[mythtv-users] Feature request: backwards compatability
Richie Jarvis
richie at helkit.com
Fri May 27 09:12:24 UTC 2005
Bryan Halter 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.
I too would like this feature - I have 3 Xbox frontends running
XboxMyth, and having to do them all on the same day is somewhat of a pain...
Still, I can fully understand the dev's not wanting this!
Cheers,
Richie
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