Re: How my BBC Sounds Plugin briefly broke LMS. A cautionary tale!

Johan Vromans <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.music.equipment.slimdevices.devel
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
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