[mythtv] MFD Questions...

[Colin Guthrie]

Colin Guthrie wrote:
> I've asked Isaac in another thread if it's possible to branch myth 
> plugins and allow myself (or anyone who's willing to do someting for 
> that matter) write access to this branch. That way we can start moving 
> things along with MythMusic and inject some much needed TLC (tender 
> loving care) without messing up everyone else. There has been a few 
> branches created elsewhere of late so I hope this is acceptable.

Just read the ML some more (should really read everything before posting 
eh!)

Isaac said that the SVN setup doesn't support the writing via apache so 
we can't do the finely tuned user access writes that would allow me 
access to a branch.

I'll either:
1. Look at setting up my own temporary SVN for managing these changes 
and then be able to supply a large patch from it to the live one.
2. Just code review some more Jochen's changes and ensure we've caught 
any niggling bugs that we have missed.

The trouble is, due to the architecture change of the DB, some the the 
"ways of doing things" in MythMusic no longer seems overly sensible. 
There is a lot of tidying up I can do (lot's of SQL is copied all over 
the shop for example and the filling of lists for e.g. artist 
names/album names on the edit metadata/smart playlist screens is also 
repeated code and no longer as simple as a SELECT fieldname FROM 
musicmetadata" anymore and as such the wrapper function there is a litte 
contrived now).

However, I'm relucatant to do that tidying up before the first patch 
gets into SVN (or an SVN - e.g. could be my temp one if that route is 
taken) as this would be changing the structure of MM a fair bit and make 
understanding the changes way more complex if anyone reviews the patch.

I'll think it over and work out what best to do.

Cheers

Col


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