1000
Subject: [netrek-dev] metaserver2 problems
	(specifically	XVM-ONE-140.MIT.EDU) ?
In-Reply-To: <59AF4599-8798-4CAF-9B23-867F30BA1EB7@karthik.com>
References: <h2k4oj$un4$1@ger.gmane.org>
	<59AF4599-8798-4CAF-9B23-867F30BA1EB7@karthik.com>
Message-ID: <20090703084144.GD4323@us.netrek.org>

continuum is soliciting to 63.170.91.42 and 199.233.98.170 only, by IP.

DNS is not used.

-- 
James Cameron    mailto:quozl at us.netrek.org     http://quozl.netrek.org/


From billbalcerski at gmail.com  Sun Jul 19 16:55:00 2009
From: billbalcerski at gmail.com (Bill Balcerski)
Date: Sun, 19 Jul 2009 17:55:00 -0400
Subject: [netrek-dev] Netrek XP 2010 client released
Message-ID: <45ab86180907191455o74c8d7fdg51a8ffc05ee03ecd@mail.gmail.com>

Greetings,

I've released the latest version of the Windows client, which has been
renamed to Netrek XP 2010.  This version has many bug fixes, especially for
paradise.  There is also support for the latest and greatest server features
including newbie tips, variable ranks, and in-game ltd stats. The client is
available for download at www.netrek.org and www.playnetrek.org.  Changes
and fixes are as follows:
Netrek XP 2010, Version 1.0: (Released July-2009)

General bug fixes:
1) Many paradise bugs fixed.
2) Many cambot bugs fixed.
3) Fixed phaser draw bug with weaponsOnMap:off.
4) Fixed double buffering bug which was causing performance issues on
certain hardware configurations.
5) Fix bug with custom color palette (forcedisplay = 2) which caused local
window to have a red background.
6) Fixed bug causing ship values on dashboard to not display properly when
upgrades were bought in sturgeon.
7) Fixed bug where font size was not saving properly.

New features:
1) Warning messages are no longer logged.  Cuts down on logfile spam.
2) Add hint about options menu to the startup hint list.
3) Cambot playback now works for paradise recordings made by paradise
clients.
4) Removed RSA verification as this is now deprecated server side.  Using
new client identification method as defined in server.
5) Added netrekrc option "autoPhaser" to phaser exact location of enemy
target (enemy ship or enemy plasma) closest to cursor.  Can target cloaked
ships.  Enemy must be within phaser range of your ship.  Only works if
server has feature packet F_auto_weapons enabled.
6) Added support for server feature packet SP_RANK.  This allows the rank
table to be dynamic rather than static.  In short, it allows servers to have
more or less ranks than normal.  Practical application - grand admiral rank
on sturgeon now displays correctly in player list and rank window.  And rank
window now properly displays offense requirements for rank.
7) Added support for server feature packet SP_LTD.  This allows detailed
stats to be sent to the client.
8) Added netrekrc option "metaBroncoOnly" to only list Bronco/INL servers in
the list of servers provided by the aggregate metaservers.
9) Added support for server feature packet TIPS.  This clears the MOTD
window and provides tips on how to improve your play based on data the
server records of your current session.
10) Added netrekrc option "showTips" to choose whether or not to display the
server tip messages supplied by TIPS.
11) Client version info now has 1 letter identifier to show where client was
downloaded from (p = playnetrek.org, n = netrek.org, d = download.com).
12) Addition of Netrek XP specific metaserver to the metaserver list, to
work alongside the default netrek.org metaservers.
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From msucka0xff at programmer.net  Mon Jul 20 10:48:03 2009
From: msucka0xff at programmer.net (. .)
Date: Mon, 20 Jul 2009 07:48:03 -0800
Subject: [netrek-dev] Netrek XP 2010 client released
Message-ID: <20090720154804.27487478025@ws1-5.us4.outblaze.com>

WOO. Good job Bill.


> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Bill Balcerski" <billbalcerski at gmail.com>
> To: "Netrek Development Mailing List" <netrek-dev at us.netrek.org>
> Cc: netrek-forever at googlegroups.com, paradise at lists.netrek.org
> Subject: [netrek-dev] Netrek XP 2010 client released
> Date: Sun, 19 Jul 2009 17:55:00 -0400
> 
> 
> Greetings,
> 
> I've released the latest version of the Windows client, which has been
> renamed to Netrek XP 2010.  This version has many bug fixes, especially for
> paradise.  There is also support for the latest and greatest server features
> including newbie tips, variable ranks, and in-game ltd stats. The client is
> available for download at www.netrek.org and www.playnetrek.org.  Changes
> and fixes are as follows:
> Netrek XP 2010, Version 1.0: (Released July-2009)
> 
> General bug fixes:
> 1) Many paradise bugs fixed.
> 2) Many cambot bugs fixed.
> 3) Fixed phaser draw bug with weaponsOnMap:off.
> 4) Fixed double buffering bug which was causing performance issues on
> certain hardware configurations.
> 5) Fix bug with custom color palette (forcedisplay = 2) which caused local
> window to have a red background.
> 6) Fixed bug causing ship values on dashboard to not display properly when
> upgrades were bought in sturgeon.
> 7) Fixed bug where font size was not saving properly.
> 
> New features:
> 1) Warning messages are no longer logged.  Cuts down on logfile spam.
> 2) Add hint about options menu to the startup hint list.
> 3) Cambot playback now works for paradise recordings made by paradise
> clients.
> 4) Removed RSA verification as this is now deprecated server side.  Using
> new client identification method as defined in server.
> 5) Added netrekrc option "autoPhaser" to phaser exact location of enemy
> target (enemy ship or enemy plasma) closest to cursor.  Can target cloaked
> ships.  Enemy must be within phaser range of your ship.  Only works if
> server has feature packet F_auto_weapons enabled.
> 6) Added support for server feature packet SP_RANK.  This allows the rank
> table to be dynamic rather than static.  In short, it allows servers to have
> more or less ranks than normal.  Practical application - grand admiral rank
> on sturgeon now displays correctly in player list and rank window.  And rank
> window now properly displays offense requirements for rank.
> 7) Added support for server feature packet SP_LTD.  This allows detailed
> stats to be sent to the client.
> 8) Added netrekrc option "metaBroncoOnly" to only list Bronco/INL servers in
> the list of servers provided by the aggregate metaservers.
> 9) Added support for server feature packet TIPS.  This clears the MOTD
> window and provides tips on how to improve your play based on data the
> server records of your current session.
> 10) Added netrekrc option "showTips" to choose whether or not to display the
> server tip messages supplied by TIPS.
> 11) Client version info now has 1 letter identifier to show where client was
> downloaded from (p = playnetrek.org, n = netrek.org, d = download.com).
> 12) Addition of Netrek XP specific metaserver to the metaserver list, to
> work alongside the default netrek.org metaservers.


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From akb+lists.netrek-dev at mirror.to  Mon Jul 20 12:52:55 2009
From: akb+lists.netrek-dev at mirror.to (Andrew K. Bressen)
Date: Mon, 20 Jul 2009 13:52:55 -0400
Subject: [netrek-dev] Netrek XP 2010 client released
In-Reply-To: <45ab86180907191455o74c8d7fdg51a8ffc05ee03ecd@mail.gmail.com>
	(Bill Balcerski's message of "Sun, 19 Jul 2009 17:55:00 -0400")
References: <45ab86180907191455o74c8d7fdg51a8ffc05ee03ecd@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <0qk523dyx4.fsf@mirror.to>


Bill Balcerski <billbalcerski at gmail.com> writes:
> 12) Addition of Netrek XP specific metaserver to the metaserver list, to
> work alongside the default netrek.org metaservers.

How does this work? 



