[Freeciv-Dev] RFC Metaserver overhaul

[Paul Zastoupil <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I think the metaserver needs a complete overhaul.

I propose that the new metaserver consist of purely HTTP calls.

The server will use POSTs and the client will issue GETs.

I volunteer my time to write the actual metaserver on the freeciv
website.  But before I start I would like to have some input as well as
some people willing to help with the new client and server code.

As for the input, I want to build this protocol so its easily extensable.
It would be nice to be able to tie this in with any future player
authentication so we can support things like friends lists.  What else
would be nice?

What information needs to be sent from the server to the metaserver?
How often should the server update itself in the metaserver?  How does the
metaserver determine if the server is no longer there?  What information
needs to be available to the client?

Once we have answers to these and any other questions we can get a good
idea of the overall design of what we want.

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Paul Zastoupil