[CONCEPT] Aggregate Unofficial Repository

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daledude Offline
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ppic Wrote:i don't think that xbmc team will help you there, i've proposed to make an unofficial repo installer addon, that would list the unofficial repository and install those you want, they clearly answered that it wouldn't be include in the official repo.

Did you happen to write any code to do this?
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no, but not much lines needed, no really big dificulty

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ppic Wrote:no, but not much lines needed, no really big dificulty

Not for you. The python phenomenon! Big Grin
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lol, that wasn't what i was saying, but yes, it can be a good start for a python beginner, you can use plugin's functions to display the list you've got when parsing wiki page, then unpack the repo in the good directory, then restart xbmc for the repo to be recognized.

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neat, glad to see so many other people keen on this idea. Smile

ppic I like the idea of a program addon that scrapes the wiki page for new repos and automatically installs them.

Maybe it could run an autoexec.py at startup, or use this http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid=92751 feature in Eden

That way, new repos added to wiki page could be automatically pushed to people when they start up XBMC.
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anarchintosh Wrote:neat, glad to see so many other people keen on this idea. Smile

ppic I like the idea of a program addon that scrapes the wiki page for new repos and automatically installs them.

Maybe it could run an autoexec.py at startup, or use this http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid=92751 feature in Eden

That way, new repos added to wiki page could be automatically pushed to people when they start up XBMC.

I'm doing this now since I'm snowed in and bored. Using it as an excuse to finally learn to write a script with WindowXML Eek
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don't bother with windowxml, you really don't need it.

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ppic Wrote:don't bother with windowxml, you really don't need it.

Agree with ppic an addon coded as a program plugin would work perfectly and could be developed pretty fast.
Especially in this particular case there not too much need of a UI (so WindowXML).

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only thing is, AFAIK, you cannot modify the xbmc addons folder from python.
is this not a massive problem? could it be circumvented if there is an xbmc built in function to install an addon?
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you can use the addons folder, no problem.

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