The upcoming release 2.1.5 will be slightly restructured.

• Plugin meta data is now utilized fully.

  • Configuration data and built-in .title attributes will no longer reside in plugins as code.
  • Plugin priority: fields are used for defaults on first startup.

• Channel/plugin lookup code will use introspect/pkgutil.

  • ST2 no longer depends on a fixed global path. The /usr/bin loader is now just a slim wrapper.
  • Long term ST2 may become a proper Python package in itself even.
  • And this opens up the possibility to use local plugins in ~/.config/streamtuner2/plugins/ later.

• It's planned to package it up as standalone PYZ (Python ZIP) application. (As alternative to DEB/RPM builds).

  • Works pretty well already.
  • Also the GtkBuilder UI file is now compressed.
  • The logo/banner is now builtin. Channel icons are embedded in meta comment blocks (albeit that wasn't necessary, just looks tidier.)

• State variables (.current_channel, .channel_names, .channel().current, .default, .row()) will partly be replaced by direct Gtk properties or lookups. In particular after initialization the mapping hasn't always be reliable.

  • For now only the channel enumeration is dynamic. (Allowed the reordering per GUI already).
  • The initialization woes, namely .first_show(), still need some rework. (State variables are not completely avoidable, as Gtk events usually fire before the widget state properties become usable.)