On Mon, Oct 18, 2010 at 9:20 PM, Philipp Temminghoff <[email protected]> wrote: > Got an answer from DJH: > > "Funny that. I was just thinking about Aeon the other day. You're welcome > to do whatever you like with it. :o)" > > > > On Mon, 18 Oct 2010 21:16:30 +0200, Philipp Temminghoff > <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> 1. Ok, I understand this. Will try to contact DJH. >> 2. there are only 3 mods which are Dharma-compatible (mine, showcase and >> AeonMQ2) and >> the other ones don´t have correctly licensed fonts and are much bigger. >> Don´t really understand your comment about animosity though. >> 3. Aeon is probably the most hardware-consuming skin, that´s right. >> but that could be shown in the addon description for example. >> I also included a first start guide where you´re asked about your pc >> performance. >> the most hardware-consuming things are disabled then. >> 4. I´m makin use of several additional files like logo.png and some more, >> nothing different >> to the other skins in the official repository >> >> would be a pity if no Aeon version would make it into the official repo, >> because it´s still one of the most popular skins for xbmc (at least >> concerning forum participation) >> >> concerning stability: Aeon65 is stable since an xbmc bug fix (by >> jmarshall >> I think) several months ago. >> just test it (http://github.com/pix/aeon/tree/font_rework) >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> Download new Adobe(R) Flash(R) Builder(TM) 4 >> The new Adobe(R) Flex(R) 4 and Flash(R) Builder(TM) 4 (formerly >> Flex(R) Builder(TM)) enable the development of rich applications that run >> across multiple browsers and platforms. Download your free trials today! >> http://p.sf.net/sfu/adobe-dev2dev >> _______________________________________________ >> Xbmc-addons mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/xbmc-addons > > > -- > Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/mail/ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Download new Adobe(R) Flash(R) Builder(TM) 4 > The new Adobe(R) Flex(R) 4 and Flash(R) Builder(TM) 4 (formerly > Flex(R) Builder(TM)) enable the development of rich applications that run > across multiple browsers and platforms. Download your free trials today! > http://p.sf.net/sfu/adobe-dev2dev > _______________________________________________ > Xbmc-addons mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/xbmc-addons >
That's a good start. Please have him commit a license to his github repo, then it's a matter of public record. The other issues still stand. I'll be honest with you... the word "Aeon" does not sit well with most XBMC devs. We associate it with skin hacks, users doing crazy things, forks, half-completed features, bloat, the list goes on. We certainly appreciate your work, and don't want to discourage your effort, but there's a lot of history with Aeon. I'm not averse to adding it, but things have to be simplified. I'm not saying it will be easy, but here's my proposal: 1. Get the original licensed. Sounds like Duncan is ok with doing this. 2. Merge the forks. Yea, I know. This will be rough. I fear that once one is added, the other forks will cry foul, and say "You added his, why won't you add mine? Mine is better/more original/slimmer/etc.". Keep in mind, addons in the repo are for regular users. They have likely not been to the forum, and know nothing of Aeon's history. And they have no idea why one Aeon version is betteer/different than another. Besides, having a few developers work on the same skin is much more productive than each maintaining their own fork. 3. Make it work out of the box. This might already be the case with yours, I'm not sure. If you want to add 10 different options for extra fanart, thumbs, 4d trailers, fine... just be sure that users switching from confluence will see similar functionality. If a skin requires hours/days of configuration that's fine, but it doesn't belong in the official repo. Sorry if that was a bit blunt. With the above things fixed, the skin would be a great addition to the repo, and we could put the issue to rest once and for all :) Cory ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download new Adobe(R) Flash(R) Builder(TM) 4 The new Adobe(R) Flex(R) 4 and Flash(R) Builder(TM) 4 (formerly Flex(R) Builder(TM)) enable the development of rich applications that run across multiple browsers and platforms. Download your free trials today! http://p.sf.net/sfu/adobe-dev2dev _______________________________________________ Xbmc-addons mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/xbmc-addons
