4th October 2006 00:10 UTC
submissions?
last avs pack was added to the plugins section on august 31st. what happened, is 2400 the limit the site can take? :p
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Yathosho
4th October 2006 00:10 UTC
submissions?
last avs pack was added to the plugins section on august 31st. what happened, is 2400 the limit the site can take? :p
Warrior of the Light
4th October 2006 15:36 UTC
I read (somewhere, don't remember exactly where) that there would be quite a pile of presets to be reviewed.
I guess DD is away for a while or something.
Rovastar
4th October 2006 16:27 UTC
Yeah there is a few backing up only about 6 or 7 outstanding though.
Mr Jones
4th October 2006 16:38 UTC
And most of the time the submission system is fucked anyhow and dosn't allow us to review, and when it does there is usually no one available to do them.
Cest la vie!
jheriko
5th October 2006 15:52 UTC
I think DD is back... he has been coming into #avs again recently.
Yathosho
8th October 2006 21:25 UTC
spotted him in the forums today..
Doggy Dog
21st October 2006 12:11 UTC
Ok. First of all a sincere apology to all those who have submitted a pack in the last couple of weeks (months?).
As some know, I've had major problems. I (for reasons unknown) didn't get a dorm room (free net) in Zagreb this year, and had to get a room at an appartment. I only got DSL there today (after 10 days or so of waiting).
Before that I was ill for quite long and busy with my exams when I wasn't (and when I was actually). I couldn't leave my house in Split because of that, and as you know, I only have a 56k modem there, and the modem connection only worked on my old Celeron 300A, on which I couldn't rate presets fairly (wouldn't work on my new pc).
All in all, that's behind me. I will get on it as soon as the problems with the system are gone. If they are already (didn't check yet), I'll start reviewing today.
Mr Jones
21st October 2006 14:34 UTC
Originally posted by Doggy DogHah, you'll be waiting some time then....
I will get on it as soon as the problems with the system are gone. If they are already (didn't check yet), I'll start reviewing today.
Yathosho
21st October 2006 16:05 UTC
so only avs is messed, cause there's other new plugins coming almost every day :(
Mr Jones
21st October 2006 18:33 UTC
Yeah, but have you looked at any of the new submission that make it to the site?, either plugins or skins for that matter?
All I see is missing images, crocked download, no staff reviews..
To put it mildly, it's fucked.
Yathosho
27th November 2006 23:12 UTC
yeah, that new submission gave hope, but it's been ages and no change.
wow, you suck america online :down:
jheriko
1st December 2006 10:55 UTC
Yes. AOL suck.
I just wanted to say that...
Warrior of the Light
1st December 2006 11:23 UTC
What problem could be so big that this has to run for months now?
CraigF
1st December 2006 15:12 UTC
I reported this problem to those who can make a difference yesterday and they say it was fixed there and then. Fix was deployed yesterday so things should now be swinging into action.
Doggy Dog
1st December 2006 21:12 UTC
Yes they should and are.
Yathosho
20th December 2006 18:23 UTC
so what's holding you? dm6 is in the submission queue for ages already, wfc5 was just added
DrO
20th December 2006 18:55 UTC
someone getting around to review it i guess is the reason for the delay which sort of leaves it at the hands of doggy (i won't review avs presets since i've no clue when it comes to them :) )
-daz
Nanakiwurkz
20th December 2006 23:12 UTC
suggestion would be to upgrade to a new server or atleast oh i dont know *dump the really really really old avs presets that no one downloads anymore* i work on a website that has the same issues with the server like the winamp submission place does. heh were still trying to fix the problem aswell. i'll post the answer to our problem and let you guys figure something out from the fix we used. -_-*
*grabs server and chucks it down a cliff* there problem solved. heh.
Warrior of the Light
21st December 2006 09:36 UTC
So DD is the only reviewer for AVS packs now?
DD, if you need some help to get the current pile reviewed, feel free to PM me if you want to
DrO
21st December 2006 09:42 UTC
Nanakiwurkz: the main issue with things is that it has to run through multiple layers of servers, etc from what i've heard so a new server isn't going to help (though there were upgrades which initially set off the issues last year).
WotL: i guess so since the rest of us i know won't touch the other types that they don't generally deal with
-daz
jheriko
21st December 2006 10:47 UTC
Originally posted by DrOYour post reminds me about when my packs all went missing for some reason.
Nanakiwurkz: the main issue with things is that it has to run through multiple layers of servers...
CraigF
21st December 2006 12:05 UTC
Its not the database thats broken, its the synchronization.
Winamp.com runs on many servers, AOL's distribution servers (like download.winamp.com) run on yet more. Remember, one address doesn't mean anything, there are virtual addresses, clustering and round robins in place to handle all the traffic.
And each of those servers has to be synchronized.
jheriko
21st December 2006 12:36 UTC
Originally posted by CraigFWhats so difficult about synchronising servers? :p
Its not the database thats broken, its the synchronization.
Winamp.com runs on many servers, AOL's distribution servers (like download.winamp.com) run on yet more. Remember, one address doesn't mean anything, there are virtual addresses, clustering and round robins in place to handle all the traffic.
And each of those servers has to be synchronized.
Warrior of the Light
21st December 2006 12:56 UTC
what problem isn't trivial to you? :)
DrO
21st December 2006 13:25 UTC
lack of staff / prats in other parts of the company disabling things incorrectly / lack of staff / corporate bullcrap, etc
it's not just as simple as you doing it, there's a lot more factors which hinder things and you have to remember that winamp is viewed as a pretty small part of things hence the general lack of resources for the project. i guess shit happens sums things up pretty well.
-daz
jheriko
21st December 2006 13:32 UTC
Originally posted by Warrior of the LightI do throw that word around a lot. What I normally mean by it is that I can think of multiple possible (I'm not always right of course) solutions instantaneously.
what problem isn't trivial to you? :)
Nanakiwurkz
23rd December 2006 01:39 UTC
sorry for this
Originally posted by jherikoJheriko your right in many cases but when it comes to webservers the problem is more then manpower and the database.
I do throw that word around a lot. What I normally mean by it is that I can think of multiple possible (I'm not always right of course) solutions instantaneously.
In this case, synchronising servers... I assume this means synchronising their databases/settings. There are several approaches to this. The obvious is just to copy the data continually, keeping track of what time everything is being synchronised up to (to avoid potential problems from new data).
An even better way is that when the database/settings are updated on any server the updates are propogated to each server, any server which is offline will needs its updates stored until it comes online. This way you need to do no synchronisation except at the start.
These are both trivial solutions to the problem. The time taken to type this message is substantially greater than the time it took me to "come up" with these.
Of course, its entirely possible that I am misinterpreting "server synchronisation". I find it unlikely that any team of developers is going to miss the obvious like this... so there is likely something that I am missing...
Saying that I work in a company where trivial problems are left undealt with creating £100,000s of redundant expenditure (my entire department does the job of a query, manually) and the development teams here are oversized and underproductive. Although here it is quite obviously a management problem... I have let my management know that our entire department could be automated out of existence in a couple of weeks... but "outsourcing" is the solution of choice, presumably because with sufficient ignorance it looks cheaper. The IT usage here is exceptionally appalling though... and probably the exception rather than the rule.
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