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Access Request for Rockbox Utility Source (One-Time Only)

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biohacker001:
Ok, so i've had two ideas in the past week concerning Rockbox. The first, I've already presented... The second is in this topic.

Ok, so usually, people need to load up their bulky media player to synchronize files to rockbox players... I'd like to make a modified version of the Rockbox Utility that can sync these files to the player on connection, makes an identifier file in the rockbox directory to tell you  what player it is (so it doesn't sync if, say, your friend plugs THEIR rockboxed mp3 player into your computer. In addition to that, i wish to add the ability to choose default directories for the player, also contained in aforementioned Identifier file. I am much more experienced with programming on computers (platform agnostic. I can program on all of them), so this should be much easier than the rockbox plugin, which will take a backseat to this if i get the approval.

I am looking for one-time-only RO access to the source code for the rockbox utility, for a basic git clone of it, just so i can have a copy to modify to release the first version of this utility. I am also hoping for a few opinions on this (be it "it's a great idea!", "That idea sucks!", or, my personal favorite: "Wtf? You're only seventeen. Anyone who would be willing to give you access to their source code should be hanged!". I've heard the last one several times, and it's always fun to see their response when i do what i said i'd do.

Anyway... Possible?
-Jon

torne:
All of our source code is already available publicly.

biohacker001:
Oh... None of my pulls gave me the option to compile the utility.

bluebrother:
http://www.rockbox.org/wiki/RockboxUtility#Development and http://www.rockbox.org/wiki/RockboxUtilityDevelopment#How_To_Compile (though the latter is somewhat out of date -- it still talks about using svn, which isn't true anymore). And the former not only has binaries linked but also the source code. We always release both source code and binaries.

And personally I'm not a fan of the idea -- Rockbox Utility is intended as installer for Rockbox, not some fancy does-everything tool. IMO there are enough tools around for syncing files that do a sufficient job, no need to redo things. But if you want to work on it ... In case you want to contribute please use gerrit.

torne:
http://git.rockbox.org/?p=rockbox.git;a=tree;f=rbutil/rbutilqt

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