Triode;440882 Wrote: > > My point is the comment field is only part of the metadata contained > within the repos - the other data includes which server version and what > platform a plugin is appropriate for. Authors should use this to define > when a plugin should be listed as available for install this will be > read by the server and it will not be shown in the list. In the rare > case of plugin dependancies I agree this should be in the description > field, but otherwise the repo format allows the author to define this, > so this is what they should edit... > It's easy to keep this updated if we are only talking about official Squeezebox Server releases. However, the problem is during the beta test period. We want people to participate in beta testing and some of them won't do it unless their favorite plugin can be used. If we set maxVersion it means that plugins can't be installed with Extension Downloader during the beta test period.
Earlier I had maxVersion set to something like 7.2.+ but I got complaints that it didn't work with the 7.3 beta version. I've gotten a lot less complaints now when I use maxVersion=*. An issue during beta testing is that a plugin might work one day and the next day it doesn't because a change in some API has been committed. Even if it would be possible to specify revision in the repository xml file I still don't have the time to verify if a plugin works in all revisions. It would be good to have some kind of indication which Squeezebox Server version a plugin has been tested against but still be able to do a forced install through Extension Downloader on a later version. If you can't install it through Extension Downloader, I personally prefer maxVersion=* since that means I don't have to distribute the plugins through other channels than Extension Downloader during beta testing. -- erland Erland Isaksson 'My homepage' (http://erland.isaksson.info) (Install my plugins through Extension Downloader) (Developer of 'TrackStat, SQLPlayList, DynamicPlayList, Custom Browse, Custom Scan, Custom Skip, Multi Library, Title Switcher and Database Query plugins' (http://wiki.erland.isaksson.info/index.php/Category:SlimServer)) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ erland's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3124 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=65598 _______________________________________________ beta mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/beta
