[vlc-devel] [PATCH 1/4] vlm: remove schedule media type

[Pierre Ynard]

> Persistance cannot be added because it radically breaks backward
> compatibility with the current VLM configuration. This is a
> self-contradictory requirement.

If you want persistence, you can already put schedules into the VLM
configuration file, and load them from there.

> So there you have it. There are only three options: remove it, keep it
> broken, or (expensively) replace it with something possibly not broken
> but incompatible...

When you look at the way it's done and the argument syntax, it is indeed
tempting to completely replace it with something saner.

-- 
Pierre Ynard
"Une âme dans un corps, c'est comme un dessin sur une feuille de papier."