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aboaboit 2010-04-07 07:12
Re: SeriesFinale - TV episode guide browser
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Taomyn (Post 597319)
I'm not worried about the configuration file, it's the database file that gets corrupted and should be removed by uninstalling.
AFAICT, the database is normally treated as a configuration file from dpkg's perspective. Use --purge to do what you need.

Taomyn 2010-04-07 07:42
Re: SeriesFinale - TV episode guide browser
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by aboaboit (Post 598876)
AFAICT, the database is normally treated as a configuration file from dpkg's perspective. Use --purge to do what you need.
Perhaps that's one of the reasons they decided on .rpm for MeeGo or does that have such annoying policies as well? If so, it's going to be another reason for such OSes to find it harder to go mainstream - I can just see phone operator helpdesks trying to explain how to "purge" unneeded files.

Any word from the developer about getting the corrupted database issue fixed?

aboaboit 2010-04-09 11:02
Re: SeriesFinale - TV episode guide browser
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Taomyn (Post 598898)
Perhaps that's one of the reasons they decided on .rpm for MeeGo or does that have such annoying policies as well?
Policies exist for a reason: suppose you're uninstalling the package for a db server, try imagining how fun it'd be to see the data thrown out. No, not for a broken db, any db!

If you believe that the Application Manager (i.e., the gui, not the package manager which is dpkg) should use --purge instead of --remove, try submitting a bugreport / brainstorm (but do check the current situation first!)

The decision to go with rpm for MeeGO has nothing to do with such small details, afaict.

Now, back to the original question... any news about a fixed version?

Taomyn 2010-04-09 11:43
Re: SeriesFinale - TV episode guide browser
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by aboaboit (Post 602582)
Policies exist for a reason: suppose you're uninstalling the package for a db server, try imagining how fun it'd be to see the data thrown out. No, not for a broken db, any db!
This isn't a server but a consumer device, and even on most systems, be it *nix Windows or OSX, the "uninstall" should at least push the question "Would you like to retain the data for a future install/upgrade", not automatically assume you want to leave junk behind.

Quote:
Originally Posted by aboaboit (Post 602582)
If you believe that the Application Manager (i.e., the gui, not the package manager which is dpkg) should use --purge instead of --remove, try submitting a bugreport / brainstorm (but do check the current situation first!)
Ah, thinking like a true *nix-head. No, I believe that if Maemo/MeeGo stands any sort of chance of gaining a decent foothold for use in "consumer" devices then it needs to grow up and become more user friendly (as most *nix flavours still need to do). This kind of thinking doesn't help - asking people to "root" into their device and then type in obscure command-line instructions is a step backwards.

Quote:
Originally Posted by aboaboit (Post 602582)
Now, back to the original question... any news about a fixed version?
Yup......

attila77 2010-04-09 11:58
Re: SeriesFinale - TV episode guide browser
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Taomyn (Post 602628)
Ah, thinking like a true *nix-head. No, I believe that if Maemo/MeeGo stands any sort of chance of gaining a decent foothold for use in "consumer" devices then it needs to grow up and become more user friendly (as most *nix flavours still need to do). This kind of thinking doesn't help - asking people to "root" into their device and then type in obscure command-line instructions is a step backwards.
This has nothing to with Maemo/MeeGo. The system just plays safe by not removing anything that could be of value. If it should be deleted for whatever reason, the developer of the app is free to pop up an uninstall dialog where you can remove config files, data files, whatever. The 'obscure command-line instructions' are actually a feature, a way to do something the original developer forgot to do. Think about cleaning a Windows XP registry and you'll realize that *nix is actually BETTER at doing this than most 'user friendly' OSes.

jaysire 2010-04-09 12:00
Re: SeriesFinale - TV episode guide browser
 
I may be talking only for myself now, but I would definitely want "next air date" to ALWAYS be in the future or "today". Next air date can not be "yesterday" according to my logic.

At a glance I would want to know when the next episode is coming out. It's unlikely that I will remember to always cross off the episodes I've watched, so I just want to fire up Series Finale and immediately see what show is airing today or soon, whether I've crossed off the past episodes or not.

Other than that, thanks for a very nice app!

Oh - one more thing. I can't delete any shows at all, it seems. Nothing happens if I try. I have V (2009) listed, but sadly, I first added the original V series and now I can't delete it.

(By deleting .osso/seriesfinale I can start from scratch of course, but after that, if I make a single mistake, I can't remove a show I don't want anymore).

jrocha 2010-04-09 14:51
Re: SeriesFinale - TV episode guide browser
 
Hi folks,

I'd like to tell you that I have fixed the issues with the & characters and the deletion of the shows.

