erland wrote: > I totally agree with you bpa, even if they work currently its just a > matter of time until something breaks. > > I wish I had the focus and time to be able to continue maintaining the > plugins but to be brutally realistic its very unlikely to happen. My > family situation is different today with a small kid in the house and my > music listening behavior has changed significantly to mostly using > streaming services (Spotify) and currently Ive honestly barely any need > for my plugins myself. Its hard to let all people down who have used my > plugins and Ive had some hope to be able to do some minimal > maintenance, but to be realistic this is very unlikely to happen. > > Due to all this Ive also decided to leave my repository files as they > are with maxTarget=7.*. > If some one wants to maintain a separate repository file with > minTarget=8.0.0 pointing at my or your own server feel free to do so, > but in this case please put it under your e-mail/name instead of mine so > people primarily contact you instead of me if they have problem with LMS > 8.0 or later. > > For people relying on my plugins this means that you have the current > options: > > - Stay on LMS 7.* forever. In this case you are probably going to loose > streaming services over time since they tend to change and will probably > stop working on 7.* eventually. Upgrading the OS is obviously very risky > since 7.* is eventually going to stop working on latest OS versions. > This might be an alternative if you are only using local music and have > LMS installed on a computer/device that isnt used for anything else. > > - If you have development skills or is willing to learn, implement new > plugins with similar functionality as mine and support them on LMS 8.0 > and later. Based on some discussions in the forum I think there might > already be some work going on in this direction related to ratings and > browsing by custom tags. Alternatively take over maintenance of my > plugins, but I honestly expect this to be harder and more boring. Its > always easier to maintain code you have written yourself. I had zero > Perl knowledge when I started to implement TrackStat so dont look at it > as an impossible task just because you havent developed in Perl > before. > > - Install my plugins manually in 8.0 and enjoy them as long as they > work, but as indicated its just a matter of time until something breaks > so you should probably plan for that so your setup doesnt become > unusable when it happens. > > For my personal setup I think the most likely scenario is that Ill > continue using 7.8 on short terms and switch to 8.* without most of my > plugins installed on longer terms. > > I still plan to continue being a member in this community, so this post > doesnt mean Ill disappear from the community. > > To everyone using my plugins, sorry to let you down but hopefully most > of you will understand. Thanks for all positive feedback you have given > me over the years. :)
LMS 7.9.3 on PC, Xubuntu 18.04, FLACs 16->24 bit, 44.1->192kbps. 2 Touchs & EDO. LMS plugin UPnP/DLNA Bridge to MF M1 CLiC (A308CR amp & ESLs) & Marantz CR603 UPnP renderers. Also Minimserver & Upplay to same & to upmpdcli/mpd PC renderers. Squeezelite to Meridian USB Explorer DAC to PC speakers/headphones. Wireless Xubuntu 18.04 laptop firefox/upplay or Android 'phone with Squeeze-Commander/BubbleUPnP controls LMS/Minimserver. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ PasTim's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=41642 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=49483
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