On 9-Jul-06, at 7:07 PM, MrSinatra wrote:
in any case, sorry if a few words in uppercase rubbed you the wrong
way, but it was just emphasis.
Understandable. it's just where I stop is all...and just for that
thread, really. :)
i'm curious if you voluntarily write code for SD? you seem to know a
lot about the product for not being an employee! i take it then from
closer examination of your answer that at one point you used to be an
employee? is that correct?
I've never been an employee. I'm a customer. I bought a slimp3 back
in 2001/2. Slimserver was in version 3.x.
I started playing around with the Dark skin to have it add a few
features that I wanted and used that at home. Eventually, I figured
I'd post it since there was a fair bit of demand for third party
'stuff'. i then found that I needed to make a couple of changes in the
server in order to make the skin work fully. i didn't know any perl,
but I only needed a greater than change to less than so it wasn't a
perl thing. SD very quickly added it, and so I asked for a couple more
things ;)
Soon, I was looking at websites to understand the code I was reading,
and adding a few bits and pieces. Then an image was posted on the
forum as a users wish for a skin. I figured it was doable, so I
started working on it. When it was in early stages, Dean asked if I
would be willing to have it included in slimserver. I then wrote an
alarm clock plugin, which was also then folded into slimserver when it
was very simple. For my troubles, I got sent a squeezebox and over the
years more hardware has come to every room.
so, when you see me suggest in other threads to learn perl and post a
patch, I know just how hard it is and just how possible it is.
as to the wiki, here are my thoughts on that:
1. i've never entered anything into wiki, ever. but b/c you helped me
and suggested it, i will if i can figure it out. having said that:
2. i figured the msg board here was my "documented contribution" to the
community. i am kind of surprised anyone can update the wiki, what if
they're wrong and don't know it?
someone else will edit. That's the fun of a wiki. Take a look online
for the details involving Wikipedia and the death of kenneth lay. The
facts were changed every few minutes after the news broke.
3. most importantly, regardless of whether it is here or in wiki, it
should absolutely be spelled out clearly on the SS home - server
settings - interface page.
I disagree, especially since the requirement is gone from 6.5
not having it there is a huge, glaring and ridiculous omission.
since u ignored my other post, i am also still curious as to whether or
not you know anything about the scheduled overnight scans? do you know
what kind of scan it does, and do you agree that it would be best to
clear and scan, or at the very least, have the option to tell it what
kind of scan?
sorry, I didn't realise I'm obliged to answer all questions.
The timed rescan should already offer all scan type options. if not,
then its in 6.5
I spend most of my time with 6.5 because, as you now know, it is my
free time and I spend it how I want.
6.3 is for bug fixes, 6.5 for features. I'm sure you can appreciate
that new features are a luxury and bug fixes are the requirement.
Slimserver is completely open. you don't like things, change them.
You feel there isn't enough docs, change them. You posted on the
forum, so yes other users will find it if they bother to use the search
features. however, I'm fairly certain most don't. Case in point: many
topics on artwork have me posting that a wipe and rescan is needed.
And now, I really am done with this thread. Please respect that.
-kdf
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