2023-10-18, 02:19 PM
So the TLDR is when Kodi switched from python 2 to python 3, they didn't provide the best upgrade path and the only real guidance at the time was "just distribute two repository files" which leads to lots of user error and manual intervention to upgrade between versions. We solved this by matching useragents and routing things to the correct location on the repository server. If you're on Kodi 18 or lower, you get routed to /py2. If you're on Kodi 19 or newer, you get routed to /py3. However, certain Kodi forks and custom builds like to play with the useragent because reasons and make our lives complicated.
Everything should be working as intended right now, however I can't test at this exact moment, because the
Everything should be working as intended right now, however I can't test at this exact moment, because the
kodi-git aur package is refusing to build (as is tradition), and the flatpak version that's supposed to be following the beta channel is still pointing to Kodi 20. I'll need to either track down one of my Pis later and flash a newer version onto it or figure out how to compile kodi manually again.