[mythtv] MythTV PPA 29

Paul Gardiner lists at glidos.net
Fri Jul 7 08:19:49 UTC 2017


On 06/07/2017 19:23, Jay R. Ashworth wrote:
> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Peter Bennett" <pgbennett at comcast.net>
> 
>> On 06/11/2017 02:34 PM, Andrew Stadt wrote:
>>> On 01/06/17 08:58 PM, Peter Bennett wrote:
>>>> Hi Thomas
>>>>
>>>> The next version of MythTV will be 29, but I see the ppa is called
>>>> ppa:mythbuntu/0.29. I believe it should be set up as 29 rather than
>>>> 0.29, to avoid confusion. Is there a plan to rename it? Unfortunately
>>>> that may upset people already using it under the name 0.29, so I
>>>> don't know what the best approach would be. Also I the version number
>>>> used in the deb file should be 29 rather than 0.29.
>>>>
>>>> Peter
>>> While neither a dev, or even a user of the mythbuntu/ppa releases, you
>>> should note that the next release will be 0.29 not 29. If you check
>>> mythtv.org you'll note the current  stable release is 0.28.1
>>> _______________________________________________
>>>
>> The decision was made some time ago to abandon the 0.xx version
>> numbering and move from version 0.28 to to 29
> 
> By whom and why?
> 
> That sort of crap is *critically* antisocial for lots of really practical
> reasons.


Well, it saves two bytes... and all those people out there using MythTV:
those bytes add up! :-)

Go figure!!

P.


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