I suggested here (http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index.php?s=&showtopic=47417&view=findpost&p=420858) of making a "component version repository" page. I have brought over the suggestion of utilizing HA Wiki in this thread (http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=43194). Do you think it's doable?
The page should not list anything but component name, version, last update page, home page, and direct download page, like this:
[Introduction]
This page lists various foobar components and their updates. This page is meant to be used with foo_update component. All component maker please follow this convention:
foo_component_name|last_version|last_update_date|homepage_link|direct_download_link
foo_component_name is the name of the DLL
last_version is your version number; make sure it is string-comparable
last_update_date is the latest date of the component, in ISO-8601 format
homepage_link is the homepage for the component (i.e. changelogs, news, forums, etc)
direct_download_link (optional) is the one-click-link to download the latest plugin (in .7z, .zip, or .rar form)
#BEGIN FOOBAR 0.8.3 COMPONENTS#
foo_something|0.0.1|2006-07-20|www.somewhere.net/mycomp|www.somewhere.net/mycomp/download/foo_something.zip
foo_other|8.2|2006-08-02|www.there.org/foo_other
#END FOOBAR 0.8.3 COMPONENTS#
#BEGIN FOOBAR 0.9 COMPONENTS#
...
...
#END FOOBAR 0.9 COMPONENTS#
oh well. this seems as good a place as any to point out something neato i found.
it's megui's method of autoupdates. it won't work for foobar for many reasons (quality assurance, licensing, etc.). There's a directory full of binaries, and an XML that describes stuff. http://megui.org/auto/upgrade.xml (http://megui.org/auto/upgrade.xml)
I always thought a component kind of wiki thing would be useful but I never bought it up because there is pinned thread with the components. However, the wiki seems like the first choice new uesrs would go to find components (imo)
Note: This thread is a supplementary thread to the main discussion here (http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index.php?s=&showtopic=43194&view=findpost&p=377695). If the suggestion of using HA Wiki as Central Rep is accepted, I'd like this thread to be used as discussion on how the format of the data should be presented.