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Rockbox mail archiveSubject: RE: ignoring paths when playingg from playlistsRE: ignoring paths when playingg from playlists
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Date: Thu, 9 Jan 2003 00:01:59 +0100 (MET) This is good idea , man ! Put an configure option in the settings menu: "mumble if playlist is broken/bad" - ON/OFF default should be ON :))) regards Roland > Perhaps add the playlist path error-correction/guessing to it, but while > doing so, have it bring up a note for a few seconds indicating that the > playlist creation software is faulty, and Rockbox is attempting to > cleverly > guesstimate what it means, but you should really write to the program > manufacturer and ask them to fix their software. > It keeps the feature and convenience, and hopefully also helps direct some > feedback and compliance requests to shoddy software manufacturers. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Robert Hak [mailto:rhak_at_ramapo.edu] > Sent: Wednesday, January 08, 2003 2:29 PM > To: rockbox_at_cool.haxx.se > Subject: Re: ignoring paths when playingg from playlists > > > > Not that I like taking things to the extreme (but), this is exactly > how/why code that is broken/wrong manages to stay alive. > > Personally I'd rather just respond to each email/bug report that we get > that states we have this bug, a canned response stating why the problem > isn't ours. > > If they are taking the time to notify us, they should take the time to > notify the company that build the originating software wrong. > > But Im an idealist, > > /adi > > On Wed, 8 Jan 2003, Björn Stenberg wrote: > > Robert Hak wrote: > > I think the more appropriate statement is that we will not change our > > software to make up for shoddy (or down right wrong) other software. > > I agree, in principle. However refusing to support bad paths will just > land > us repeated bug reports and support headaches. "It works with the Archos > firmware so it must be a bug in Rockbox". > > It's just a dozen lines of code or so. We might aswell add it. > > -- > Björn > > > ===+===+===+===+===+===+===+===+===+===+===+=== > Robert E. Hak > http://phobos.ramapo.edu/~rhak > > Rockbox: The Archos Firmware Replacement! > FAQ: http://rockbox.haxx.se/docs/faq.html > ===+===+===+===+===+===+===+===+===+===+===+=== > > "Yoda Loves Me." > - !!!SRINI : http://www.unamerican.com > -- +++ GMX - Mail, Messaging & more http://www.gmx.net +++ NEU: Mit GMX ins Internet. Rund um die Uhr für 1 ct/ Min. surfen!Received on 2003-01-09 Page template was last modified "Tue Sep 7 00:00:02 2021" The Rockbox Crew -- Privacy Policy |