This project is run by a leader that also has a company Nabu Casa. It is Nabu Casa that employs 18 people now. It is Nabu Casa that 1000s of us pay for. I am in Europe and pay 75 Euros per year.
And until now I think I had my moneys worth.
Natually it makes my integration with Amazon Alexa easier than it would have been. But I actually mainly pay because I feel it is important that there are full time staff that ensure that releases are built at a high quality and that difficult technology is developed that require more time than a hobby programmer can do in the weekend. Matter support is a very good example of this.
But the recent months the quality of the releases have suffered and we are many that do not feel we are being listened to.
Instead of looking forward to the next HA release - I fear them. I fear what they will break. I feer how many hours I will need to spend to make things work again.
Thank you! Iāve seen this before. Users raise a legitimate concern, and their comments are shuffled off to a thread with a dismissive title starting with āI donāt like.ā Of course there are things we all donāt like, and most of us donāt care what you donāt like. But when functionality is removed or replaced with something worse, and people speak out about it, itās not good for the project to just dismiss it as whining.
This is a valid concern. Users should be looking forward to new versions, not dreading them. There are hundreds of feature requests and WTHās here on this forum, describing exactly what users want. Any of those would be preferable to making changes nobody asked for.
Itās not dismissing, itās taking a large topic and moving it to a new location so that all the less talked about issues are seen. This isnāt to silence people, itās to give the small guys a voice in between the over talked about topics. I suggest you try to put yourselves into the shoes of people trying to post an issue in the release thread when all they see is a single topic pushing their posts into a black hole.
That is a bit short and negatively put. I want to add some context.
Let me start by saying that it wasnāt a bug report but more a task/request (that initially was made without reasoning details). I picked it up and asked for details that werenāt provided.
After that was provided and became clear, I provided reasoning why the request could not be fulfilled from the Core repository. Rolling back the frontend version in the core will break the release fully. There is way more to it than just colors. The request, therefore, is not actionable. There is no use in keeping it open in the core repository either for that reason.
Iāve closed the issue on the core issue tracker for that reason. Additionally provided a reference on where to report issues instead and provided an alternative to downgrading if you want to get out of this path.
Also, testing statements made in that issue have been addressed and corrected, as they are simply not true. If you feel beta testing hasnāt been up to par, I would definitely invite everyone to join the beta and help make things better.
Lastly added some additional context to (IMHO) the exaggerated statements made on the stress levels of developers, which are based on nothing and are just there to thicken the story. It only adds negativity and, above all, doesnāt add anything to triaging the issue at all. These negative additions wonāt help anyone and is the last thing needed. (It is similar to telling someone: āyou look sickā? Others that hear it may start seeing the same, and the person the sick comment was for, might actually start feeling sick because of those comments).
TL;DR: If you find an issue, please report it in the right channels. Issues can happen, we are all humans. Everyone in this project has the same goals. Letās figure out ways to move forward.
@Mariusthvdb Iām not following what that has to do with the issue Iāve responded to above.
To respond to your linked part in your last response: If you want to make an architectural change, it needs to be a decent proposal that can be decided on. If you are not willing to take that route, that is where it ends. We are not adding in all kinds of things just because some āfeels like itā; it needs reasoning and decent motivation. Without that, there is nothing to make a decision on.
There isnāt. But both the backend and frontend need to take decisions that make sense for both ends. In your request for a backend change, only the frontend was considered.
and the community is trying to fixā¦
Sure! Everybody is trying to help making improvements. But we donāt need to jump into hasty solutions. Letās stay calm, reason, and make small improvements forward.
Sure. sane philosophy. trying to live up with that.
It would however also be sane advice for the team itself. No hasty solutions (changes). small improvements (not breaking everyones colorsā¦) Coordination between backend and frontend: please yes.
Iāll really stop reciprocating now. (Iāve posted a small desperate last reply in the architecture discussion too. We need your help!)
Feel being given the runaround, while there are true HA side initiated issues to be solved.
Sorry, but just this last bit is so just full of crap that it makes me lose interest in the rest of it. Thank you for joining in this discussion, but that just makes no sense whatsoever. Your suggestion, as pointed out, is invalid and not feasible; sorry, but it is.
Additionally, nothing has been tested is simply not true and just is stirring the pot. Iām not joining that discussion in which one just is throwing oil on.
That whole last point makes me stop right here right now. Iām up for positive discussions and focussing on moving things forward, but your goal seems to be mainly at pointing at āwhateverā else is āwrongā in a negative way. And honestly, Iām not going down that path, nor am I going to let it influence my day, and wishing you all the best.
It seems like I am the only one talking about the actual topic at hand, all others are complaining about formalities as a reason to avoid the actual topic.
Everyone, stop. This is leading no where. @prof7bit This is what, the 3rd time today that youāve tried to start arguments. The next request to stop this will be followed by actual moderation.
I think it is clear that the colour changes were not fully considered for their impact on the ālegacyā cards and custom modifications and were implemented and tested mainly with the new Tile card in mind. I am pretty sure that the devs are fully aware of this by now.
I think the problem that is causing so much emotional outpouring from some people is that the devs havenāt actually come out and stated that a mistake has been made and the changes were rushed out too quickly in an incomplete form. However, the changes canāt be easily reversed, so please bear with them while they work to sort it out.
Given that I believe the devs are not doing these things to intentionally piss people off, I am pretty sure this is what is going on behind the scenes. Maybe a statement from the dev team that this is the case, would help put an end to all the negativity and we can then concentrate on sorting it out and improving it.