David Hall wrote:
Alex Parker wrote:
there is always the
current build (or a 3.2 equivalent archive build) if people want USB.
I think Jens Arnold's earlier argument that people gravitate to the
releases is a valid one, and a factor which needs to be taken into account.
Yup, but I feel that the potential for corruption overrules it. Also, I
don't think releases are the correct place for testing.
Paul Louden makes the strongest argument against 3.2 + USB, IMHO. The
risk, no matter how slight, of data corruption is a serious one.*
Considering 3.2 + USB is therefore a risk, the slightly higher barrier
to entry of needing to do a manual install can be considered a good thing.
Agreed
3 - "Breaking" of iTunes support on iPods.
We can be pedantic all we want and say "Rockbox never supported
iTunes, that was Apple's disk mode" and we would be correct. The fact
is, though, that for whatever percentage of the iPod userbase the
distinction between Rockbox USB and Apple Emergency Disk Mode is lost.
For these people I think the apparent loss of the three points I raise
above is inappropriate for a "release".
I see the point, and if it is decided to go the mimicking OF USB
extensions route great, but if that turns out not to happen for whatever
reason then ultimately I don't think we should limit Rockbox in order to
support an OF sync tool (albeit a very widely used one).
Alex
