Not wishing to commit thread-jack, but I must come out in favour of
exceptions.
The problem with many systems, though, is that exceptions are used for
trivial reasons, which is generally bad. The idea behind exceptions is
that they're used in exceptional circumstances, and sometimes people
We'd better stop the thread hijack soon...
Catching exceptions for exceptional cases makes complete sense, as
does putting try / catch blocks around plugins which may throw.
My main concern was for using exceptions as a general error returning
mechanism.
The example above of code translating
Most of the work items for 7.0 look like good ideas for future
stability.
Except for using exception handling for errors, which scares me.
I haven't worked on slimserver at all, but I have been a programmer
working in many languages on many end user and some server applications
for over 20
Except for using exception handling for errors, which scares me.
Isn't it in this case about actually handling exceptions instead of just
crashing the server? Today if a plugin is behaving badly, the server just
goes away. In 7.0 exceptions in plugins are caught, SlimServer will
continue
Wow, all I was trying to point out was that it was taking a very long
time in between betas. I guess 7.0 will be radically different from
previous versions.
In regards to the contemporary stages of software development process
it is a bit different from my early programming days.
I'm spent a
Another month goes by and not much activity in this area... Are the
past frequent beta releases a victim of the new corporate
idiosyncrasies of Logitech? Say it ain't so
--
tamanaco
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peterw;21 Wrote:
The nightlies and Subversion code are out there if you want to check it
out. I don't think it's a Logitech conspiracy, just that the code still
isn't up to beta API/feature stability yet. For instance, it hasn't
been very long since Adrian moved the preferences to the
On May 6, 2007, at 2:05 PM, tamanaco wrote:
Peter, thanks for the quick reply... I will check that new link soon.
The reason for my comment was based on the past history of frequent
beta releases by SD. Even after major releases. Corporate
idiosyncrasies does not equal conspiracy... it just
Andy Grundman;200034 Wrote:
We're still in the 6.5.2 cycle, and a beta version is built every night
that many people use.
Myself included... I'm running today's 6.5.2 nightly, but this release
is almost golden. As Peter just pointed, there is now a new link to
the 7.0 Beta nighly in the
On May 6, 2007, at 2:57 PM, tamanaco wrote:
Andy Grundman;200034 Wrote:
We're still in the 6.5.2 cycle, and a beta version is built every
night
that many people use.
Myself included... I'm running today's 6.5.2 nightly, but this release
is almost golden. As Peter just pointed, there
tamanaco;200044 Wrote:
Myself included... I'm running today's 6.5.2 nightly, but this release
is almost golden. As Peter just pointed, there is now a new link to
the 7.0 Beta nighly in the SlimServer7Plugins wiki page. This link is
not available in the SlimServer Nightly Releases page.
erland;200112 Wrote:
Lets just make sure we are talking about the same thing. This is my own
definitions and I don't know if Logitech defines them the same.
Alpha
=
A version that is possible to run, but contains a lot of bugs and a lot
of half finished features. Most of the time it
... Or is it taking a lot longer in between Beta releases. It has been
made clear that a lot of the plug-ins won't work, but when can we
expect to see a 7.0 Beta release that mortals can install and play
with.
--
tamanaco
tamanaco;193137 Wrote:
... Or is it taking a lot longer in between Beta releases. It has been
made clear that a lot of the plug-ins won't work, but when can we
expect to see a 7.0 Beta release that mortals can install and play
with.
Not just you. Six months seems like a very long time to
Hi,
could somone who has been tracking 7 more closely than I give a lay
persons guide on its current status - I have been on 6.5.1 for a while
and all seems OK. I am using Album review, Biography, Lazy Search and
the 770 skin. I am willing to put up with minor quirks but am unclear
what the
On 23-Nov-06, at 5:55 AM, gandt wrote:
Hi,
could somone who has been tracking 7 more closely than I give a lay
persons guide on its current status - I have been on 6.5.1 for a while
and all seems OK. I am using Album review, Biography, Lazy Search and
the 770 skin. I am willing to put up with
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