[mythtv] dev and release builds on same machine?

[hendrixski]

It is possible to have separate systems without having to shell out more 
money for hardware. If you install a virtual machine you can run your 
unstable environment inside of it (and save a few snapshots every so 
often so that if you hoze everything just go to a previous snapshot).

If you're adventurous install a test environment in a chroot (make sure 
that you link it properly to the Xsession, or else it won't make it past 
the commandline). That way you can have SEVERAL development releases of 
*any* software distributed between several copies of your file system, 
or you can develop against several branches each with their own clean 
filesystem.  WARNING: The performance gains of doing this are probably 
not worth the headaches of when things go wrong.... so, like Brad said, 
it's asking for trouble.


Brad DerManouelian wrote:
> On Nov 5, 2007, at 3:11 PM, Mark Rafn wrote:
>
>   
>> On Mon, 5 Nov 2007, Brad DerManouelian wrote:
>>
>>     
>>> Never ever ever ever rely on a development build for anything other
>>> than developing/testing with ANY software. Anyone who tells you
>>> differently is asking for trouble.
>>>       
>> That's my baseline position, and the reason I ask.  However, I'm not  
>> sure
>> how it works with Mythtv development, what with the need for fairly
>> complete, consistent database info and actual hardware requirements  
>> for
>> tuning and recording.
>>
>> Are there instructions somewhere for setting up the "standard"  
>> development
>> system alongside a production system, including maybe how to set up a
>> dummy tuner (or "steal" a tuner from production only when not  
>> needed), and
>> how to clone and upgrade your production data (including symlinks to  
>> the
>> video files, so deletes won't affect production)?
>>     
>
> Two *completely* separate systems is best, I think - especially if you  
> need to appease others in your house. You will be much better off for  
> it.
>
>