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bluebrother:

--- Quote from: OldiesButGoodies on September 30, 2008, 04:10:51 PM ---Without the feedback from the end-users then what's the point of open-source projects?
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Fun. It's the only point in actively doing open source (oh, and before you mention it, there's in fact another point: to educate yourself. But one doesn't want to educate himself all the time, so fun is much more important).


--- Quote ---You're back to a totalitarian regime that dictates what everyone else wants, no different than a corporation headed by a few greedy and tunnel-vision CEOs.
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Nonsense. You can always start changing things -- it's just that you need to do the work. The people who actually did the work on open source projects just share their result with you, even without charge. Isn't that a great thing?

It's always the same with open source: take it, leave it or change it. But you have to do the work yourself.

OldiesButGoodies:

--- Quote from: MarcGuay on September 30, 2008, 04:17:10 PM ---The patch is here in case you hadn't found it already:
http://www.rockbox.org/tracker/task/7432

And the comments generally will explain what still needs to be done.

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Thanks, I read all that. It appears that it was working just fine up until recent build of Rockbox. This is why I don't understand why the main developers aren't supporting it. Looks like they changed something simple without taking this plugin into consideration nor taking into consideration all the people that enjoyed using this plugin. (How would they know? They don't want to hear votes on what anyone else feels is important, apparently.)


--- Quote from: Llorean on September 30, 2008, 04:17:24 PM ---...telling them what they can or cannot work on by way of voting is just a way to discourage them.

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And comments like yours discourage the end-users from encouraging, applauding, and supporting the developers to let them know how great we might think someone is. If there was a way for everyone to vote on what everyone likes, then they'd know if what they are doing is something fantastic, or just an off-the-wall personal tweak that fills no useful purpose for everyone else on the planet. Think about how that all works. I see that you have the time to.

Still want to discuss off-topic? I'm just looking for a way to get the lyric plugin/viewer working on my Sansa.

AlexP:
This is getting silly.

It appears it is working fine is very different to it is written in the correct way to get into Rockbox without compromising the code base and therefore stability or future development.

And no, what users would like is not the most important thing - the way it is written is the most important thing.  A patch might be the best thing ever, but it will not get in if it is not done correctly, until someone fixes it.

Note I have no idea if this is true for this particular plugin, I'm just trying to explain why it isn't as simple as users want this.

It has been pointed out multiple times in this thread that pretty much everything that is done here is by volunteers *exactly* to scratch their own personal itch.  That is the difference between doing something for free and for fun, and being paid.

As a final note, slagging off a project on their forums is not the best way to persuade people to help you.

MarcGuay:

--- Quote from: OldiesButGoodies on September 30, 2008, 04:37:29 PM ---Thanks, I read all that. It appears that it was working just fine up until recent build of Rockbox.

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The last comment mentions specifically that the patch doesn't follow the house coding style.

Llorean:
To get it working, compile a build with it, and fix any problems the patch has that prevent you from using it. You've already been told this.

In fact, you could take a little more time to improve the patch, and then it could get included. Since you seem to feel so strongly about it, I'm sure you're willing to take some time to work on it.

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