It will be available in the next release, which I want to do this weekend.

Thank you all for taking the time to help me tackle these issues.

Taomyn 2010-04-09 15:03
Re: SeriesFinale - TV episode guide browser
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by jrocha (Post 602947)
Hi folks,

I'd like to tell you that I have fixed the issues with the & characters and the deletion of the shows.

It will be available in the next release, which I want to do this weekend.

Thank you all for taking the time to help me tackle these issues.
That's great news, many thanks. Does this "fix" current databases or will we have to start them again? I think many of us are used to the latter now ;)

jrocha 2010-04-09 16:26
Re: SeriesFinale - TV episode guide browser
 
Hi Taomyn,

I always *try* not to broke the database. I even had included some verifications to "migrate" the database to new schemas when needed.

The problem is that when eventually there's a problem with the loading of the db and it fails to load any show, when quitting the application it will overwrite the db file, hence erasing any shows records you had.
I am gonna work on a way to avoid this.

Cheers,

aboaboit 2010-04-09 19:49
Re: SeriesFinale - TV episode guide browser
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Taomyn (Post 602628)
... not automatically assume you want to leave junk behind.
Again, keep in mind that dpkg and the application manager are two different entities and I very much like dpkg the way it is, thank you.


Quote:
Originally Posted by Taomyn (Post 602628)
This kind of thinking doesn't help - asking people to "root" into their device and then type in obscure command-line instructions is a step backwards.
Please don't put words in my mouth I didn't say: I welcome any changes that make the GUI finger-friendly *and* user-friendly.

jrocha 2010-04-09 23:30
Re: SeriesFinale - TV episode guide browser
 
Hey folks,

This is not the place to put a discussion like dpkg. The purge won't remove the SF confs and db because I hadn't yet written it.

Btw, the new version will include some changes that will prevent deleting the database when an error on starting SF up occurs plus the fix for the deletion of shows.

Cheers,

Taomyn 2010-04-10 00:02
Re: SeriesFinale - TV episode guide browser
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by jrocha (Post 603107)
Hi Taomyn,

I always *try* not to broke the database. I even had included some verifications to "migrate" the database to new schemas when needed.

The problem is that when eventually there's a problem with the loading of the db and it fails to load any show, when quitting the application it will overwrite the db file, hence erasing any shows records you had.
I am gonna work on a way to avoid this.

Cheers,
Thanks. I wasn't implying you'd break it, as I realise a bug like this could cause irreparable damage, but if you can somehow work around it and fix it, all the better and some of us would be very happy. If not, then so be it - we'll understand why.

kik 2010-04-13 19:44
Re: SeriesFinale - TV episode guide browser
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by jaysire (Post 602653)
I may be talking only for myself now, but I would definitely want "next air date" to ALWAYS be in the future or "today". Next air date can not be "yesterday" according to my logic.

At a glance I would want to know when the next episode is coming out. It's unlikely that I will remember to always cross off the episodes I've watched, so I just want to fire up Series Finale and immediately see what show is airing today or soon, whether I've crossed off the past episodes or not.
This would be a nice feature.

jrocha 2010-04-13 21:18
Re: SeriesFinale - TV episode guide browser
 
I'll take that into account.

Cheers,

aeurielesn 2010-04-14 18:08
Re: SeriesFinale - TV episode guide browser
 
Proxy support needed :(

A superb application, It takes me a while to resolve a db problem since last week.

Taomyn 2010-04-28 11:35
Re: SeriesFinale - TV episode guide browser
 
Any update on a fixed version? It's been a while.

GrimmReaperNL 2010-05-09 20:33
Re: SeriesFinale - TV episode guide browser
 
all of a sudden all the shows i put in are gone. anyone know how or why this happend? i just did an update on the connectnow widget and my list is empty.

GrimmReaperNL 2010-05-11 17:58
Re: SeriesFinale - TV episode guide browser
 
someone? anyone?

Nitchers 2010-05-11 18:12
Re: SeriesFinale - TV episode guide browser
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by GrimmReaperNL (Post 650888)
all of a sudden all the shows i put in are gone. anyone know how or why this happend? i just did an update on the connectnow widget and my list is empty.
It's happened to me about 8 times over the past few months now.

aeurielesn 2010-05-11 20:40
Re: SeriesFinale - TV episode guide browser
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Nitchers (Post 653943)
It's happened to me about 8 times over the past few months now.
I started to backup my series.db because of this.

madmax 2010-05-12 20:41
Re: SeriesFinale - TV episode guide browser
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by GrimmReaperNL (Post 650888)
all of a sudden all the shows i put in are gone. anyone know how or why this happend? i just did an update on the connectnow widget and my list is empty.
This happend to me also.

