Re: How my BBC Sounds Plugin briefly broke LMS. A cautionary tale!
Johan Vromans <[email protected]>
| Newsgroups | gmane.music.equipment.slimdevices.devel |
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| Organization | Squirrel Consultancy |
| Message-ID | <[email protected]> |
On Tue, 27 Apr 2021 17:46:51 +0000, philippe_44 <philippe_44.a0rzu0-NUepA2SMhDQqspMVqqL2D+4xXEVPTSb/[email protected]> wrote: > [email protected] wrote: > > On Tue, 27 Apr 2021 13:37:59 +0000, expectingtofly wrote: > > > > > It turns out there was a bug in XML::Simple ( fixed in 2012 ) > > > ... > > > The XML:simple version packaged in LMS is an older version, hence the > > > continued existence of the bug. > > > > Yet another compelling reason why LMS must stop using private copies of > > CPAN modules just because "one day is was necessary". > > > > And yes, I *know* the counter arguments... > > > > -- Johan > > I don_t think it was the problem here How do you mean? Apparently LMS' private copy of XML::Simple was extremely old and contained a bug that was fixed long ago. -- Johan