[mythtv] [PATCH]: show IP address in system status screen

[Tom Marshall]

On Tue, Mar 09, 2004 at 05:24:57PM -0800, Matt Zimmerman wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 09, 2004 at 07:56:50PM -0500, J. Donavan Stanley wrote:
> 
> > Matt Zimmerman wrote:
> > >Wouldn't it be better to set up a DNS server rather than to put workarounds

Absolutely.  My preference is still to use hostname lookups, but that's not
my decision to make here -- I've not submitted the patch.

> > Could your parents, grandparents etc set up a DNS server?  Should they 
> > really need to?
> 
> Probably not.  Do you believe that eric moors is my parent or grandparent?
> If not, I don't see your point.

I would also add (1) non-techies are unlikely to be setting up separate
frontend/backend systems, and (2) a DNS server is not really necessary,
/etc/hosts works fine for small LANs.

-- 
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accomplishments.  The front page has nothing but man's failures.
        -- Chief Justice Earl Warren
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