get.amped;463392 Wrote: > While I have no objection to making improvements, establishing standards > and consistency, I am concerned that this major upgrade has been > released with essentially no corresponding updates to the documentation > that is available for users on the Wiki or the Logitech support site. I > have a SlimDevices-labeled, original SqueezeBox and the documentation > for it provided on-line by Logitech still refers to SlimServer, etc. The > Wiki only references SqueezeCenter. I implement IT systems for a living > and my clients are *not* interested in having a new system installed > without getting documentation and training *before* it happens. Good points. Updating documentation for constantly-evolving software like this is a thankless but nonetheless necessary task that too often doesn't get the attention it deserves.
get.amped;463392 Wrote: > Will my favorite plug-ins still work? I use Super Date Time, Lyrics, > Biography, and Album Review all the time. I can't see any indication > that the new version has been tested with them, which essentially means > that users are going to have to do so and report back to the community. > Often, for major commercial software releases, a beta testing period is > publicly announced, add-on developers participate, interested users do > some voluntary testing and the results are reported in advance of the > final release. Given that this release is *required* in order to use the > full functionality of the hardware, software, and remote resources, that > approach would have been appropriate. Huh? Have you taken a look in the 'Beta forum' (http://forums.slimdevices.com/forumdisplay.php?f=12) or the '3rd Party Plugins forum' (http://forums.slimdevices.com/forumdisplay.php?f=4)? Plenty of very active threads on precisely these issues have been going on about 7.4 since at least the latter part of 2008. There are various stones that one can throw at SB software development, but lack of openness certainly ain't one of them. -- aubuti ------------------------------------------------------------------------ aubuti's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2074 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=68521 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