And now I have also the problems again with deleting shows. I ha over 50 shows in the database. Wish I had made a backup. :mad:

I'm feeling pretty hopeless now, because I started over 7 times tonight. Having a not corruptable database and to be able to delete shows would be great...

Taomyn 2010-05-12 21:06
Re: SeriesFinale - TV episode guide browser
 
Actually, there's an update been uploaded, 0.6.1, that seems to have fixed the database issues, at least for me - thank-you. Not sure what repository it was, but I have extras and extras-testing.

I just hope they can now start implementing some of the improvement requests.

BTW. What source does the app use for the programs? I noticed it's way behind on a few with episodes missing from just a few weeks ago.

stlpaul 2010-05-12 21:20
Re: SeriesFinale - TV episode guide browser
 
Latest version fixed the ampersand problem. Thanks!

aeurielesn 2010-05-12 21:33
Re: SeriesFinale - TV episode guide browser
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Taomyn (Post 655919)
What source does the app use for the programs?
Online TV Database

Luz 2010-05-12 21:49
Re: SeriesFinale - TV episode guide browser
 
just downloaded the app, should the current version allow deletion of shows? as its not working for me.... thanks.

Tranquility 2010-05-12 22:44
Re: SeriesFinale - TV episode guide browser
 
make sure you are using extras-testing or devel....

Taomyn 2010-05-13 08:10
Re: SeriesFinale - TV episode guide browser
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by aeurielesn (Post 655989)
Seems then that the latest version stops updating any series in the database from previous versions.

I had to remove the re-add FlashForward as it wasn't picking up the last two episdodes. Also for Eureka, season 4 wasn't appearing.

I'll have to check them all now.

Luz 2010-05-13 12:45
Re: SeriesFinale - TV episode guide browser
 
I downloaded latest update and now I can delete... thanks for app... am enjoying using it....

aeurielesn 2010-05-13 15:42
Re: SeriesFinale - TV episode guide browser
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Taomyn (Post 656495)
Seems then that the latest version stops updating any series in the database from previous versions.

I had to remove the re-add FlashForward as it wasn't picking up the last two episdodes. Also for Eureka, season 4 wasn't appearing.

I'll have to check them all now.
That's a major bug!. Actually I have not been able to update my series either.

Gazzlam 2010-05-15 08:29
Re: SeriesFinale - TV episode guide browser
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Taomyn (Post 656495)
Seems then that the latest version stops updating any series in the database from previous versions.

I had to remove the re-add FlashForward as it wasn't picking up the last two episdodes. Also for Eureka, season 4 wasn't appearing.

I'll have to check them all now.
I've installed the update (obviously), but it hasn't fixed the inability to delete shows. I've also noticed the bug you mention where shows don't update.

I suppose I'll start it (sigh...) again. But fingers crossed I'll be a happy bunny!

Any recommendations on the best way to do this? Database delete, reinstall, or the purge thing (which confused me.. remember my slowly developing linux-esque skills?)

I'm happy to do either if someone can give me simple instructions. Then I can post the results.

I have to say thanks for the update though, It's good to see that people are a lot happier with this version

x-lette 2010-05-15 16:33
Re: SeriesFinale - TV episode guide browser
 
Installed latest version (from -devel I guess, but might also be from -testing) am I'm astonished! The app works very stable now, even deleting complete series does not crash the app anymore and best part of all: I can now select the language. So I don't have to scroll through english descriptions (and episode titles) anymore after watching an episode. I just changed all my listed series from english to german by adding the german ones and afterwards deleting the english ones and the app didn't even slow down or crashed. Great!!!

One question anyway: how is the lookup done? I tried to add 'Weeds', which in germany is called "Weeds - Kleine Deals unter Nachbarn" but when searching for 'weeds' there was no result while searching for 'unter nachbarn' led to the correct result. Why didn't it find 'weeds'?

Bec 2010-05-17 12:48
Re: SeriesFinale - TV episode guide browser
 
Would it be possible to store the shows data in /home/user/MyDocs to avoid losing it when reflashing, uninstalling, reinstalling, etc.

Thanks

ivgalvez 2010-05-27 09:44
Re: SeriesFinale - TV episode guide browser
 
Nice and useful application, though I find it a little unstable.

Sometimes, when adding a new TV series, the newly added show or even some of the existing ones, lose the thumbnail and the summary in the main page. Also the font of the name lose the bold.