From ahn at orion.netrek.org  Mon Jul 20 14:27:08 2009
From: ahn at orion.netrek.org (Dave Ahn)
Date: Mon, 20 Jul 2009 15:27:08 -0400
Subject: [netrek-dev] Netrek XP 2010 client released
In-Reply-To: <0qk523dyx4.fsf@mirror.to>
References: <45ab86180907191455o74c8d7fdg51a8ffc05ee03ecd@mail.gmail.com>
	<0qk523dyx4.fsf@mirror.to>
Message-ID: <20090720192708.GA26816@orion.netrek.org>

On Mon, Jul 20, 2009 at 01:52:55PM -0400, Andrew K. Bressen wrote:
> 
> Bill Balcerski <billbalcerski at gmail.com> writes:
> > 12) Addition of Netrek XP specific metaserver to the metaserver list, to
> > work alongside the default netrek.org metaservers.
> 
> How does this work? 

Is this perhaps a non-netrek.org metaserver that lists the sturgeon server
without restrictions, which then gets aggregated into the server list
displayed to the user?




From billbalcerski at gmail.com  Mon Jul 20 15:19:28 2009
From: billbalcerski at gmail.com (Bill Balcerski)
Date: Mon, 20 Jul 2009 16:19:28 -0400
Subject: [netrek-dev] Netrek XP 2010 client released
In-Reply-To: <20090720192708.GA26816@orion.netrek.org>
References: <45ab86180907191455o74c8d7fdg51a8ffc05ee03ecd@mail.gmail.com>
	<0qk523dyx4.fsf@mirror.to> <20090720192708.GA26816@orion.netrek.org>
Message-ID: <45ab86180907201319x281f6e9et65385efb8a46aa9e@mail.gmail.com>

On Mon, Jul 20, 2009 at 3:27 PM, Dave Ahn <ahn at orion.netrek.org> wrote:

> On Mon, Jul 20, 2009 at 01:52:55PM -0400, Andrew K. Bressen wrote:
> >
> > Bill Balcerski <billbalcerski at gmail.com> writes:
> > > 12) Addition of Netrek XP specific metaserver to the metaserver list,
> to
> > > work alongside the default netrek.org metaservers.
> >
> > How does this work?
>
> Is this perhaps a non-netrek.org metaserver that lists the sturgeon server
> without restrictions, which then gets aggregated into the server list
> displayed to the user?
>

The additonal metaserver is a dynamic IP (metaserver.servegame.org),
currently pointing to a metaserver at netrek.beeseenterprises.com.
Functionally, this metaserver is completely identical to all other
metaservers.  This metaserver acts like any of the other 3 metaservers in
the client, in that all listed servers are aggregated into the server list.
If client is in metaBroncoOnly mode, it also behaves like other metaservers
in that non-bronco entries are ignored.  Current policy on that metaserver
mirrors metaserver.us.netrek.org.  Any netrek server is welcome to solicit
to it, including bronco, sturgeon, paradise, hockey and chaos.

Bill
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From karthik at karthik.com  Wed Jul 29 18:39:31 2009
From: karthik at karthik.com (Karthik Arumugham)
Date: Wed, 29 Jul 2009 19:39:31 -0400
Subject: [netrek-dev] BRMH 2.6.0 snapshot, release plans
Message-ID: <1E0DA935-A1DD-4B75-AE97-5E25D81E5604@karthik.com>

BRMH is long overdue for some overhauls, so I've been doing some work  
on it lately. I just pushed 2.6.0-pre20090729 as a (hopefully) stable  
snapshot, with the goal of doing an actual 2.6.0 release in the next  
few weeks. There was never an official 2.5.0 release; the last real  
"release" was 2.4.0 in early 2000. However, 2.5.0 has been in a semi- 
official "public beta" state with occasional updates since then, so  
I'm bumping the version to 2.6.0 for this release, especially since  
2.5.0->2.6.0 is going to be more major of an update than 2.5.0 has  
been over the 9 year span since 2.4.0 came out.

BRMH currently lives at http://karthik.com/netrek/brmh/. I am only  
supporting binaries for Linux (x86 and x86_64) and Mac OS X (x86/PPC  
universal) at the moment, since it doesn't make sense to support 15 OS/ 
arch combos anymore (that's not a joke even?I literally did > 15  
different builds of 2.4.0.) The code will live on Launchpad shortly,  
at least as a mirror of the current dev tree.


