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How can I update sendmail.py and rebuild binaries?

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#2,081 opened on Mar 30, 2021

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I'd like make a few changes to sendmail.py. Is there a suggested way to do this? I think motioneye is installed via pip. So I am guessing I need to remove that, clone this repo, make changes I wnat and then rebuild and run. Am I right?

motionEye Version | 0.42.1 Motion Version | 4.2.2+gitUNKNOWN OS Version | motionEyeOS 20200606 - Running on a Raspberry Pi

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Clone the repository, install in editable mode with 'pip install e .', modify sendmail.py, and test.
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