==== Tech Notes ====
Previous approach did not work as websocket client was not running, this
uses the standalone send functionality recently added to send a single
message.
Significantly reworked the loading/updating of Skills. Unified
all management under a single SkillManager class. This class
runs as a thread that initially loads, upgrades (via MSM)
and reloads skills.
Removed the independent threads that were being run. The skill
updating still happens once an hour, but works in conjunction
with the scan to reload modified skills. Also added messagebus
notifications from MSM so mycroft-core can pause reloading
skills until the installation is complete.
Added a new mycroft.messagebus.send module to allow command
line interaction with the messagebus, e.g.:
python -m mycroft.messagebus.send mycroft.wifi.start
python -m mycroft.messagebus.send speak '{"utterance":"hello"}'
==== Fixed Issues ====
MSM installs that have PIP dependencies were failing, as the
load would occur after code was retrieved but before PIP install
completed. Restart was required to load new skills.
==== Tech Notes ====
TODO: Change the way we manage modules. The auto-load of the
remote configuration for the module is silly, slow and wasteful.
I made the WebsocketClient.build_url() method static in
anticipation of being able to do this more efficiently when the
submodule load doesn't hit the remove API automatically.
==== Localization Notes ====
Modified 'sorry I couldn't install default skills' message.
==== Protocol Notes ====
MSM now generates:
msm.updating
msm.installing
msm.install.succeeded { "skill" : name }
msm.install.failed { "skill" : name, "error" : code }
msm.installed
msm.updated
msm.removing
msm.remove.succeeded { "skill" : name }
msm.remove.failed { "skill" : name, "error" : code }
msm.removed
An update can now be forced by posting 'skillmanager.update' to the
messagebus.
This commit officially switches the mycroft-core repository from
GPLv3.0 licensing to Apache 2.0. All dependencies on GPL'ed code
have been removed and we have contacted all previous contributors
with still-existing code in the repository to agree to this change.
Going forward, all contributors will sign a Contributor License
Agreement (CLA) by visiting https://mycroft.ai/cla, then they will
be included in the Mycroft Project's overall Contributor list,
found at: https://github.com/MycroftAI/contributors. This cleanly
protects the project, the contributor and all who use the technology
to build upon.
Futher discussion can be found at this blog post:
https://mycroft.ai/blog/right-license/
This commit also removes all __author__="" from the code. These
lines are painful to maintain and the etiquette surrounding their
maintainence is unclear. Do you remove a name from the list if the
last line of code the wrote gets replaced? Etc. Now all
contributors are publicly acknowledged in the aforementioned repo,
and actual authorship is maintained by Github in a much more
effective and elegant way!
Finally, a few references to "Mycroft AI" were changed to the correct
legal entity name "Mycroft AI Inc."
==== Fixed Issues ====
#403 Update License.md and file headers to Apache 2.0
#400 Update LICENSE.md
==== Documentation Notes ====
Deprecated the ScheduledSkill and ScheduledCRUDSkill classes.
These capabilities have been superceded by the more flexible MycroftSkill
class methods schedule_event(), schedule_repeating_event(), update_event(),
and cancel_event().
==== Tech Notes ====
The retry timer doubles on each failed connect attempt but was never
restored to the original time causing an unncessary long wait time. This
restores the timer on each sucessful connection.
==== Tech Notes ====
Autoloading configuration in submodules is bad for testing purposes and
should be reduced. It takes time and adds the possibility of altering
the base conditions for the tests
- mycroft/skills/core: global configuration moved to main.py
- mycroft/messagebus/client/ws.py global config moved to __init__ of
Websocket
- client/speech/mic.py global config moved to ResponsiveRecognizer
__init__() method
- client/enclosure/display_manager.py
- get_ipc_directory() called in methods where used
The same websocket client object is often used between many different
parts of the software. (for example skills) This will reduce the risk
that all listeners are removed for all events by mistake. It it still
possible toi do this by calling
`WebsocketClient.ws.remove_all_listers()` if there would be need for
this mechanism.
* #131 added if for situations where the host is empty
* #132 modified mycroft.ini file and added exception.
* #132 modified mycroft.ini file and added exception.
* #132 removed comment
* #131 changed to ValueError, and added checks for ssl, port, host and path
* #131 changed to ValueError, and added checks for ssl, port, host and path
* #131 reverted utils - went another route
* #131 added empty string for ssl detection
* #131 created validate_param
* #131 pep8
* #131 oops missed route
The 1980s birthed a new form of interaction between computers and users. For the first time computers became capable of understanding the most basic form of human communication - pointing and grunting. The mouse and the GUI revolutionized computing and made computers accessible to the masses.
We have now entered a third era. We are rapidly approaching a time when computer systems will understand human language and respond using the most natural form of human communication – speech.
This is an important development. Some might even call it revolutionary.
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This initial release of the Mycroft software represents a significant effort by the Mycroft community to give the open source world access to this important technology. We are all hoping that the software will be useful to the public and will help to usher in a new era of human machine interaction.
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