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+# Maintainer Meeting (20 Jan 2023)
+
+**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](https://discord.com/channels/310555209753690112/900426319433728030/1197878030253707346)
+
+## 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](https://github.com/space-wizards/space-station-14/issues/8524)
+- 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**](https://github.com/space-wizards/space-station-14/issues/23246)
+- gamemodes/antags
+    - dynamic [c#16548](https://github.com/space-wizards/space-station-14/pull/16548)
+    - wizard
+- 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