Re: [Slackbuilds-users] Plex version too old

> > > Fair enough. Now make sure to enter the gist of this in the Slackbuilds > > > home > > > page, in a big font, so nobody will be led to think that packages are > > > properly maintained throughout. But they are, properly maintained... > > it's not that finding a limited number of not

Re: [Slackbuilds-users] Plex version too old

On Fri, May 4, 2018 at 10:50 AM, Matteo Bernardini < matteo.bernard...@gmail.com> wrote: > 2018-05-04 18:40 GMT+02:00 JCA <1.41...@gmail.com>: > > Fair enough. Now make sure to enter the gist of this in the Slackbuilds > home > > page, in a big font, so nobody will be led to think that packages

Re: [Slackbuilds-users] Plex version too old

First, in another subthread, you suggest that David use an email autoresponder when away on holiday. Slackbuilds.org mail services do not and WILL NOT support autoresponders, because the postmaster is an old curmudgeon who has never seen an autoresponder which cannot be tricked into doing

Re: [Slackbuilds-users] Plex version too old

2018-05-04 18:40 GMT+02:00 JCA <1.41...@gmail.com>: > Fair enough. Now make sure to enter the gist of this in the Slackbuilds home > page, in a big font, so nobody will be led to think that packages are > properly maintained throughout. it's not that finding a limited number of not maintained

Re: [Slackbuilds-users] Plex version too old

On Fri, May 4, 2018 at 10:35 AM, Matteo Bernardini < matteo.bernard...@gmail.com> wrote: > 2018-05-04 18:19 GMT+02:00 Willy Sudiarto Raharjo >: > >> Let me suggest something. The Slackbuilds home page contains some text > >> with appropriate disclaimers. I would propose

Re: [Slackbuilds-users] Plex version too old

On Fri, May 4, 2018 at 10:19 AM, David Spencer wrote: > > Could you not post a notice to the forum to that effect? Or set up your > > email so that a relevant notification is automatically sent when > > receiving email? > > I wonder if Debian Developers would put up

Re: [Slackbuilds-users] Plex version too old

2018-05-04 18:19 GMT+02:00 Willy Sudiarto Raharjo : >> Let me suggest something. The Slackbuilds home page contains some text >> with appropriate disclaimers. I would propose to add the following to >> this page, in a big font, so nobody will miss it: >> >> "The

Re: [Slackbuilds-users] Plex version too old

> Let me suggest something. The Slackbuilds home page contains some text > with appropriate disclaimers. I would propose to add the following to > this page, in a big font, so nobody will miss it: > > "The Slackbuilds team makes no guarantees about the quality of the > packages. We hope that you

Re: [Slackbuilds-users] Plex version too old

> Could you not post a notice to the forum to that effect? Or set up your > email so that a relevant notification is automatically sent when > receiving email?  I wonder if Debian Developers would put up with that. > Otherwise, like I said, let's make sure that users are informed about > the

Re: [Slackbuilds-users] Plex version too old

On Fri, May 4, 2018 at 9:47 AM, Willy Sudiarto Raharjo < will...@slackbuilds.org> wrote: > > Having tried that a few times in the past, I think that approach all too > > often will amount to wasting two weeks. On this basis, and as a matter > > of principle, I would have thought that a

Re: [Slackbuilds-users] Plex version too old

Could you not post a notice to the forum to that effect? Or set up your email so that a relevant notification is automatically sent when receiving email? Otherwise, like I said, let's make sure that users are informed about the responsibilities of maintainers, and what to expect. Which, right now,

Re: [Slackbuilds-users] Plex version too old

> Having tried that a few times in the past, I think that approach all too > often will amount to wasting two weeks. On this basis, and as a matter > of principle, I would have thought that a conscientious maintainer ought > to keep track of this forum precisely for this kind of issues. In fact, >

Re: [Slackbuilds-users] Plex version too old

> Having tried that a few times in the past, I think that approach all too > often will amount to wasting two weeks. On this basis, and as a matter > of principle, I would have thought that a conscientious maintainer ought > to keep track of this forum precisely for this kind of issues. In fact, >

Re: [Slackbuilds-users] Plex version too old

On Fri, May 4, 2018 at 9:08 AM, Matteo Bernardini < matteo.bernard...@gmail.com> wrote: > I can't see the problem in notifying the maintainer of any issues with > the SlackBuild and eventually report to this mailing list if he hasn't > answered back after a reasonable amount of time (two weeks).

