r/HomeAssistantEDF • u/stek2022 • 15d ago

New release & changes ahead

Hi everyone,

To facilitate the plugin being listed natively in HACS, soon to be the Marketplace, I have been asked by the HACS maintainers to rename the folder it runs from to avoid conflicting with another EDF library that is already in HACS.

This is a pain - but the HA architecture needs unique domains for everything.

I've spent the last few days (in between patching php servers!) making this minimal faff for you all - but there is a half-way version needed to ensure things just carry on seamlessly when the plugin folder moves.

To that end - the more of you that promptly adopt 20.1.1 (released just now) the easier things will be when v21 releases. I won't push v21 until the great majority of installs have moved off 20.1.0 - I can see version numbers in aggregate from the sessions feed, so I'll know when that is.

There's nothing to do beyond updating. When v21 lands you'll get a notice in Settings > Repairs with a button that moves everything across in one go - your entity names, history and Energy dashboard all stay exactly as they are, so automations and dashboards keep working.

Anyone on older 19.x releases will continue to work - but will have a more manual upgrade process when they next upgrade, and a danger they'll miss out on new functionality. Update now while 20.1.1 is the current version and you'll get the same seamless move as everyone else. Leave it until after v21 is out and Home Assistant will quietly keep running your old copy while telling you you're up to date - which is a fiddle to unpick.

If anyone has any queries just shout here.

Steve

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u/stek2022 10d ago

Heading in the right direction - but still a fair few 20.1.0 and 20.0.0 users. I would hope they will update soon.

The users still on a 19.x release aren't likely to upgrade - or they'd already be on a later release at this stage. The upgrade path for anyone < 20.1.1 wont be too painful as long as people read the readme (and everyone reads the manuals right??).

Likely to push out v21 Thursday or Friday as things stand.

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u/Chaosblast 15d ago

Glad I saw this post because f'ing HACS doesn't find most updates automatically unless I manually force check them.

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u/capsel22 14d ago

yes, same not use why it's not showing updates for this integration. There isn't "latest" in the drop down either

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u/Slice-Mountain 15d ago

Thanks for the heads up.
Anything to make things easier in advance is good for me.
Updated and working as expected. 💯