RE: [slim] Re: Multiple Profiles?

2005-08-11 Thread Matt Alioto
> > well, I think I'm just getting the impression that demands for how this > must > work will end up causing the one instance to double up on so much already. > Its > a given that once such a feature is created, there will be a user out > there who > will demand that it works in every different

Re: [slim] Re: Multiple Profiles?

2005-08-11 Thread kdf
Quoting ron thigpen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > also, wouldn't this increase overhead for system resources to load > multiple instances of all the server bits? well, I think I'm just getting the impression that demands for how this must work will end up causing the one instance to double up on so muc

Re: [slim] Re: Multiple Profiles?

2005-08-11 Thread ron thigpen
kdf wrote: The server does already make use of the HOME environment for users in some OSes. If the server were tweaked a bit to allow it to easily run as multiple servers, the user profile slimply becomes a matter of running the server under a different user, with associated prefs, library, db, e

Re: [slim] Re: Multiple Profiles?

2005-08-11 Thread kdf
The server does already make use of the HOME environment for users in some OSes. If the server were tweaked a bit to allow it to easily run as multiple servers, the user profile slimply becomes a matter of running the server under a different user, with associated prefs, library, db, etc. You ca

Re: [slim] Re: Multiple Profiles?

2005-08-11 Thread ron thigpen
JJZolx wrote: But the idea of multiple libraries is something that wouldn't have to depend on user profiles. It might be a browse level above Browse Music. true, it doesn't have to depend on user profile, but it helps. some of the user issues that were driving the requests for multiple libr

Re: [slim] Re: Multiple Profiles?

2005-08-11 Thread Michael Amster
Randall wrote: kdf Wrote: were you asking for ideas, or merely giving orders? if it's the latter, you can take a number... http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=825 -kdf He ordered me first! I did not see the issue until you explained the user/squeezebox control problem.

Re: [slim] Re: Multiple Profiles?

2005-08-11 Thread dean blackketter
On Aug 11, 2005, at 7:34 AM, Randall wrote: kdf Wrote: were you asking for ideas, or merely giving orders? if it's the latter, you can take a number... http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=825 -kdf He ordered me first! Now, boys, I don't care who started it. Don't make me pull t

Re: [slim] Re: Multiple Profiles?

2005-08-10 Thread kdf
On 10-Aug-05, at 8:49 PM, Randall wrote: Michael Amster Wrote: Randall wrote: Howdy dev team. Question. I'd like to see the squeezebox allow different profiles. Why not? For example. Say I personally have 50% decent songs while the other 50% are songs that have explicit lyrics in w