[mythtv-users] Would like to use Myth CVS but never have...

[K.R. Foley]

Malcolm wrote:
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Alan Snyder" <ax763 at yahoo.com>
> Sent: Thursday, February 19, 2004 8:22 AM
> 
>>>On Wednesday 18 February 2004 11:19 pm, Anthony wrote:
>>>
>>>>CVS is what the developers are CURRENTLY working on. Its
>>>
>>>quite likely
>>>
>>>>there are bugs, broken things, etc in the builds generated
>>>
>>>from CVS,
>>>
>>>>but in most cases, builds should generate (i.e. no compiler errors).
>>>>
>>>>If you are familiar with coding, and don't want to wait for
>>>
>>>0.15, you
>>>
>>>>could always look through the CVS log for changes related to your
>>>>problem, manually patch them in and recompile.
>>>>
>>>
>>>I'm probably not familiar enough with coding to figure out
>>>which pieces of
>>>code I need and manually patch just the right files so how
>>>about this. I download CVS and related modules, compile,
>>>install.  Then if something is
>>>broken can I just switch back to my mythtv-0.14 source
>>>directory and run
>>>"make install" and put the 0.14 binarys back out and down
>>>grade?  or is this
>>>a big NO NO because of database changes and or upgrades?
>>>
>>
>>You can do this IF you backup the database before the CVS install, then
>>restore it before going back ot 0.14.  New versions will upgrade the
>>database but old versions won't downgrade it.  Instructions for
>>backup/restore are in the docs.
> 
> 
> Thanks for the help but if I backup the database and run CVS for a while
> things will change.  Recordings will get deleted, new ones will be added
> etc.  Then a week later I decided it's not for me and I try and go back I'll
> have to restore an old database that's out of sync with the recordings.
> How's that going to work?
> 
> Thanks
> Malcolm
> 

Malcolm,

There are no perfect solutions to some scenarios. If you wish to live on 
the bleeding edge you are bound to get some cuts once in a while. While 
it is up to you if you want to switch to CVS or not, you must decide 
whether the fixes you are looking for are worth the risk and work 
involved. Personally, I am in the process building the newest CVS to 
replace an older version from CVS. If there is something that bites 
badly in the current CVS chances are it will get fixed relatively 
quickly anyway. This is not a product that is remaining stagnant for 
long periods of time. Having said all of that, if there are significant 
changes in the database (I don't know) from 0.14 to current CVS, you 
will probably lose some data if you have to go back to the older 
version. My guess is that you will know long before you delete or record 
a lot of shows whether it works well enough to keep or not.

just my $.02,

kr
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K.R. Foley
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