Add-on Anyone else think it's a disservice to have all the XTR modifications deleted?
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MySiteGuy
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There are many add-ons that work for years, and don't need updates.
tajhay
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Thats an interesting collaboration between two parties.
Mouth
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The point? They don't need updating to remain active listing on XF
MySiteGuy
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The point is, if a trouble-free add-on continues to work, there's no need for the developer to maintain a presence here every 45 days. People have lives that don't revolve around XF.
Sure, I can see removal if it there is an actual problem with the add-on, but I've seen many perfectly good add-ons disappear over the years simply for being not logged in too long.
Wanji
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What about developers who log in but don't provide support? Even though I have reported bugs many times, he has not responded at all.
i.e https://xenforo.com/community/threads/xenconcept-quiz-manager-paid.219013/
imno007
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I saw your last two bug reports. The first of those he fixed a day later, I believe, the second you reported after updating to v2.3.0 Release Candidate 2, which most addon devs will not be supporting yet. Did I miss any others?
Wanji
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I think you're right about there being no support for RC. But at least you wrote a word or two to emphasize it. FYI, you didn't see I also sent a DM.
imno007
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That dev has a lot of addons to maintain, and likely full-time work on top of that, and frankly, I would guess that it might "miff" him a little that anyone would expect an update for a RC release. And I'm pretty sure that that particular error you reported is a direct result of the upgrade. No worries, though, he will doubtless update it when the final 2.3 release rolls around.
Mouth
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Deleting unsupported addon's when the dev has abandoned XF is NOT the problem. Leaving them listed is the problem, as already pointed out.
Mouth
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https://xenforo.com/community/threads/xtr-random-tips-deleted.169399/ is an example where dev hasn't responded to posts in over 3 months.
Mouth
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Disagree. Being alerted to the removal of an addon when the dev is not participating in XF is very useful, whether I have that addon or not. As already outlined in this thread, it's also a big issue/disadvantage for admin's looking for addons and perhaps wanting to use/install one, only to later - eg. a question or bug is found - to find the dev hasn't participated in XF for many months and is unlikely to come back.
Digital Doctor
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This dev hasn’t abandoned xenforo
Mouth
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Disagree. Just a couple of posts up is an example of where they haven't responded to resource errors/questions in over 3 months, hasn't visited XF in 45+ days, and hasn't bother to action an alert/notification email sent prior making them aware their Resource would shortly be deleted if they didn't logon soon. That's a good definition/in-action for abandon by any reasonable standard.
Mr Lucky
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That would surely cause legal issues.
CedricV
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That is the dumbest thing ever. How about you create something, ask money for it and people decide to open source it or hand it for free ?
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Baby Community
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Yes, it makes much more sense to edit the source as open source for free instead of deleting the source or content, especially a working source and content.
