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AW: Re: MediaPortal 2 progress report
But currently, releasing it as an own project would take me too much time. Maybe in the future.
I cannot give you a release date yet. We will take as long as we need to provide a stable, consistent system, it is difficult to estimate the final date at the current time. The only thing I can say is, I will write progress reports from time to time. Maybe we can release an alpha version of the core system at christmas? I don't know.
The plan with the plugins is indeed that MediaPortal 2 basically is only a core system with base functionality. It is one of my most important goals: Take care that MediaPortal 2 doesn't get the "featuritis" like many other projects. We will provide a consistent set of plugins like some standard media providers (filesystem, UPnP etc.), other standard technical plugins, furthermore the SkinBase plugin, the Media plugin, the TV plugin and some others. Users then can use only those parts which are important for them.
We will redesign and relocate most of the functionality which is currently present in MP 1 and we will change the plugin format completely, so MP 1 plugins cannot be used in MP 2.
Yes, I have thought about it. The code of that library is almost standalone, it just uses few support methods of the MediaPortal.Utilities project and the HTTPServer project.
But currently, releasing it as an own project would take me too much time. Maybe in the future.
So Albert you didn't talk about the release date?
One of the things i love the most with MP1 is the plugins. You didn't write how that's supposed to work.. Will next MP2 just be the main app and rest plugins? What about existing plugins?
I cannot give you a release date yet. We will take as long as we need to provide a stable, consistent system, it is difficult to estimate the final date at the current time. The only thing I can say is, I will write progress reports from time to time. Maybe we can release an alpha version of the core system at christmas? I don't know.
The plan with the plugins is indeed that MediaPortal 2 basically is only a core system with base functionality. It is one of my most important goals: Take care that MediaPortal 2 doesn't get the "featuritis" like many other projects. We will provide a consistent set of plugins like some standard media providers (filesystem, UPnP etc.), other standard technical plugins, furthermore the SkinBase plugin, the Media plugin, the TV plugin and some others. Users then can use only those parts which are important for them.
We will redesign and relocate most of the functionality which is currently present in MP 1 and we will change the plugin format completely, so MP 1 plugins cannot be used in MP 2.
