December 2022 Maintenance
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Database backup complete.
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We just updated to NodeJS v19.2.0
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We've done a full shutdown, reboot, restart to test all the new updates before we do more serious site maintenance. So far, so good.
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We are up and running on the latest stable everything now. Might be some new features hiding around the community as well. Time to investigate.
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FYI youtube links are broken (no embedded view).
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Preferences for categories have gone missing. Now I get to watch cat pictures again...
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@Pete-S said in December 2022 Maintenance:
FYI youtube links are broken (no embedded view).
yeah, all of the plugins that handled that are no longer available
I tried bringing the old one in, but it doesn't do anything anymore, either. -
@scottalanmiller said in December 2022 Maintenance:
@Pete-S said in December 2022 Maintenance:
FYI youtube links are broken (no embedded view).
yeah, all of the plugins that handled that are no longer available
I tried bringing the old one in, but it doesn't do anything anymore, either.Classic plug-in problem.
Also the reason why the idea of extending the software´s base functionality with plug ins sucks in general. Better to have that functionality embedded in the base software so it can live on forever. Otherwise every upgrade breaks something else.
What I'm trying to say is that plug-ins SUCKS. Much better to have developers who want add functionality contribute to the open source project instead. That's the way to do it.
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@Pete-S said in December 2022 Maintenance:
@scottalanmiller said in December 2022 Maintenance:
@Pete-S said in December 2022 Maintenance:
FYI youtube links are broken (no embedded view).
yeah, all of the plugins that handled that are no longer available
I tried bringing the old one in, but it doesn't do anything anymore, either.Classic plug-in problem.
Also the reason why the idea of extending the software´s base functionality with plug ins sucks in general. Better to have that functionality embedded in the base software so it can live on forever. Otherwise every upgrade breaks something else.
Yes, I've been saying this about certain core functionality for a long time. I try to avoid anything in plugins because there's so much fragility there. They are a constant source of problems on products like this.
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@scottalanmiller said in December 2022 Maintenance:
Yes, I've been saying this about certain core functionality for a long time.
Me too, since the early 90's.
VB plug-ins and Delphi plug-ins were the bane of my existence for many client projects back in the day on Windows. You'll use something and when the client wanted some changes made a year or two later, the plugins didn't work with the latest version, hasn't been upgraded or were deprecated. In either case you had to find another plugin, rinse and repeat or just give up and solve the problem with your own code.
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@scottalanmiller said in December 2022 Maintenance:
Yes, I've been saying this about certain core functionality for a long time. I try to avoid anything in plugins because there's so much fragility there. They are a constant source of problems on products like this.
I upgraded my platform this morning to v2.6.1 and I have no issue with the embed plugin working. It does give a warning on load.
