[mythtv-users] Feature request: backwards compatability

Chad masterclc at gmail.com
Thu May 19 10:32:20 UTC 2005


On 5/17/05, Bryan Halter <bhalter at armyofpenguins.com> wrote:
> A nice feature to have would be backwards compatability for the Mythtv
> protocol on either the backend or frontend.  One of the biggest hurdles
> for me as a Gentoo user is that I have to upgrade all my frontends and
> backends at the same time and restart.  If the frontend had barkwards
> compatability by 1 version a user could upgrade the frontends one by one
> as time permits and at the end upgrade the backend, likewise if the
> backend could support clients one revision back that could be upgraded
> without needing to upgrade all the frontends.
> 
> I don't know how much effort is involved in this or if it has been
> discussed previously, just an observation.
> 
> --Bryan

I feel for ya!  Although I do agree with the response that "there are
far better things for the dev's to be doing" I think this is truly
something to keep on a hot plate if not a back burner.

Sure sure, attack us Gentoo users, but there are other situations that
I can see people finding themselves in where this would be a great
benefit.

Backend running 0.18
Find a disc on the cover of "Linux Media Magazine" with MythTV
binaries on it running a slightly older knoppmyth 0.17  Decide to see
if knoppmyth is really all it's cracked up to be, only to find out
that your backend isn't going to play nice with it.  Stomp on the
disc, curse knoppmyth, and smile 18 hours later when your Gentoo
install finishes and 0.18 works as expected.

;)

Cool


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