Devcon 2022 - Equipa do Kodi voltou a reunir-se!

Depois de alguns anos de isolamento induzido pela pandemia, a equipa do Kodi conseguiu reunir novamente quase toos os membros em Barcelona.

Isto é super importante porque permite limar melhor algumas arestas do Kodi e das suas funcionalidades.

São pessoas de diversos pontos do mundo. Desde do Canadá e da Austrália, da Europa e da Índia, etc. Estas pessoas reúnem-se para sessões de brainstorming, hacking, definição de direção, atualizações, etc. 

Como de costume, os tópicos foram muitos e variados ao longo dos dias, incluindo:

• SAKE: Simple ASCII Kodi emulator - an emulator for Kodi add-ons that can run and debug all the basic Python stuff
• PVR multi-instancing - so you can have multiple copies of the same PVR addon (e.g. for different backends)
• v20 and release management - a general conversation about how we do releases, when, communications to the community, etc.
• Generalised timeshift - extending the existing PVR timeshift mechanism to a broader capability, perhaps to be rolled back into core Kodi code (instead of duplicating in every PVR addon)
• TheDataDB - a special guest slot from a former Team member, talking about more generalised metadata storage - lyrics, logo artwork, etc. - separate from e.g. episode listings
• Smart home - ideas and existing developments to integrate home automation into Kodi in various ways
• LibreELEC update - a broad update on developments around one of the major platforms for Kodi
• V4L2 status update - HDR, DRM, ffmpeg patches, and everything to do with core video display on Linux platforms
• Binary addon sandboxing - ideas around improving security and resilience by improving compartmentalisation of binary addons
• C++ 20 - options and plans to modernise our code to current standards
• Jenkins deep dive - an overview plus challenges and opportunities around the open source automation server we use to test/build
• Board stuff - internal governance and oversight of all things Kodi
• Android maintenance and Play Store - our ongoing issues with a lack of Android devs, and implications (e.g. our current inability to update in the Play Store because of API versions)
• Flatpak - how we maintain an support our Flatpak, general Flathub changes and how to improve the user experience in the future
• GSoC 2021+2022 - Google Summer of Code - updates on students' work, plans, mentoring, and so on