GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 381679
Request that the last.fm plugin have a "record to profile" toggle
Last modified: 2010-09-21 22:57:00 UTC
I saw this request on the mailing list and decided it was easy enough to add.
Created attachment 77550 [details] [review] Adds a "record to profile" option to the last.fm source window
I think the checkbox would be better placed in the plugin configuration dialog, rather than in the source itself. It doesn't seem like the sort of thing that would be changed all that often.
I don't know, it strikes me as the sort of thing some people might use fairly often. Part of the magic of last.fm is being able to explore new music, and some people might want to turn off the recording while they're trying out things. I suppose more input from people would be good.
I admit my opinion on this is influenced by the fact that I would never use this option. I really don't understand concerns about "polluting" of profiles.
That aside, it'd be nice to have the setting persist across sessions. Does last.fm remember whether you've disabled recording to profile, or does it always start out enabled when you do a new handshake? If last.fm remembers it and there's a way to check if recording to profile is enabled, we can just sync the checkbox with the server after doing a handshake. Otherwise, we should store the value in gconf and issue the disable/enable command after the handshake.
This patch works great, exactly what I was thinking about! About the UI, I think putting it in the plugin preference would be the best option, or just leave it available through gconf. But I'm not sure, I'm just going to check it once and then leave it, others may use it regulary as already mentioned in this thread.
*** Bug 360059 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Wouldn't it be as easy to disable the last.fm plugin instead of going to the plugin configuration dialog to check/uncheck a "don't send data to lastfm" checkbox ?
This only affects songs played in last.fm streams, so disabling the plugin isn't really an option.
The mechanism used here doesn't work any more - with the playlist-based last.fm streaming scheme, the client submits the songs it plays. With that in mind, I think it makes more sense to have an option that disables song submission entirely.
*** Bug 597208 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
This was added as part of Jamie Nicol's summer of code project.