foo_pod - Foobar2000 meets the iPod
I think your last sentence could be slightly reworked: "Its not going to be released until the beta is over in order to discourage developers from writing 3rd party plugins."[{POST_SNAPBACK}][/a] Not at all. The idea behind delaying the release of the SDK until the final version is that third party component developers can code against a stable API (as in "not changing") for a stable product (as in "little number of bugs, stable and complete set of features"). It is also easier to distinguish bug reports for foobar2000 itself and third components, which is a real aid when it comes to fixing bugs. Even if that is different from the policy used during releases of previous versions of foobar2000, we still think it is a good idea. In light of this:BTW, in case anyone is wondering, I was temporarily banned from posting on the Hydrogen Audio forums apparently because of my questioning of the availability of the 0.9 SDK. I say apparently, because no one ever contacted me about the suspension, and the only thing I can find that could possibly be the cause is [a href="http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=19156&view=findpost&p=302691]this post[/url]. [a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=307070"][{POST_SNAPBACK}][/a] No, your posting ability was not temporarily suspended because you were questioning the availability of the SDK. You received a warning and a temporary suspension of your posting ability because you were questioning the motives (even alleging that there are dishonest motives) for not releasing the SDK in a rather inflammatory way, aka trolling - even though the motivation for not making the SDK available to the general public right away were clearly stated in the 0.9 beta thread when the first beta was released. The suspension was intended to last for only three days, however due to a bug the forum software failed to remove the suspension automatically - we apologize for that.I also have to agree with you that getting banned for a few days for voicing your concerns over the SDK is kind of bullshit, since you have helped along foobar2000 in many ways, especially with this plugin. [a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=307132"][{POST_SNAPBACK}][/a] Voicing concerns is ok, trolling is not. For details see above.You're really screwing us over here. [a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=307183"][{POST_SNAPBACK}][/a] Well, that was totally totally out of the line. It's not like Aero is getting paid for what he's doing. He does not owe you new versions, and simply assuming that he does and flaming him for his announcement is not exactly going to make a 0.9 port of foo_pod more likely.