Łukasz Dywicki

> I know and I still can't warp my head around why it is that way. Do you by chance have any explanation? @spacemanspiff2007 I do not, I can just...

Looking at this PR https://github.com/openhab/openhab-core/pull/2553 - it does introduce binding between item and metadata. At core level.

Since you touch fairly important base - have a look on `PersistenceFilter` which is blind interface without use. While it can be referred in persistence service config it plays no...

> @splatch I enabled the `PersistenceFilter`. Yes, I saw it and see you use it to throttle or limit writes to persistence stuff. It makes a lot of sense cause...

@J-N-K I'm perfectly fine with your work, my stuff is sitting on OH 3.0.x fork, so I still have plenty of time to fight with 3.3 updates. ;-)

Maybe proper approach is going with plugin mechanism. The mdns discovery is part of core bundles, so it is installed by default. The addons provide discovery participants but they could...

In order to solve issue in reliable way I think we need another thought on how these work. So far Linux did not come with persistent port identifiers for Linux...

@dschall I believe there is a way to emulate udev rules without involving udev itself. I began working on some prototype `SerialPortProvider` which does that.

> I am afraid to disappoint you... The workaround mentioned here https://community.openhab.org/t/co7io-persistent-serial-port-identifier-provider-for-openhab/124223 will NOT work. It will definitely not solve native quirks of rxtx which are beyond the reach. Mentioned...

> > I implemented a serial provider compatible with openHAB 3.x which works for me in places where rxtx can't. Please download it and test if you wish. You will...