[mythtv] Re: Re: [PATCH] delete recording schedules

[David Engel]

On Sat, Apr 02, 2005 at 12:44:59PM -0500, Jeremiah Morris wrote:
> >kSingleRecords are deleted when mythfilldatabase runs the next day.
> 
> Why should the delete be so arbitrary? A movie that finishes at 10 AM 
> have its schedule hang around for most of a day, but a movie that 
> finishes at 3 AM will have its schedule deleted almost immediately. 

If a recording ends at 3am and mythfilldatabase runs a 4am, that is
not when "mythfilldatabase runs the next day".

> It 
> makes no sense at all to me that the two would be related.

It makes perfect sense because mythfilldatabase is where any database
housekeeping is done.

> >They are left in the database because they are needed to support
> >reactivating a recording.
> 
> As I read it, the patch only runs when the recording completes 
> successfully, so it's entirely in the past. How would you reactivate a 
> recording when the show has aired and gone? This is only for 

"completes successfully" is a misnomer.  That code runs when a
recording is stopped for any reason and includes the cases where the
user manually stops or deletes a recording while it is still in
progress.  Stopping or deleting prematurely are specific cases the
reactivation logic is meant to handle.

David
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David Engel
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