The cache is no longer generated at runtime when the application runs -
which may take quite a while, especially on fresh installations.
A `components.json.gz` file is instead generated by the CI/CD process on
every commit to the main branch, and distributed with the package.
The application will read this file when the `inspect` plugin is first
initialized.
This also means that we can no longer cache the `install_cmds`, as they
change depending on the target OS. A new
`application.get_install_commands` action has now been made available to
the UI, so it can get the correct installation commands at runtime.
`youtube-dl` is mostly dead and there are several forks available, thus
we need to give the user the ability to pick which `youtube-dl`
executable fork they want to use.
Among these, `yt-dlp` is probably the most maintained today and it's
also included in many default repos, so it's been added as an extra
requirement for all the media plugins.
Closes: #268
The integration was based on my old fork of the AVS service, which is no
longer functional given the changes the the Amazon's backend side.
A new `avs-device-sdk` is now available, but it seems that it requires
lengthy compilation processes which are RaspberryPi-specific.
Further investigation is needed for a new Alexa plugin - see #334.
It hurts to see it go, as I really believed in this project.
But the website of the project went away in 2020, the Github project
hasn't seen any activity since 2021, and the fork that is supposed to be
used as a replacement for training .pmdl models hasn't been updated
since 2021 - and it only supports Python 2 on Ubuntu 16.04 or 18.04.
One day I may dedicate some efforts to bring Snowboy back to life, but
until then it's definitely not in a state where it's usable for a
Platypush integration.