Changes from 2.5.0 (20080828) to the current 2.6.0-pre20090729  
snapshot, as well as todos/known bugs:

General changes:
- Removed RSA and added extended version string support, as RSA is  
deprecated
- Added support to re-enter from the MOTD after death by hitting the  
space bar
   with the same ship/race as the previous ship
- "lag (st. dev.)" in the ping stats window is now "stdev (rtt)", as  
"lag" is
   a very poor and incorrect definition of round trip time variation
- The "new" playerlist introduced in 2.5 is now default; the old  
behavior can
   be restored from the options screen or in the rc file (specifically,
   "sortPlayers" and "sortPlayersObs" now default to "on" instead of  
"off")
- Added IPv6 support (note: temporarily removed from the 20090729  
release)
- Default cloaked ship characters on galactic changed to '><'
- Sample xtrekrc with appropriate 2.6 settings included (plus a DDuddy  
macro!)

Code changes:
- Handle unknown feature packets more gracefully
- Removed mp/gmp support as these are no longer needed after stripping  
RSA
- Deprecated specific Ultrix build support, as it was RSA-specific
- Removed various miscellaneous RSA-related code that is no longer  
needed

TODO for final release of BRMH 2.6:
- Finish IPv6 support (testing requires finishing IPv6 support in the  
server)
- Fix bug where nearby ships might not show on the tactical upon entry  
until
   a ship action packet is sent to the server
- Auto-close tactical/galactic info and other dialogs after a user- 
specific
   period of time, defaulting to leaving them open until closed as  
before
- Fix TTS (may be pushed to a future release depending on complexity)
- Display slot # along with ship speed with none, either, or both  
configurable
- Respond to pig call
- Clean up included xtrekrc and include 1280x1024+ version

Future features:
- Add optional background starfield support
- Add sound support


Changes from 2.4.0, as it's the last real release, to the latest 2.5.0  
"release" (20080828):

General changes:
- Updated maintainer address
- Display ship speed next to own ship on tactical instead of player  
number
- New sorted player list, displays enemy team(s) first, then own team,  
then
   observers (enable "sortPlayers: on" and "sortPlayersObs: on" in  
your rc)
- Show 0.00 kills as blanked out in the playerlist instead of showing  
"0.00"
   or "-.--"
- Updated default metaserver to metaserver.netrek.org
- Keyboard torpedoes now autorepeat with the minimum server torp delay
   regardless of keyrepeat delay
- Clock can be reset to zero (default 'K')
- Support metaserver strings for INL, Sturgeon, and Other
- Cloaking graphics last correct duration (was broken since change  
from 5ups
   to 10ups)
- Support for "username:" line in rc file to set username

Code changes:
- Compiles on MacOS X
- Removed dependency on user-installed libgmp on MacOS X
- Made PI longer for no specific reason
- Fixed multiply-defined and used qwin variable that caused crashes  
(one qwin
   is now quitwin)
- Removed strdup() code
- Support FPS and UPS feature packets



From akb+lists.netrek-dev at mirror.to  Fri Jul 31 22:10:34 2009
From: akb+lists.netrek-dev at mirror.to (Andrew K. Bressen)
Date: Fri, 31 Jul 2009 23:10:34 -0400
Subject: [netrek-dev] [ahn@orion.netrek.org: [paradise] New TedTurner
	maintainer]
In-Reply-To: <20090612161120.GA26942@orion.netrek.org> (Dave Ahn's message of
	"Fri, 12 Jun 2009 12:11:20 -0400")
References: <20090612161120.GA26942@orion.netrek.org>
Message-ID: <0q3a8c44b9.fsf@mirror.to>


Dave Ahn <ahn at orion.netrek.org> writes:
> TedTurner is actually a deprecated client as the latest 1.3.1.1 release
> was merged with the Paradise 2.x client, then renamed to Paradise 3.2 client.

Where is Paradise 3.x? It ain't on Nexus; I didn't even know it existed!
Has anyone worked on it in 8 years?