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29th January 2010 at 12:49 pm #18742
blamm
ParticipantHi, I too am not a twitter user and am finding this whole development thing rather confusing, particularly as a lot of the “tweets” seem to be about unrelated things (I follow in my newsreader). I am a huge fan of Firefly and would like to be involved but have no idea what you are planning or asking for. A simple statement here of your plans and the resources you need (shouldnt be too hard for a project manager) would suffice.
30th January 2010 at 12:03 am #18737Anonymous
InactiveI too like firefly & used it a lot!
… since about a year it constantly crashes on my server30th January 2010 at 4:54 pm #18743Anonymous
InactiveHi,
I use firefly on my NSLU2 – it’s great, as it does exactly what I need, works just fine and has very small footprint. I’d like to help move things forward. I’ve been involved in a few open source projects in the past, so I thought I’d reply here and add my 2 cents.
It looks like a few people would like to help, but it’s not very clear where to start! No-one really knows the code at the moment, and it’s hard to get anyone to dedicate time to it – I guess because it’s impossible to work out what you’re letting yourself in for!!
I’m going to put my neck on the line and start a few new threads up, to try and move the discussion forward. Plus, there are a few small steps we can take to get things moving that shouldn’t require too much time from anyone who would like to help.
A couple of questions:
– where is the definitive source code repository? (I’ve seen a trac one and a sourceforge one)
– is there any documentation anywhere?Thanks!
Miles
31st January 2010 at 7:59 am #18744RigasW
Participant@blamm wrote:
Hi, I too am not a twitter user and am finding this whole development thing rather confusing, particularly as a lot of the “tweets” seem to be about unrelated things (I follow in my newsreader). I am a huge fan of Firefly and would like to be involved but have no idea what you are planning or asking for. A simple statement here of your plans and the resources you need (shouldnt be too hard for a project manager) would suffice.
You are so right … 🙂
RigasW
3rd February 2010 at 7:27 pm #18745blamm
ParticipantDoes anyone know what is actually happening here? I emailed [email protected] and got no response.
8th February 2010 at 1:24 am #18746Anonymous
InactiveFolks, seriously… This is really really simple. The fork is the future. http://git.debian.org/?p=users/jblache/forked-daapd.git
This is the only place where active development is happening, as far as I can tell. The fork supports Front Row, smart playlists, itunes library xml, >2GB movie files, bug fixes of all stripes, and soon full control with an iPhone Remote. Oh, and did I mention active development?
Project management and resources are a wonderful thing, to be sure. But what really counts is code.
10th February 2010 at 10:23 pm #18748blamm
ParticipantHi Ace.
Is there a windows version of this fork?
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10th February 2010 at 11:35 pm #18749EVILRipper
ParticipantNope, there has been chosen for linux only.
11th February 2010 at 6:32 pm #18750blamm
ParticipantSo not “really really simple” then 🙁
12th February 2010 at 1:12 am #18751Anonymous
InactiveI’ve been under the impression that in the FOSS world, “Linux only” attitude is the equivalent to the familiar “Windows only” thing that we all know and love passionately.
12th February 2010 at 4:37 am #18752Anonymous
InactiveI am not a programmer, but I went out on a limb and checked out the forked-daapd commits. The BSD user in me rejoiced. All hail, it is not Linux-only.
jblache, question: why keep separate code paths for inotify and kqueue, when you can have gamin to do the dirty work for you on both platforms? It uses inotify and dnotify on Linux and kqueue/kevent plus some extra magic for directory contents on FreeBSD, so it could simplify the code a bit and make it easier to port it. No?
17th February 2010 at 4:57 am #18753Anonymous
InactiveWell, for our friends running Windows, it seems to be the end of the line, unless someone is willing to pick it up. Not great news, but still simple 🙂
17th February 2010 at 1:12 pm #18754blamm
ParticipantSo I guess our only option is to run Linux in a virtual machine if we want to use this fork. Is there a way of doing this using minimal resources? E.g. using Damn Small Linux?
22nd February 2010 at 2:05 pm #18755jelockwood
Participant@ace wrote:
Folks, seriously… This is really really simple. The fork is the future. http://git.debian.org/?p=users/jblache/forked-daapd.git
This is the only place where active development is happening, as far as I can tell. The fork supports Front Row, smart playlists, itunes library xml, >2GB movie files, bug fixes of all stripes, and soon full control with an iPhone Remote. Oh, and did I mention active development?
Project management and resources are a wonderful thing, to be sure. But what really counts is code.
As you probably know, the current (read old) Firefly is used as an embedded iTunes/DAAP server on many, many different NAS servers including the ReadyNAS from NetGear. The ReadyNAS like most NAS servers uses Linux as its operating system. Are there any plans to either package up forked-daapd yourselves for use on a ReadyNAS so mere users do not have to try compiling it themselves. Or perhaps contacting NetGear and getting them to switch from ‘ye olde’ Firefly to forked-daapd instead?
The following open-source links may be of interest/help –
http://www.flyn.org/projects/libdmapsharing/index.html
http://www.flyn.org/projects/dmapd/index.htmlAmongst other things they should allow serving iPhoto libraries as well as iTunes.
My goal is to be able to connect an Apple TV to a server – presumably forked-daapd running on a ReadyNAS.
23rd February 2010 at 7:21 am #18756RigasW
ParticipantWill the fork still run with my good old nslu2 slug?
Rigas
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