[mythtv-users] Feature request: backwards compatability

Jake jakeisawake at gmail.com
Wed May 18 10:02:30 UTC 2005


On 5/17/05, Bryan Halter <bhalter at armyofpenguins.com> wrote:
>  I have mythtv running on 3 platforms, thus 3 systems to compile.  Compiling
> it is not the hard part, once I make a switch to a new server version or
> switch one of the backends everything else must be in place.  Example my
> Xbox is much slower compiling than my p4 2.0.  If I could build the new
> server and continue to be able to use it with the old front end on the xbox
> it would mean much less downtime for that frontend.  Currently once I
> upgrade the server and the P4 frontend I can't watch TV on the xbox in my
> room until its finished compiling.
>  
>  --Bryan

even if you can't find a way to make it so gentoo won't install until
you are ready why not just compile the xbox and when it's done compile
the p4.  or, look into using distcc, that would surely speed things
up.


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