Re: vision:M

On Thu, 31 Aug 2006, Oliver Eichler wrote:

> As there are quite some people bugging me to make KIO Zen libmtp aware: 
> Wasn't there some talk about having one interface for libnjb and libmtp? 
> Will this happen?

I won't do it.

The point is that it's too much work for too little effort. libpdmp 
(http://www.pointless.net/libpdmp/) failed miserably in the past to create 
a common framework for all DAP-like devices, and since, the libs are 
one-per family.

> Or is the MTP protocol far from beeing similar to the NJB protocol?

Not to the extreme. But it's a bit much to maintain that legacy code as 
part of libmtp which must be quick moving. The philosophy behind libmtp is 
very close to libnjb however, just that I killed of stuff I didn't like 
and introduced some new.

Gnomad2 and AmaroK use both libs.

Banshee use libnjb and libgphoto2 which has partly common sourcebase with 
libmtp, just a different approach.

I don't know which one would be best for KIO::Zen though...

Have you considered writing KIO::MTP from scratch? I guess that's what I 
would do (if I had time).

Linus

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