[icecast-dev] Stream metadata settings

[oddsock]

>
>IMHO, a system like Icecast should be made so highly configurable that it 
>would fit everyone's needs, but I get the impression that only the needs 
>of the principal developers are of interest here. It makes me sad to see 
>this, Icecast could be great instead of just being good.

this is a bit of an unfair statement.  You are implying that we develop 
icecast for our own self-serving needs.  I can assure you, that is far from 
the truth.  Also, I feel like our team has a pretty darn good grasp of how 
people want to use icecast.  Personally, I've been doing the streaming 
media biz for 4 years or so, and have been very close to the broadcasting 
community...So saying that "only the needs of the principal developers are 
of interest here" is just not true...

that being said, our general approach to functionality is if enough people 
ask for it, it gets implemented...Or if we can see a general use for some 
new functionality, then we will also consider getting it implemented (time 
allowing)...your patches with regards to the fallback processing definitely 
fall into this category.

we want to encourage everyone to contribute patches and new 
functionality..this is how Icecast grows and becomes a better product..But 
being maintainers of that product means we reserve the right to not 
implement every patch sent to us.  In general though, if it's well coded, 
follows the general icecast coding style, and is applicable to a 
significant group of the userbase, it is adopted...

oddsock

>Melanie
>
>On 2003.11.30 23:38 Mr. Stauf wrote:
>>Actually, Sorry guys, I just want to say the below paragraph is
>>misrepresenting.
>>You can stream music without "paying the piper" without being in copyright
>>hell.  And as a long time icecast user/admin/client/server/whatever, that
>>below paragraph just makes me really sad to see on this list.
>>...I'll lurk now.
>>--Stauf
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