>Assuming, some third party developers would be willing to maintain >MusicIP integration, I have a feeling we would get a lot more features >than if Logitech maintains it. I feel it should remain supported by Logitech, but the community could provide patches. At least until the current restructuring of the core software is stable, anyway. It would at least serve as a good example on how to implement mixers, integration with the scanner, etc.
There's other SBS plugins that integrate to third-party plugins that could be considered similarly, eg. iTunes, Amazon CD Store, Information Browser sources (BBC News, etc), Facebook, Flickr, Last.FM, that may need more maintenance,and not be used as much as MusicIP. >How much added features have you got in the MusicIP integration during the >last years from Logitech? > Not much - I supplied a few patches that got integrated. The thing is my patches worked, but were tidied up by devs that know perl a bit better than me ;-) There shouldn't be much to maintain. I don't think there's been much to do to keep the MusicIP plugin working over the years. After all, MusicIP software isn't changing. There's probably also not that much that could be added as new features. MusicIP isn't being updated, and the API doesn't allow for all that many more features. Only when SBS core functionality changes, could it open the way for needing maintenance or allow new features. >Just to be clear, I'm not planning to take over MusicIP plugin myself, >at least not alone, but maybe a group of third party developers could >maintain it together ? > I haven't got time to maintain it on my own, but if there are problems, I can help to fix and supply patches. _______________________________________________ beta mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/beta
