Plugins Repository / e2iplayer

[ronand]

Just google for the ipk and install it. Too many people expect to be spoonfed.

[smallfrak]

Just google for the ipk and install it. Too many people expect to be spoonfed.

Oh dear! Why didn't I think of THAT? It's instantly clear what discriminates a Senior Member from a Rookie.

... wait a moment ... where did I say I hadn't done just this?

I am confused. I have to reread my posts. I thought I asked a question on how it comes that a broken extension is kept in the repository whereas a functional replacement is not. And whom I might contact about improving this. But now I'm unsure.

Maybe I missed the idea of a "Plugin Repository" alltogether. I had assumed it IS thought to be a place to list useful and functional add-ons for people that do not routinely scan the internet for any interesting ipk. And for those that might have expertise in other areas than hacking a Set-top-box on the Linux level. In fact, I previously had the opinion that the entire Project of offering an operating system and receiver ecosystem is meant to get used by muggles as well - without requiring a degree in computer sciences or being member of an active hacker group. People with a full time job and a family to care. People that do have a pretty limited amount of spare time.

Maybe I'm just be wrong in the "VIX Team Images Support Discussion" area, as it is not intended to discuss VIX Image Support.

Maybe you just had a bad start into the day. I don't want to upset you or anyone else. You do great work here. Please ignore me and my dumb questions until you feel relaxed again. After all, this topic was ignored for four months before. I can stand that.

[ccs]

Please ignore me and my dumb questions.

Sounds good to me.

[Sicilian]

For your info, plugin was removed here: https://github.com/oe-alliance/oe-al...re/commits/4.3 then the removal was reverted because its still partly functional and other OE-Alliance team members still want it.

If you have an issue with this you can open an issue here: https://github.com/oe-alliance/oe-alliance-core/issues

[trevsat]

please replace the outdated and dysfunctional e2iplayer in the plugins repository with a working and actively supported version of e2istream - which seems to be available
please keep the system from permanently fragmenting free memory so that "helpers" like automatic cache clearing are no more necessary to keep the box from stuttering and freezing

I second the above.

Why is it a good thing to keep a stale/stagnant version of e2iplayer from mid-2019 rotting in openvix?

It seems that e2istream is a drop-in replacement for e2iplayer.

Can someone with commit privileges do that? Is there a specific feature request board to post this to?

[abu baniaz]

The post above yours just said we removed it, and the other teams wanted to keep it so got re-added.

We use a shared repository. I suppose we could add it to plugins not wanted, then every other image will have to modify their patches. We would also have to clean the "feeds" too.