Ngl it would be nice if you could at least edit a submitted homebrew at least that way it doesn't take away from those who are using it and lets the person who made it fix any and all mistakes.
A main issue would be spelling errors or final fixes that weren't sorted before submitting, so just being able to edit those things would sort out all the issues and make it better for anyone that decides to use it.
I'm sure this has been a thing to look into but its still causing issues today..
Kind regards, Ch1cken.
And the reason you don't use the "create new version" is (which exists specifically so you can update published homebrew)?
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Ngl it would be nice if you could at least edit a submitted homebrew at least that way it doesn't take away from those who are using it and lets the person who made it fix any and all mistakes.
A main issue would be spelling errors or final fixes that weren't sorted before submitting, so just being able to edit those things would sort out all the issues and make it better for anyone that decides to use it.
I'm sure this has been a thing to look into but its still causing issues today..
Kind regards, Ch1cken.
In future, sort out all of your “spelling errors and final fixes” and everything else that needs be sorted out prior to publishing your homebrews.
well obviously but for myself I've got 1 thing that's messed up, and I'm saying it would be nice to fix it by editing it at the very least that way it doesn't take from others who may decide to use it. telling me to make sure final touches are made now doesn't fix the one that's done.
well obviously but for myself I've got 1 thing that's messed up, and I'm saying it would be nice to fix it by editing it at the very least that way it doesn't take from others who may decide to use it. telling me to make sure final touches are made now doesn't fix the one that's done.
Kind regards, Ch1cken.
No, it won’t fix that one. But considering that you published it before it was ready, that’s kinda on you at this point.
I assume the reason you can't edit or remove homebrew is because doing so might disrupt someone trying to use it. In practice that only applies to homebrew that someone is using and a lot of homebrew isn't in use, but I'm not sure how much capability DDB has of detecting whether something is in use.
I assume the reason you can't edit or remove homebrew is because doing so might disrupt someone trying to use it. In practice that only applies to homebrew that someone is using and a lot of homebrew isn't in use, but I'm not sure how much capability DDB has of detecting whether something is in use.
At a technical level, they absolutely can unless their databases are extremely weird and home-brewed. (And given everything I know about them, it's almost certainly MySQL.)
At a development time and resource expenditure level (the queries required are probably expensive, especially if their DB has got large enough to be separated across multiple servers), it's almost certainly not worth doing. Just the inconsistent behavior of "you can edit your published homebrew, except when you can't" is a tech-support headache.
At a practical level, they probably want to do everything they can to dissuade people from publishing their half-baked homebrew. (And, frankly, their fully-baked homebrew as well. The public homebrew is unusable IMO.)
When you choose "create a new version" and submit it for public sharing it will overwrite the entry in the public listings. People who view the listing can choose to see and previous versions but most will just add the latest one. Anyone using the homebrew when the new version is made public will receive a notification so they can choose to "update" to the new version if they so wish.
I am not seeing what downside you purport it has.
Now, don't get me wrong, I do wish we could delete public homebrew because frankly all the stuff I made public I could have done better and would love to just start over. Sometimes I look at the stuff I made and cringe, regretting I ever let anyone other than me see it. But, it is what it is and I have enough experience to know that such deletions are not as simple as one might initially think.
However, this being said, I cannot understand your reasoning. Not that you need a reason for your wish, but since you post it here I can share my thoughts: that your reasons don't make sense. The 'new version' system serves just fine for all the small edits and will, indeed, result in your updated version being the only version in the public listings and all current users being invited to update to the newest one. It solves all the issues you're addressing. So either you did not know about it or you're not explaining yourself very well. Or maybe I'm misinterpreting you.
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And the reason you don't use the "create new version" is (which exists specifically so you can update published homebrew)?
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In future, sort out all of your “spelling errors and final fixes” and everything else that needs be sorted out prior to publishing your homebrews.
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well obviously but for myself I've got 1 thing that's messed up, and I'm saying it would be nice to fix it by editing it at the very least that way it doesn't take from others who may decide to use it. telling me to make sure final touches are made now doesn't fix the one that's done.
Kind regards, Ch1cken.
Right, so it'd update it and that's great never said that's bad, but it then keeps the messed up one there, so didn't really sort out the issue. :/
Kind regards, Ch1cken.
No, it won’t fix that one. But considering that you published it before it was ready, that’s kinda on you at this point.
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I assume the reason you can't edit or remove homebrew is because doing so might disrupt someone trying to use it. In practice that only applies to homebrew that someone is using and a lot of homebrew isn't in use, but I'm not sure how much capability DDB has of detecting whether something is in use.
At a technical level, they absolutely can unless their databases are extremely weird and home-brewed. (And given everything I know about them, it's almost certainly MySQL.)
At a development time and resource expenditure level (the queries required are probably expensive, especially if their DB has got large enough to be separated across multiple servers), it's almost certainly not worth doing. Just the inconsistent behavior of "you can edit your published homebrew, except when you can't" is a tech-support headache.
At a practical level, they probably want to do everything they can to dissuade people from publishing their half-baked homebrew. (And, frankly, their fully-baked homebrew as well. The public homebrew is unusable IMO.)
When you choose "create a new version" and submit it for public sharing it will overwrite the entry in the public listings. People who view the listing can choose to see and previous versions but most will just add the latest one. Anyone using the homebrew when the new version is made public will receive a notification so they can choose to "update" to the new version if they so wish.
I am not seeing what downside you purport it has.
Now, don't get me wrong, I do wish we could delete public homebrew because frankly all the stuff I made public I could have done better and would love to just start over. Sometimes I look at the stuff I made and cringe, regretting I ever let anyone other than me see it. But, it is what it is and I have enough experience to know that such deletions are not as simple as one might initially think.
However, this being said, I cannot understand your reasoning. Not that you need a reason for your wish, but since you post it here I can share my thoughts: that your reasons don't make sense. The 'new version' system serves just fine for all the small edits and will, indeed, result in your updated version being the only version in the public listings and all current users being invited to update to the newest one. It solves all the issues you're addressing. So either you did not know about it or you're not explaining yourself very well. Or maybe I'm misinterpreting you.
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If our submitted homebrew is not being used by anyone else can we request that it be removed?
Unfortunately not, no.
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