Although it goes against your third bullet, I could easily add a setting
to disable the SrvrPowerCtrl interaction if it's causing trouble and
would be of help.

I don't use SrvrPowerCtrl personally so I've never actually seen the
interaction in practice.

Stuart


On Sat, 2009-05-23 at 05:20 -0700, mavit wrote:

> I think we need to have a think about the possible use-cases for this
> feature.  This should provide answers to the following questions:
> 
>     
> - Should only restart and shutdown events be blocked, and suspend and
>   hibernate actions be allowed to proceed regardless?
>   
> - Should only idle and end-of-day actions be blocked, and
>   user-initiated actions be allowed to proceed regardless?
>   
> - Should the plugin be able to specify exactly what it wants to
>   block?  Sounds complicated.
>   
> - Should it be possible to clear a block manually, or is this only
>   intended for manually set blocks?
>   
> - When SrvrPowerCtrl becomes blocked, it flashes up a message to this
>   effect on the Squeezebox.  This message blocks the UI, which is
>   annoying if you're trying to use it at the time.  Should it be
>   possible to dismiss this message by pressing a key on the remote?  Is
>   it even necessary to show this message?
> 
> Are there any other plugins currently in existence that block
> SrvrPowerCtrl?  A quick web search didn't find any.
> 
> 
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