Re: [Rhythmbox-devel] Plug-in no longer working since update on Manjaro

[Dale Powell <dj_kaza hotmail com>]

"Reports of broken plugins should be sent to the authors of those
plugins if they're not part of Rhythmbox. The Alternative Toolbar isn't
part of Rhythmbox, so, bar bugs in the core, there's really nothing for
Rhythmbox maintainers to do. Which might explain the lack of response."

When an update breaks just about every plugin used on a system (I only use two that affect the GUI in any way 
and both are affected) you can't really say the fault lies with the plugin can you! If it was only one and it 
was the plugin which had been updated it would be a different matter.

But as my other response states I now think it may lie somewhere else such as some strange Python 
bug/conflict (which again wouldn't be something I'd expect the plugin developers to have a clue on faulting, 
whereas the API designer on the otherhand.....)

Bu

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From: Bastien Nocera <hadess hadess net>
Sent: 25 July 2019 12:11
To: Sam Thursfield; Dale Powell
Cc: rhythmbox-devel gnome org
Subject: Re: [Rhythmbox-devel] Plug-in no longer working since update on Manjaro

On Thu, 2019-07-25 at 11:29 +0100, Sam Thursfield via rhythmbox-devel
wrote:
> Hi dale,
>
> On Thu, Jul 11, 2019 at 3:46 PM Dale Powell via rhythmbox-devel <
> rhythmbox-devel gnome org> wrote:
> > Is this mailing list even active? Not seen a single other post come
> > through.....
>
> The list is working, I see your messages come through.
>
> > But following this up because it has come to my attention that far
> > more than the plug-in created by my friend has stopped working
> > properly. Even the Alternative Toolbar, which is packaged as
> > default and seems to be the most suggested plug-in for many
> > people's issues on how Rythmbox works as default, does not work
> > properly any more! (Try dragging to reorganise column order with
> > latest version.) Surely the default plugins are something you don't
> > want to break..... Is anything going to  be done about getting the
> > program working properly again? I had hoped it might have just
> > happened by now but months later and the situation is still borked!
>
> It seems like there isn't much volunteer time available for Rhythmbox
> maintenance at the moment. Jonathan is/was the only active maintainer
> in recent times, but the last time he merged a patch in GitLab was 6
> months ago.
>
> This raises an interesting question of how the project can continue.
> Software projects work best when there is a dedicated maintenance
> team to review and merge patches. This requires a good knowledge of
> the codebase and a continual dedication of time, though. Is anyone
> interested in taking on such a role?

Reports of broken plugins should be sent to the authors of those
plugins if they're not part of Rhythmbox. The Alternative Toolbar isn't
part of Rhythmbox, so, bar bugs in the core, there's really nothing for
Rhythmbox maintainers to do. Which might explain the lack of response.