The problem with open source is that the contributors want to do the cool stuff, especially when it is pretty easy.
Redesigning the basic engine is hard, slow, and has zero sizzle
Well, most people would say the same thing about an operating system kernel. Yet Linux routinely runs for months without panicking.
Ummm...as does Windows XP (although the more geek-sided may refuse to believe that)....what's your point?
So 6.* is the first major redesign, and 7.* will likely be a lot more like you'd want.
I'm beginning to think whether maybe it's time to think about a complete server rewrite from scratch, probably in C rather than Perl. The menus would be ugly and simple, but the system would actually *work* without being restarted several times per day, without unpredictable 5 second pauses during playback, etc, etc.
Making slim server less user-friendly/ugly would be a very dumb move. Besides, after a bit of tweaking off the bat, slimserver runs reliably, unless you are one that enjoys downloading the latest nightlies...then you're asking for it.
v5.4.1 runs beautifully on my Windows XP machine...so on a decent linux machine, I would only imagine how smooth it would run.
Danny Rego
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