docs/admin_network.md promised that information in an admin packet
is never removed. It does allow the possibility of using a new packet type
for changed data in combination with a bump of the admin port version.
As the recent command handling changes modified the contents of
ADMIN_PACKET_SERVER_CMD_LOGGING, do exactly that.
* Codechange: [Network] split CloseSocket and CloseConnection more clearly
- CloseSocket now closes the actual OS socket.
- CloseConnection frees up the resources to just before CloseSocket.
- dtors call CloseSocket / CloseConnection where needed.
Strictly seen the comment is true, as it says 'e.g.', but it is
misleading. The server name is just that: the name of the server
as configured. No need to mention advertising.
This switch has been a pain for years. Often disabling broke
compilation, as no developer compiles OpenTTD without, neither do
any of our official binaries.
Additionaly, it has grown so hugely in our codebase, that it
clearly shows that the current solution was a poor one. 350+
instances of "#ifdef ENABLE_NETWORK" were in the code, of which
only ~30 in the networking code itself. The rest were all around
the code to do the right thing, from GUI to NewGRF.
A more proper solution would be to stub all the functions, and
make sure the rest of the code can simply assume network is
available. This was also partially done, and most variables were
correct if networking was disabled. Despite that, often the #ifdefs
were still used.
With the recent removal of DOS, there is also no platform anymore
which we support where networking isn't working out-of-the-box.
All in all, it is time to remove the ENABLE_NETWORK switch. No
replacement is planned, but if you feel we really need this option,
we welcome any Pull Request which implements this in a way that
doesn't crawl through the code like this diff shows we used to.
rubidium42