That's right, once your repo is added to the HPM list, you can add updates to your drivers / apps without any involvement from Dominic (the HPM God...
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Yea, I should have planned ahead and made a generic Hubitat repo to add...instead I made a repo specific to the iAqualink driver I just released so now I'll have to add another if/when I write more things. I give myself a solid B- on planning there. 
That can go either way.... Certainly a single repo makes some parts of the admin easier.... But I have certainly considered splitting my repo into separate repo's for each app / driver, or some logical break-up. I can't think of all the reasons why this might be a benefit. but certainly handing it over to someone else is easier.
That's a good point. In general easier for someone else to fork for their own purposes as well. I've always felt like when you have a monorepo, separate ones always seems better...and when you have separate repos, a monorepo always seems better. Grass is always greener I suppose. 
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Yeah, don't look at my setup as an example of my own suggestion.... 
I just noticed HPM said updates were available. When I ran it, it said the updates where for the light strip and the red dimmer. It tried to do the upgrade for the red dimmer and failed with this error message which is just like the one @spartysh32 posted except mine said lzw31 not lzw30 like his was;
As many might have noticed by now, Dominic has decided to leave the Hubitat Community and has marked himself as no longer active. One of the first questions that brought up is what happens to HPM.
I forked his repo, as he suggested, many months ago when the handwriting was on the wall. I also took some time to augment the Search feature he built in that relies on him maintaining an Azure site. I've had that functional for quite a few months, where I added a switch to pick the search method. "Fuzzy" using Azure, or "Fast" using the search I built.
The purpose is to provide stability. If Dominic closes the Azure service, this fork will continue to work using "Fast".
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Thanks for your efforts @csteele . What happens with the config file that controls the published repos now? It is also hosted in Dominic's GitHub here to which we also wouldn't have control?
We should also update the README accordingly for your fork. Are the controller/owner of that HubitatCommunity on GitHub I assume?
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Yes, I agree that there's more transition needed but I'm going to hold out hope he changes his mind for a few days longer. 
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I know the answer is very unlikely to be yes, given previous expressed views, but I really think that the HE team should consider building this into the platform, even if it has GIANT warnings on it about unsupported user code/no guarantees, I think HPM adds so much value to the community side it would be a shame to see this fall down. @bobbyD @bravenel @gopher.ny @bcopeland .
Please consider having this as part of the platform. Pretty please.
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I just barely latched onto HPM and you want to take it away???
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(Please, take it.)
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Truly a tremendous loss to the community. HPM is the “Great Facilitator” and has enabled me to load multi-component complex apps that I probably would not have attempted to load on my own. Truly a great loss.
@csteele. Some questions:
- should we uninstall the original HPM and load up the new HubitatCommunity HPM at this time (I am assuming that the Search by Fast window option would then show up under the Search Tab?).
- By deleting Dominic’s original app, when we upload the new community HPM app, will it automatically pick up on the already installed apps to continue monitoring for updates (again, assuming that we have Fast Search enabled?).
- Are there any other “tips” or things to watch out for during this transition?
Finally, @csteele thanks so much for keeping HPM alive! Indispensable app!
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At this moment, I don't think there should be a RUSH to migrate. Dominic said last year he wasn't planning on removing or "breaking" anything. As the days go by, and together we conclude he really has left, I'll do a transition release to move the Master Manifest and so on, over to "my" fork. I think for most, that will be the time to migrate.
I've been using my version since July of last year. So I'll have to think a bit remember the nuances but from memory, I just copied it over... no delete, just straight paste. The change is minor at best, only "Install: Search by Keywords" got touched. That is the one place where "Fast" appears.
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@csteele
Thanks again for all your work on this and keeping us informed. All your effort is much appreciated!
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We have considered this, and won't take it on. Doing so would put us in an untenable position, either as to giving the appearance of approving/endorsing customer apps and drivers, or being deemed to have contributed to any liabilities arising from their use. Neither of those risks are ones we are willing to take. As it is, as a community supported system, HPM works well.
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Thanks Bruce, honestly I do understand that. I just see other platforms providing an easy Marketplace of sorts to provision community add-ons, whilst also being clear that there are no endorsements or guarantees provided. I personally feel that is possible, but I don't begrudge you or the team feeling otherwise.
@csteele Ha sorry bud, glad you're willing to take it over. I just felt that the experience for new users would be improved if user packages were searchable out of the box, without having to find the right app to copy the code in. It would lower the entry requirement for newbies, but as said above, I do understand Bruce and the teams position, I just feel that it should be possible without them having to accept all the liability. Even an agreement that has to be accepted before any user code can be installed on a hub might cover it, but there might be other legal gotchas I'm not familiar with.
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As sorry as I am?
I think I'll mention that the "Fast Search" is implemented via a cron job that follows every link in the Master Manifest and gathers the keywords for search HOURLY and stuffs it in a database. Dominic has to tweek the Azure code to include new manifests, which could be an overnight delay.
There are currently 107 items in the Master Manifest resulting in 443 packages. I see there are 7 pull requests to his Master and I'll look at integrating them to mine tomorrow.
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Thank you @csteele for keeping HPM going! If you have a donations link somewhere, please advise - I'd happily chip in a few bones.
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I humbly suggest that you create a new thread and link back to this (the "beta" thread) in the first post. That way you can update the first post.
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