Aw, man. I really (-really-) can't take on any more "free-time" projects. I do love jazz, and my Squeezeboxen, and I do have about 35 years experience as a software engineer. But probably about 20 of those years I was using languages (and assemblers, and proto-languages) that don't really exist anymore, and I used Perl for only a very brief time, 10 or 12 years ago. My Java is pretty rusty too. I've also worn a DBA's hat, and understand ER diagrams and UML, and I've written a few little apps of my own to pull stuff out of the SB server database, but I haven't bothered to check in on the new DB format (it's moved back to SQLite, hasn't it? I'm still using 7.5.0 and the MySQL version of the DB). So before I'd be worth a spit, I'd have to spend time getting up to speed, and I really (-really-) don't have the time these days.
If you don't mind keeping me in the loop, I might be able to offer suggestions (hopefully worthwhile ones), and I wouldn't mind doing some testing. I'd also be willing to look at source code and offer suggestions for debugging or performance enhancements sometimes. But my schedule just won't let me commit to any development obligations. I know how a small hobby-development effort can turn into long hours absorbed in code, without noticing the time, and I really can't get back into the habit of sitting up until 3am every night tinkering with code. Much as I loved doing it in my younger days, I don't want to fall back into that again. It ends up being like a drug habit, hard to get out of and hard on your body (and home and social life). -- Dogberry2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Dogberry2's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=18883 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=81898 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
