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BTW Pete, Aeva Media was already (since last April) modified to remove the auto-update code.

And yeah, having all plugins check for new versions will definitely be a nightmare (if only because sm.org itself doesn't do it -- only a few mods do that, and look at where they're at now.)
That's one of the reasons why I suggested requesting that all plugin authors host their 'main' download somewhere else, including the URL to request new version updates.
Maybe we could do it systematically. For instance instead of offering to upload the mod file (which we could still have as a fallback), we'd put priority on asking authors to provide: (1) a direct link to the mod (version number free, so that they don't have to update the URL every time), (2) provide inside their plugin definition file a direct link to the version number request file (we could have some kind of a standard file for this which they'd simply need to fill in and then upload somewhere).Well it's something I'd wanted to do for a long time but I postponed it because I didn't think the load would be that taxing on the server... I mean there are at most 10 to 15k installs of Aeva Lite/Media around, each doing at most one request to one HTML page every day (if they didn't disable the lookup code), so that's one request every ten seconds. At most.

Hmm okay it's still a lot more than zero... :P

I mean I was expecting that if it was a load on the server, I should have received a request about it when I was active on Aeva -- i.e. over a year ago.At the very least, with the user agent being disabled, it'll only be 'ghost' requests.It depends on whether the traffic gets manageable. Then they can re-enable the auto-update for a few days, and it should be enough to get all installed Aeva's to update their version number and ask admins to update to the latest version.
As you can see, I added the infamous support for 'youtu.be' URLs as an incentive for noobs to upgrade one final time.

I'm assuming this means the mod update works? Then I've updated the mod page. Hopefully no one gets hurt in the process...

If anyone finds a problem with the new releases, please contact me here, as I haven't looked at sm.org's Aeva topics for many, many moons... (And do not plan to come back either.)

Ah, silly me... Yes, I copied the sitelist verbatim from Wedge because I was comparing the two versions and there were too many differences so halfway through it I just cancelled my edits and copied the file. Forgot to modify the first line though eheh...

Reuploading.

Done.

Or this one... :lol:

Well, it's a very customized version so it explains this and that. (Plus, the fact that we'll be moving it to Wedge soon enough.)

Well in the end I made more changes than expected... Instead of just disabling the URL fetching, I removed the entire code, like I did for Aeva Media. So I suppose it 'deserves' a version update...
I also updated the sitelist, for youtu.be URLs etc.

That cla was too unclear anyway. What is a contribution. And I don't consider it retroactive anyway. That would stand in court I reckon.

Pete, ichbin told me to fix aeme to remove the fetch code. I said I thought it was done earlier buy I probably only did it for Aeva lite. I said I might look into it but that even if I fixed it, earlier installs would still fetch the page so I suggested to change the mod page id in the database for an immediate result and just block any direct requests to the original mod page. I only suggested that. I didn't suggest removing the mod entirely.

The sad thing is that I just didn't l care about AeMe for smf. Meaning that whether it was online or not didn't matter to me.
What I disapprove is that this was done without my express consent.
The point is that I own the files. I worked on it for two f'king years. I think I've had enough influence over Smf's success to have a say here. I left the file online because I was cool with the smf team. My original plans were to delete AeMe for smf entirely so I wouldn't have to deal with supporting it. I cut the problem in two and left the file to show everything was cool.

Anyway. This post wasn't to rekindle my 'flame' with smf. Just meant to say I didn't approve of this move and thus I'm off the site and don't want to be associated with it any longer. Including contributions.

Possibly plugin material though...