Constant Requests for Updates on things on the Roadmap

[philr]

I thought it was worth raising this to a new topic since it was buried in a specific feature request thread. I nearly posted something similar before.

Roon for Linux [done in 1.2]

I know many folks are being very respectful when they ask, but, I do worry that too much “are we there yet” and “well you did say say nearly or almost” will just mean Danny and the team will be ever more reluctant to keep you informed about what they are doing.

Please give this some thought. The output from this team has been extraordinary so far… The new aspects of 1.2 will need a lot of testing before release. You’d expect nothing less.

This was not the only request for an update on when some feature is coming today and there are requests almost daily. Plus there is also a thread for people’s top priorities for features which is similar and rather pointless as everyone’s is different so they are all top priority or bottom priority to someone.

Roon have been very open about their development but if this just turns into constant badgering for when they are coming then I’m sure Nick is right. Let’s just be patient and let the Roon team get on with things.

[hifi_swlon (Steve)]

I think letting Roon know what’s important to us is OK, after all we’re a community and can share ideas and Roon can either use it or ignore it.

Agree about the constant requests for updates though - especially ‘pinging’ the team specifically. But I guess while many of us resist the temptation (not always, and not always easy ;)) it’s probably also because we follow all the inter-related forum chat and so know pretty much what’s going on. I can see how people following the forum less would probably see an old post saying coming soon, and just wonder - probably quite innocently - what the status is. Hard to see a way round that.

Probably doesn’t make it any less frustrating for them, but hopefully the Roon team know our over-enthusiasm is only because we love Roon so much, and we’re so excited to get our hands on the next version that they’ve been slaving away on.

[andybob (Andrew Cox)]

The [On Roadmap] flag is being used more now and is a good start. The “are we there yet ?” posts can hopefully get fielded by mods and other users before they distract the devs.

[philr]

QED

Roon for Linux [done in 1.2]

A few clarifications: What’s gone into testing over the last few days is not “the Linux build”. It’s a new build of Roon that includes support for Linux, along with over a hundred other bug fixes, new pieces of functionality, performance improvements, UI refinements, etc. Testing on some new functionality (like Linux) has kicked off because it will need more QA cycles than the other odds and ends we’re still working on and hoping to include in 1.2. We try to give the community as much insight …

[extracampine]

I’d agree with the “are we there yet” sentiment - though as mentioned in a previous post, I think this reflects enthusiasm of the userbase, and it is better than the alternative or opposite - users not caring about updates (and by extension, not caring about Roon). I don’t agree with the comments of @philr regarding users requesting particular features or giving their top priorities being “pointless” - the Roon team needs this feedback in order to cater to its userbase and continue to improve its software.

[Leporello (David Liguori)]

Could you clarify what you mean by “a new build of Roon that includes support for Linux”? Would it be an installation package you can install in, say, Ubuntu, in addition to versions for Windows and Mac? Would it be Roon Server only or full Roon core/remote? Would it include a NAS version? How about endpoints for Raspberry Pi?

[andybob (Andrew Cox)]

The search function, magnifying glass top right, will lead you to fuller answers regarding all those questions. The short answers are: Yes, RoonServer only, Yes for some NAS and Yes to Raspberry Pi RoonBridge image.