Maintainer Meeting (20 Jan 2023)

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Time: 20 Jan 2023 18:00 UTC

Attendees:

  • DrSmugleaf
  • PJB
  • Lank
  • Julian
  • Jezithyr
  • faint
  • EmoGarbage
  • ShadowCommander
  • Chief_Engineer

Consolidating admin logs | metalgearsloth

  • Basically log categories
  • Make it backwards compatible
  • When you code it
  • Discord message

PRs for admin usage prototypes | metalgearsloth

Deny all PRs for admin usage prototypes:

  • We have admin uploads
  • Bloats the repo with meme content that’s never used anywhere and requires ongoing maintenance
  • Do we dump it on the admin repo
    • No
  • Allow admin-usage prototype PRs to the main repo
  • Mark admin-only prototypes with an “Admin” suffix and admin-only category
  • Have a test that checks that admin-only prototypes aren’t mapped in
  • Lower standards for reviewing, but don’t allow copyrighted stuff to be on the main repo
  • Anything that is supposed to be secret can stay in the admin repo
  • Put them in a separate folder with a text file that clarifies to downstreams that they may be removed at any time
  • If one of them breaks during a refactor it is fine to remove it

Code freezes | EmoGarbage

  • We are extremely inconsistent about what a freeze means
  • We dont actually enforce them in a consistent way
  • We should outline what needs to be done for the freeze to end because leaving some vague criteria up in the air sucks
  • Current freezes
  • Current conditions:
    • Maintainer approval will be required beforehand.
    • If the freeze is due to an ongoing rework then the rework PR will take precedent and your PR may require reworking prior to merge.
    • A design doc may be required depending upon the content. For example, a new item may not require a design doc, but a new antagonist will require one.
    • The PR will be scrutinised more than normal and will take longer to be reviewed.
    • As usual your PR is subject to not being merged into the repository, especially if maintainer approval is not sought beforehand.
  • Reword “freezes” to be clearer.
    • Scrutinized?
    • Restrictions
    • Something for rework coming soon.
  • Have a separate thing for freezes that won’t be accepted at the current time.
  • We can review current freezes/restrictions after every maintainer meeting
  • We need a list of things that can be ported as-is from SS13
  • Define beginner-friendly PRs better vs first codebase PR
    • We have a label, but it hasn’t been managed well. The current ones are either outdated or harder than a first PR should be.

Lobby songs freeze

  • They take up too much space compared to the rest of the repository
  • Do we stream them
  • Do we have a CDN
  • Do we have them on a separate repo
  • We stream them
    • WYCI
    • Allow clients to fire HTTP requests in content (in a way that you don’t make the client a botnet)
    • Not on the local network
  • Keep them frozen until that system is implemented

Current admin issues

  • Ahelp relay does not tell you whether the player has disconnected or not. [23716]
  • Ahelp window should tp you to the last character if the player is disconnected [20189]
  • Specific admin actions can only be performed on logged in players(e.g. Erase) [23796]
  • ASN bans (CE will make epic insanely detailed issue soon™️)
  • Ghost roles need to have clearer descriptions so people stop getting bwoinked for being friendly antags [24333]
  • A command to force a round type/map temporarily instead of putting it on perpetually as it works currently

Early Access Roadmap

  • nothing on this roadmap matters except early access trailer and admin issues.
  • A trailer for Steam
    • ask enrico about the trailer
  • game admin items
  • gamemodes/antags
  • Steam account linking
  • The game runs like shit how do people play this
    • “IDK but maybe when I fix the watchdog you can figure it out easier” | 09/09/2023
    • “I only played VRChat since last time and VRChat runs like shit so I don’t know how people play this” | 23/09/2023
    • “” | 21/10/2023
    • Miros runs fine | 16/12/2023
      • I am 5 parallel universes ahead of you
    • We have a new Minecraft server it runs fine now (SS14 runs fine, really)
    • Here lies Minecraft long live Satisfactory

Crashes / Critical bugs: (when are we moving these to GitHub)

  • Crashes the server reliably.
  • Something that bricks your client often (needs a client restart).
    • Example: Blackscreens the client until you reconnect.
  • If something ruins the round and is disabled because of it.
    • Example: Communal lung bug. => till next time like and subscribe smash that button did you know only 6% of contribs join this meeting? According to YouTube’s statistics,

PJB personal roadmap

  • Audio rework DONE NO WAY
  • Fix infra
  • Watchdog rework: testmerges, better way to get traces from game servers
  • Fix perf oh god
  • PJB is reading about window scaling

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