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Utilities to obtain, generate, and post-process TV listings data in XMLTV format
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Installing xmltv on Windows #178

Closed misar1 closed 1 year ago

misar1 commented 2 years ago

I originally installed xmltv by downloading the Version 1.0.0 zip file from SourceForge. This extracts to a simple folder set in which xmltv.exe is one component. I subsequently upgraded to versions 1.1.0, 1.1.1 and 1.1.2 by downloading the new binaries from the GitHub website and replacing xmltv.exe in the folder set obtained from the zip file.

This works correctly but I have two questions for the developers. Are the contents of the zip file necessary or can the GitHub binaries be used as standalone programs? Why is the SourceForge download not updated, especially if it is needed to run xmltv on Windows?

The SourceForge website currently has over 100 downloads per week of the February 2021 version and I suspect many of those users have no idea that later versions are available. Even if they find their way to GitHub a typical Windows user would probably look at the website contents and give up.

rmeden commented 2 years ago

On 4/23/2022 4:20 AM, misar1 wrote:

I originally installed xmltv by downloading the Version 1.0.0 zip file from SourceForge. This extracts to a simple folder set in which xmltv.exe is one component. I subsequently upgraded to versions 1.1.0, 1.1.1 and 1.1.2 by downloading the new binaries from the GitHub website and replacing xmltv.exe in the folder set obtained from the zip file.

This works correctly but I have two questions for the developers. Are the contents of the zip file necessary or can the GitHub binaries be used as standalone programs?

The only file actually needed on Windows is xmltv.exe   All the other files are documentation.  The latest xmltv.exe was usually https://alpha-exe.xmltv.org, but now xmltv.exe's are automatically generated (yea Gary!) as "artifacts" on github commits.

Why is the SourceForge download not updated, especially if it is needed to run xmltv on Windows?

Because we missed it.. :)  You're the first person to mention it. We're pretty much all on github now.  I'll look into what we can do.

The SourceForge website currently has over 100 downloads per week of the February 2021 version and I suspect many of those users have no idea that later versions are available. Even if they find their way to GitHub a typical Windows user would probably look at the website contents and give up.

If they look at xmltv.org, they'd be sent to github, but yeah, SF needs to be fixed.  I'm on it!

Robert

misar1 commented 2 years ago

Thanks for the explanation.

While updating SourceForge it might be worth adding a direct link to the release page. I know the code page has a Releases section in the RH sidebar but that page is a bit daunting for Windows users.