Re: [Freeciv-Dev] request for Freeciv metaserver to be moved

[Reinier Post <rp@xxxxxxxxxx>]

> Suggestion: wherever it is moved (or even if it isn't), how
> about giving it the intuitive alias "metaserver.freeciv.org"?
> 
> > During Christmas holidays I started working on a patch to support multiple
> > metaservers.  There's no need for anything fancy.
> 
> Maybe we shouldn't bother the client about that? Just roundrobin
> metaserver.freeciv.org and make the client try to connect x
> times (where x is configurable, defaulting to 3 or 5), each of
> them looking up again so the roundrobin alias gives a different
> result...

Both require control over DNS.  I wouldn't want to make the running of
Freeciv metaservers depend on the local sysadmin's approval.

> Perhaps we could distribute the sources of the metaserver too,
> so people could run their own?

Peter Dam Mains intends to do that.

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Reinier