2011-12-29, 01:29
ronie Wrote:mainly because nobody has brought it up for discussion yet.
moving it into core has it pros and cons.
it would be faster yes, but less easy to add additional features to it along the way.
a good example would be the recent request for recently added season thumbs.
if recently added was still a script, i could've added it the same day and everyone could have start using it right away.
but since it's in core, we'll have first to wait till eden is released.
then it can be added to pre-frodo, but this will mean the majority of users (who prefer stable releases) will have to wait for another year (until frodo final is released) before they can use it.
1 day vs. 1 year is a hell of a difference imo. :-)
Season thumbs are not good example as that could be solved in several ways but team decided differently. One major release per year and no incrementals if not necessary - team's decision.
I'm trying to say - there's more than one way to skin the cat but you have chosen the way that "returns true value" for 1.day vs 1 year "string compare". I suppose you have/had your reasons. (EDIT: just to be clear - by you I mean team xbmc here)
My suggestion is to implement global search and watched list (extended edition including most used add ons) natively. You can bring it up for discussion by team when and if you see fit.