[mythtv] New Install - 0.16 or CVS?

[Mark Spieth]

I too use CVS HEAD most of the time. very stable and have not seen problems
since just after I started in august.
my process was to
1. extract the source for the latest stable version package (debian for me)
2. make sure it works by makeing packages and installing and running ;-)
3. check out HEAD in a different dir
4. move all CVS dirs and the debian dir into the stable extracted tree. a
nice script will do this for you
5. change the version in debian/changelog to something like 0.16.0 (my dev
version number for packages)
6. change the root dir to mythtv-0.16.0 (same as step 5)
7. got to root dev dir (see step 6) and cvs up -d
8. do a fakeroot make -f debian/rules clean binary

and you have new packages to install which are based on CVS HEAD but have
the odd package mod (deb has 2).
redhat and others should have a similar setup method.
be careful not to update during a partial commit so you have to read the
commit list too.
If you find something wrong. fix it and submit a patch :)
cheers
mark

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kevin Kuphal" <kuphal at dls.net>
To: "Development of mythtv" <mythtv-dev at mythtv.org>
Sent: Saturday, October 30, 2004 8:17 AM
Subject: Re: [mythtv] New Install - 0.16 or CVS?


> Jeff Thompson wrote:
>
> > Hi, I'm waiting for newegg to deliver all of the components for my
> > first mythtv system. I'm trying to decide whether I should install
> > using the 0.16 release or go with the CVS HEAD version. Can anyone
> > using CVS HEAD comment on the stability vs. the 0.16 release?
> >
> > On a related note, the CVS tree doesn't appear to use branches as part
> > of the normal development process. While each release is tagged in
> > CVS, it would appear that there is no "stable" branch for fixes to the
> > latest release. Are all fixes to the released version and bleeding
> > edge changes made to the HEAD?
> >
> > I have searched, but did not find a document explaining the mythtv
> > development process, so I apologize if this information is available
> > somewhere.
>
> I have not found MythTV CVS to be unstable and I run it nearly 100% of
> the time, even shortly after releases as the CVS HEAD quickly adds new
> features and is in near constant development.  I have rarely run into
> any showstopper bugs in CVS and those that are found are fixed promptly
> once reported.  For example, just a week or so ago I was experiencing an
> occasional segfault and with only a few rounds of reports here with
> Isaac, he was able to fix my specific issue.
>
> I wouldn't have any issue running MythTV CVS HEAD.  I would be more
> sensitive to the revisions of your drivers and other components which
> are far more likely to cause problems.
>
> Kevin
>
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