Re: [Slackbuilds-users] Plex version too old

On Fri, May 4, 2018 at 8:42 AM, Alexander Grotewohl wrote: > A few things: > > You say it's trivial, but you don't want to do it yourself. > Read what I wrote. What is trivial is to come up with the basic infrastructure for a Slackbuild package. What is not that trivial is to

Re: [Slackbuilds-users] Plex version too old

I can't see the problem in notifying the maintainer of any issues with the SlackBuild and eventually report to this mailing list if he hasn't answered back after a reasonable amount of time (two weeks). doing that ensure that the SlackBuild that the inactive maintainers maintain will be taken care

Re: [Slackbuilds-users] Plex version too old

A few things: You say it's trivial, but you don't want to do it yourself. It's also trivial to make && make install, keep a Changelog for your system, etc. But those things are time consuming.. and we're talking conveniences. The belief that Slackbuilds are somehow more reliable is naive.

Re: [Slackbuilds-users] Plex version too old

The repo would probably be smaller, and also probably more reliable. Many of us come to Slackbuilds because it affords the capability of simply and reliably compiling software that, otherwise, might be painful to build. There are many examples of that in the Slackbuilds repository - kudos to their

Re: [Slackbuilds-users] Plex version too old

On Thu, May 3, 2018, 3:34 PM JCA <1.41...@gmail.com> wrote: > I am not interested in becoming a package maintainer, in part precisely > because I am all too aware of what is involved. I am very thankful that > there are people willing to do so. I am merely pointing out that, if they > can't or

Re: [Slackbuilds-users] Plex version too old

Speaking for myself, that would be terrific, and much appreciated. On Thu, May 3, 2018 at 3:49 PM, Andrew wrote: > I use and am willing to maintain plexmediaserver if no one has any > objections. But unfortunately I won't be able to submit a diff until > Saturday if that is

Re: [Slackbuilds-users] Plex version too old

I use and am willing to maintain plexmediaserver if no one has any objections. But unfortunately I won't be able to submit a diff until Saturday if that is alright? Regards, Andrew Stevens and...@stevens.is ‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐ On May 4, 2018 9:34 AM, JCA <1.41...@gmail.com>

Re: [Slackbuilds-users] Plex version too old

I am not interested in becoming a package maintainer, in part precisely because I am all too aware of what is involved. I am very thankful that there are people willing to do so. I am merely pointing out that, if they can't or won't do what is concomitant to maintaining a package, they should not

Re: [Slackbuilds-users] Plex version too old

On 5/3/18, JCA <1.41...@gmail.com> wrote: > This aside, the other side of the coin is that > slackbuilds.org packages should result in installed software that works. > > Should this not be part of the responsibility of package maintainers? At the time it was submitted, I bet the package worked

Re: [Slackbuilds-users] Plex version too old

I haven't. Past attempts to contact individual maintainers have not been very successful. I'll try anyway. On Thu, May 3, 2018 at 11:24 AM, Willy Sudiarto Raharjo < will...@slackbuilds.org> wrote: > > I recently moved my Plex library from a Slack 14.2 box to a Slack64 14.2 > > system. It is

Re: [Slackbuilds-users] Plex version too old

> I recently moved my Plex library from a Slack 14.2 box to a Slack64 14.2 > system. It is actually exactly the same hardware, from a different hard > drive. I therefore installed the plexmediaserver package from > slackbuilds.org in my Slack64 14.2. This > installs