[mythtv] Any interest in a mythweb listings by channel group patch?

[Michael T. Dean]

On 01/25/2014 03:19 PM, Tom Dexter wrote:
> Three years ago I submitted a patch for mythweb.  The original mod was
> simply to allow switching from all channels to favorites only directly
> on the listing page, rather than having to go into the settings...a
> change I've been using for years and couldn't do without.
>
> As per a suggestion (from Michael Dean I believe) I enhanced it to
> also replace the existing favorites only setting to a dropdown of all
> channel groups.  This was the original change:
>
> http://www.mythtv.org/pipermail/mythtv-dev/2010-March/067949.html
>
> If I remember correctly, I think the original change was sidelined
> because there was talk of totally redoing the mythweb templates or the
> like (??)...anyway...it was never implemented.
>
> I have the same mod in a patch for the current master that I just
> finished testing.  Any interest in that one?

Tom, the main reason your patch (at #8075 ( 
http://code.mythtv.org/trac/ticket/8075 ), which includes the original 
and the updated version you attached in the above-linked post--I 
uploaded it after your attempt to do so was rejected) wasn't committed 
was because of plans to make some major changes to MythWeb.  We have 
since decided on the approach we're taking.

The general idea is that the MythTV web interface will no longer be a 
separate web application that runs using PHP on Apache/nginx/lighttpd, 
but will be an integral part of the backend.  It will use the same code 
as the rest of MythTV (mythbackend and mythfrontend and ...) and will be 
available immediately upon starting mythbackend.  This has many benefits 
including a) eliminates the need to re-code MythTV logic (libraries and 
application logic) in a completely different programming language and 
application, b) no need to keep redundant logic up to date with changes 
to MythTV (and no worries about the web interface being outdated 
compared to other applications), and c) *much* easier setup for users 
(no need to install and configure Apache/nginx/lighttpd and install and 
configure PHP (and set various memory sizes for PHP and ...).

Stuart Morgan has been doing a lot of work on this project.  You can 
find commits toward it at http://code.mythtv.org/trac/ticket/11938

Because of this, we won't have any PHP code creating a web application 
for MythTV.  However, please feel free to upload your current 
master-compatible version of the code to #8075 (even though the ticket 
is closed--and please leave it closed for now).  While it may not be 
committed, it will be good to have it available, since we will 
incorporate similar functionality into WebFrontend (if Stuart doesn't 
get a chance to do so on the first implementation, it will eventually be 
changed to allow the functionality).  Depending on the status of 
WebFrontend when we approach the next release (and the amount of time I 
have available for MythTV), I may go ahead and commit your patch.

Thanks,
Mike