2016-10-22, 00:43
Is there any chance the "Changes to the skinning engine" threads could get indications about which changes are mandatory to keep compatibility?
I had a Krypton compatible version of reFocus but I don't always have as much time for skinning as I would like. So after a while of no skinning I wanted to continue where I left off. Clearly some mandatory changes have been made since, because upon starting Kodi my skin is automatically disabled (what's the problem of asking first, is this really necessary? I hate software making decisions for me) with no clear way of enabling it manually (edit: found where this is now, but still no way of knowing why it's disabled automatically)
So now I am wading through everything again trying to find out what exactly is causing the incompatibility.
I am all for advancing Kodi and all, but I have to say some stability would be good for the skinning community. I see too many changes lasting only one release before taking out or changing them again and frankly a lot of changes that seem to be changes for the sake of changing.
Sorry for the rant, but it's becoming harder and harder (for me at least) to even keep up with compatibility, let alone actually using the time to truly develop and advance my skin. Maybe I'm alone in this, in that case I commend any people with day jobs and social lives that are able to keep up.
I had a Krypton compatible version of reFocus but I don't always have as much time for skinning as I would like. So after a while of no skinning I wanted to continue where I left off. Clearly some mandatory changes have been made since, because upon starting Kodi my skin is automatically disabled (what's the problem of asking first, is this really necessary? I hate software making decisions for me) with no clear way of enabling it manually (edit: found where this is now, but still no way of knowing why it's disabled automatically)
So now I am wading through everything again trying to find out what exactly is causing the incompatibility.
I am all for advancing Kodi and all, but I have to say some stability would be good for the skinning community. I see too many changes lasting only one release before taking out or changing them again and frankly a lot of changes that seem to be changes for the sake of changing.
Sorry for the rant, but it's becoming harder and harder (for me at least) to even keep up with compatibility, let alone actually using the time to truly develop and advance my skin. Maybe I'm alone in this, in that case I commend any people with day jobs and social lives that are able to keep up.