Peter Dittmann schrieb: > > > > > > > >>Regarding shutdown: no more changes before version 1.4. > > > > I am currently in the process of making a stable version 1.4, > > so I just don't have the time to get involved in such discussions. > > I just thought I'd let you know that I won't make any changes in that > > area before version 1.4. After that, we can talk about this. > > > > Klaus > > For 1.4 I would suggest to include the vdr-inactivity patch that comes > with the burn plugin. > It implements a method into cPlugin class to allow a plugin to block > shutdown. > It's working similar like a pending cutting thread. > However vdr is still master and can overrule it by acknoledging the > shutdown. > > I wonder why this has not being adopted because it's a sensible and > neccessary addition for all plugins doing a little longer jobs (like > burn, vdrconvert-plugin, epg-plugins). > Currently the cPlugin interface is missing such a generic interface and > VDR is not aware of pending activities of a plugin. > > kind regards Peter > Nice Patch - it does exactly what I meant :) -- Helmut Auer, helmut@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
