(2020-09-20, 20:44)mr.igor Wrote: (2020-09-20, 19:26)Vitruvius3 Wrote: Eminence 2.0MOD is a fork of Eminence 2.0 and has more features. It was developed by Alanon who now seems to have left the scene.
Thanks for the reply, I appreciate it. It doesn't really clear anything up though.
The official Kodi Repo skins for Android has "Eminence", not "Eminence 2.0" or "Eminence 2.0MOD". "Eminence" is at rev level 3.04 which is the same as is in Alanon's Eminence 2.0Mod github repo. Further none of the forum names match up to what is currently in the Kodi repository for Leia.
So, is "Eminence" actually "Eminence 2.0MOD" or is it another fork or a frozen version? If the two are not the same then is the Alanon repo the canonical source for "Eminence 2.0MOD" or is there something else out there? Further, if the two were the same at one point and one has diverged, why are the version numbers the same? If the Alanon version has morphed then the version number should be bumped.
The Alanon repo has someone (Hawkeye?) making a change within the last month so someone is doing some maintenance. Is there anyone looking after any "Eminence" version on a regular basis or is it all peer based at this point?
The Alanon "Eminence 2.0MOD" repo mentions a need for another private repo to get the proper dependencies. Is this still valid or is it an outdated comment? If it is still valid, where do I get a zip file for this repo?
The version of Eminence (3.0.4) in the Leia Repo was originally called ‘Eminence 2’, but at some stage was renamed as ‘Eminence’. There is a minor 3.0.5 update available at
https://github.com/jurialmunkey/skin.eminence.2 but it has not been added to the Repo. The forum discussion under ‘Eminence 2.0’ relates to these versions.
In 2017 Alanon created a fork which he called ‘Eminence 2.0MOD’ (v 3.0.4). This fork has never been added to the Repo. If you want this skin, you need to download and install marcelveldt’s code from
https://github.com/kodi-community-addons...arcelveldt, then download and install alanon’s zip file:
https://github.com/Alanon202/repository....-3.0.4.zip
Neither jurialmunkey (the original developer) nor Alanon, are now involved with these skins, but I would have thought that if anyone else wanted to add new features, it should be based on Alanon’s version as it contains more options.
That said, no version of Eminence will run in forthcoming Kodi 19 (‘Matrix’) as they rely on old, 3rd party, Python2 add-ons. Many of these are no longer supported. Some have nevertheless been converted to Python3 and are available in the Kodi Matrix Repo.
https://mirrors.kodi.tv/addons/matrix/
There remains a considerable amount of work to adapt the remaining add-ons for Kodi 19, so developers may well prefer to start afresh with a new skin, using contemporary, Matrix compatible, add-ons.
Sadly, Eminence may wither on the vine.