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Canola 2 with bug fixes. No uninstall i guess.

Hi Guys,

This is a Canola2 bugfix update. I has been only one month from the release so there was no way we could have something like a version 3 =)

When ready, You just need to go to application installer and check for updates.
Actually you will also need to update canola-tuning to get all the changes :

* canola tuning now reads the covers from embedded, file in album folder, and internet.

Next release, is schedulled for the end of february, beginning of march and this one will bring new features, like Add ons for youtube, last.fm, Upnp, Third party application support and we expect browse by folder among a lot of other fixes that will be needed after the update today.

BR

Marcelo

Marcelo,

Will that work for people like me that had to use a backup repository created by a member here (forgot his name) in order to install Canola2 ? The "official" repository, as you know, was not really working...

Perhaps I am doing something wrong, but if I go to the Application Manager and check for updates I don't see either a Canola or Canola Tuner update.

I don't think it's released yet. I believe handful meant that when it was released that's how you'll update it.

Is canola-tuning in a repo, or do we have to install it from the .deb?

I'm supposing that we will get detailed instructions when it's time, but I dont think the new version is released yet.

What about my bug 1830 - the most basic of all requirements for a media player - the ability to 'queue' multiple songs to play. I notice the bug was assigned to you on 12/21/2007 and no action has been taken. About a week after Canola2 initial beta release I uninstalled it because without this basic ability, it is no better than the built in media player.

Something so simple not being included, gives me the feeling that the software design was not made with this in mind. That does not bode well for the future.

Dude??????

Well Let's go =)

@e-motion:
It works ok, but I recomend you to disable or remove the old repository and add the official ones back, as we are uploading there the update packages.

@hfw-01 : it's a deb, unfortunately is not on any repo still, mainly because we will integrate most of it's features in the future also. So this is like a temporary solution.

@Krbvroc1 : There's something called "individuality" which I respect pretty much, and makes me fell pretty confident about my job, because I know how to keep "My needs" out of the projects I'm working on. Why? Because most of the time.. what we think is correct for us, may.. may not work for everyone.

I do agree with you that is a "Basic" thing. We want to do it, but the right way... and when deciding priorities things came first. You may use any argument against it, and you're mostly right for your side because this priority list caught you on some basic needs. But I need to say that unfortunately users have requested other things first and when we measure : effort to develop it correctly x time available we need to decided when to do it.

I would say to you that most of people that I know are the random mode people. They never do playlist, queues, nothing. Just hit random and then go freak on the next button. Believe me there's a lot of people like that. There's also people that even on desktop don't use queues, and if I would count the emails with request to canola I would say that people that don't use a way bigger in number than those that Use.

But don't get me wrong, We designed a party mode, we designed a playlist editing (simple one) but it's still on the queue.

At the same point, I would say to you that I don't understand for example how a player can do queue in such a level, that you need to create one to play a single song.

So, in the end.. it's again the old time problem, but reading you text, and imagine you kind of use I don't think our idea of queue will be yours favorite but we will try to get the real need satisfied at least in a "basic level".

About the bug, I have just been "called" (hey dude look at your bugs in Garage) and I am sorry that I didn't answer this there but I will close / follow my bugs better now

And speaking about the future, we needed exactly that: a very powerful and flexible infrastructure to build upon, and now we will be able to do that and other real complicated stuff the right away.

As you probably know if you read this forum, by no ways I want to be rude or negative, but once you put your argument as "something so simple not being included..." and" does not bode well for the future" I felt that I could answer in the same "level".

Resuming: what's right and needed as a first thing for you may not be for a lot whole more of people ; / and We try at least to do them in the long run, but we cannot run more than we are running now :/