[maemo-developers] mafw-lasftm: installed, configured, restarted the device, but plugin is not started

[From: Claudio Saavedra]

[I'm crossposting to mafw-lastfm-devel, but this is my last reply to
maemo-developers. I think if we want to discuss stuff in more detail,
the mafw-lastfm development list is the proper place]

El mar, 08-12-2009 a las 21:18 +0100, Andrea Grandi escribió:
> Hi,
> 
> 2009/12/8 Claudio Saavedra <csaavedra at igalia.com>:
> >> 1) How can I start it automatically without having to start it manually?
> >
> > It should do already, after installation, and on the session start
> > (after the X session is ready).
> 
> it didn't after installation, but it did after a device restart

It's odd, but it works fine if you install the package by hand. I'll
have to look into this.

> 
> > Yes, tracks are queued. Once there is a connection available, the queue
> > is flushed and the tracks are sent to last.fm. This doesn't happen
> > immediately after the connection is available, though, but only when you
> > start listening again. This could be improved.
> 
> yes, I've noticed looking in the terminal debug messages that it keeps
> doubling the time of retry. It could just check for internet
> connection every 60 or 120 seconds (maybe configurable by user).

I don't really think it is necessary to have configuration for something
like that. In the end, mafw-lastfm retries every 320 seconds (bit more
than every 5 min), which is OK to me.

However, retrying could stop after playback is stopped, to avoid
unnecessary polling. Other alternative would be to use libconn, but I
don't feel like adding yet another dependency for something that should
be done in a very small daemon. I rather play smart while keeping it
simple, so any solution has to go in that direction.

> 
> > Another limitation is that the queue is not serialized, so if the
> > process is terminated for any reason, the queue will be emptied. This is
> > also important to fix.
> 
> I don't know how much data you have to save for every song scrobbled,
> but what about sqlite?

It suffices with saving a string. sqlite would be overkill (yet another
unnecessary dependency). Serializing to a text file would do.

> 
> p.s: in the configuration dialog, before launching the GUI, the icon is missing.

Because there is no icon, yet. Ideally, I'd use last.fm (or
audioscrobbler, fwiw) icon, but I am not good at drawing and haven't
found anything with a proper license in the last.fm site. Art is
welcome, of course.

Claudio