If I click on the damaged series to enter in the details page, all the information is shown properly, including thumbnails of the different seasons.

It happens always with some series like: Angel, 24, Futurama.
And sometimes with: Alias, Frasier, Battlesar Galactica 2003.

So I have to maintain a backup of the series.db file to restore when this happens.

Hope it could be fixed soon, anyway thank for this application.

Bec 2010-05-29 17:48
Re: SeriesFinale - TV episode guide browser
 
He who asks shall get an answer:
Quote:
Originally Posted by jrocha
Hi,

It is stored under the /home/user/.osso folder, which also gets backed up AFAIK.

Cheers,

gene87 2010-07-11 12:06
Re: SeriesFinale - TV episode guide browser by jrocha
 
Upd: works after update to v0.6.1

Can anyone help me, please?

I tried to start the app in user and root mode and get this:

Code:
BusyBox v1.10.2 (Debian 3:1.10.2.legal-1osso30+0m5) built-in shell (ash)
Enter 'help' for a list of built-in commands.

~ $ seriesfinale
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/bin/seriesfinale", line 34, in <module>
main_window = MainWindow()
File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/SeriesFinale/gui.py", line 58, in __init__
fallback = True)
File "/usr/lib/python2.5/gettext.py", line 478, in translation
t = _translations.setdefault(key, class_(open(mofile, 'rb')))
File "/usr/lib/python2.5/gettext.py", line 180, in __init__
self._parse(fp)
File "/usr/lib/python2.5/gettext.py", line 315, in _parse
self.plural = c2py(plural)
File "/usr/lib/python2.5/gettext.py", line 93, in c2py
raise ValueError, 'plural forms expression could be dangerous'
ValueError: plural forms expression could be dangerous
~ $ sudo gainroot
Root shell enabled


BusyBox v1.10.2 (Debian 3:1.10.2.legal-1osso30+0m5) built-in shell (ash)
Enter 'help' for a list of built-in commands.

/home/user # seriesfinale
process 2286: arguments to dbus_connection_get_data() were incorrect, assertion "connection != NULL" failed in file dbus-connection.c line 5757.
This is normally a bug in some application using the D-Bus library.
process 2286: arguments to dbus_connection_set_data() were incorrect, assertion "connection != NULL" failed in file dbus-connection.c line 5721.
This is normally a bug in some application using the D-Bus library.
Aborted
/home/user #

IsaacDFP 2010-07-19 16:42
Re: SeriesFinale - TV episode guide browser by jrocha
 
Does anybody have over 30 shows? My first two shows never have an icon... but i remember when i just had about a dozen shows they were all with icons. I tried deleting those shows, but then the next following two shows lost their icons... weird issue lol.

x-lette 2010-07-19 17:16
Re: SeriesFinale - TV episode guide browser by jrocha
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by IsaacDFP (Post 756935)
Does anybody have over 30 shows? My first two shows never have an icon... but i remember when i just had about a dozen shows they were all with icons. I tried deleting those shows, but then the next following two shows lost their icons... weird issue lol.
I have a similar issue but don't know if it's related to the number of shows. Some days ago I added some new shows and all at once the icons for the first four shows in the listing were gone. One of them was newly added so my first thought was "damn, maybe something broken with this show". Updating the shows didn't bring them icons back.

Today there was an update of seriesfinale and after updating and starting I gave itr another try and updated all shows. After a while it finished and all icons were back! :) But sadly they are gone again after a restart of the application :(

Don't know what to do right now. Maybe jrocha could give some hints on how to preserve the icons? :)

lunatik 2010-07-19 20:11
Re: SeriesFinale - TV episode guide browser by jrocha
 
Sorry if the answer was already posted (I really searched), but is it possible to mark all shows as watched after I add them? Cause ticking all 480 series of Simpsons is a nightmare =)

igorlt 2010-07-19 20:17
Re: SeriesFinale - TV episode guide browser by jrocha
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by lunatik (Post 757116)
Sorry if the answer was already posted (I really searched), but is it possible to mark all shows as watched after I add them? Cause ticking all 480 series of Simpsons is a nightmare =)
There´s an option "Mark All". Just tap at the top of the screen.

IsaacDFP 2010-07-19 22:12
Re: SeriesFinale - TV episode guide browser by jrocha
 
I got the update from -devel as well, although I got mine yesterday. Just to be sure, it's the v0.6.1. When I first ran the newly updated app, all the icons from my shows were gone, even after a full update. I closed the app, then later on in the day, I restarted it, and my icons were back...except once again, the first two :(


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