lsanders99 wrote:
> Presently the LMS update notification reads:
>
> "There is a new version of LMS available. Click the squeezebox tray
> icon to install the update."
>
> Would it be possible to change the notification to something like:
>
> "Version ZZZ.ZZ of LMS is available and ready to install. Click the
> LMS icon in the System Tray to see what version you are presently
> running, which version will be installed, see a summary of what changes
> will be made, and options for your consideration."
>
> Clicking that icon would/could provide buttons to proceed with the
> installation, or decline it, and optionally indicate when you would like
> to be again notified of its availability. It could also show a message
> like "For more details regarding these changes, click this link:
> https://htmlpreview.github.io/?https://github.com/Logitech/slimserver/blob/public/8.1/Changelog8.html";
>
>
> For those who prefer to do the updates using the LMS Control Panel, I'd
> suggest the message in the "Advanced" tab be changed to "Version ZZZ.ZZ
> of LMS is available and ready to install. You are presently running
> version XXX.XX." There should be an additional button provided to
> "Decline Update", and perhaps include a summary of the changes and a
> link to:
> https://htmlpreview.github.io/?https://github.com/Logitech/slimserver/blob/public/8.1/Changelog8.html.
>
>
Making people more aware where to find the change log is generally a
good idea. Many applications have a Whats new message after a new
version has been installed thats used to introduce people to the new
features in the new release. Not sure it would have helped your
situation though because you are asking about consequences on third
party plugins and not LMS itself. Its hard for LMS releases to contain
updated information regarding third party plugins, especially since they
might not work on the day of the release but do work a week later when a
new plugin version has been released. My plan/hope when 8.0 was released
was still to continue maintaining my plugins, it was a bit later I
finally realized that I dont have the time needed to do the work. I
suspect most people reading the change log would decide to update to the
new version and very few would realize some third party plugins might
stop working base on the content of the change log.
I generally think we should encourage people to update to latest release
rather than make them afraid to update. Having to support several old
releases because less people update to latest is just going to result in
more work supporting old releases and less time to implement features in
latest release. Showing people information about what might stop working
with a new release would make them afraid to update and this is IMHO the
wrong way to go. Showing people which great new features they would get
with the new release is in the right direction, it would encourage
people to upgrade and and give feedback on the new features so they can
be improved further in the future.
Regarding third party plugins I think the focus should rather be to find
a way to encourage community developers to implement new plugins that
could replace unsupported plugins than making it easier for people to
get stuck on old unsupported plugins. Not sure how to best accomplish
this but Im pretty sure it would be harder if people refuse to upgrade
LMS or keep using unsupported plugins. Michaels addition to 8.1 to make
it possible to install unsupported plugins is a way to convince people
to upgrade to latest release but make community developers aware that
there is now a number of plugins thats no longer supported and might
need a replacement in the future. Previously it has been hard for both
users and developers to see which plugins that are unsupported.
My personal hope is that something in LMS soon breaks something critical
in my plugins and that this would encourage some community developer to
try to implement a new plugin thats less flexible but contains the most
critical functionality. The Ratings Light plugin is a good example of
this which could be a replacement for the no longer supported TrackStat
plugin. I hope people interesting in ratings dare to install, try and
give feedback on Ratings Light plugin rather than getting stuck with
TrackStat because thats what they always have used. I really hope that
people will see this as something positive and install and give positive
feedback on a new plugin rather than sticking with an old LMS release to
be able to use my unsupported plugins which initially are going to
contain more functionality. Making something with less flexibility is
the key because thats whats going to make it feasible to maintain and
support on longer terms.
lsanders99 wrote:
>
> Discussion: The recent change to version 8 resulted in the loss of some
> plugins which had been available in version 7. There must have been
> others besides myself who might have decided not to upgrade had we been
> notified of that. Not all (perhaps most?) LMS users follow the forums,
> particularly the Plugins forum. I have followed the Radio forum for
> years via its mailing list, and still was caught unaware of what affect
> the new version 8 would have. I don't remember any discussion of what
> version 8 would provide or other impacts it might cause.
>
> Most software development entities provide some such notice prior to
> launching an update, allowing users to make an informed decision about
> how to proceed.
>
Since a lot of functionality comes with LMS its probably a good idea to
keep updated with the Logitech Media Server section of the forum also in
the future.
Erland Isaksson ('My homepage' (http://erland.isaksson.info))
Developer of 'many plugins/applets'
(https://wiki.slimdevices.com/index.php/User_Erland.html)
*Starting with LMS 8.0 I no longer support my plugins/applets* ('see
here for more information'
(https://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?49483-Announce-New-versions-of-erlands-plugins&p=998836&viewfull=1#post998836)
)
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