[mythtv-users] Upgrading to 0.19 for lazy n00bs?

[Kichigai Mentat]

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On Mar 12, 2006, at 20.09, Cecil Watson wrote:

> Kichigai Mentat wrote:
>> I'll be honest, I'm a lazy n00b: I can make a Linux machine work  
>> for me,
>> but I couldn't get MythTV to compile to save my life. Whenever I  
>> ask for
>> debian-centric advice, I'm pointed to the non-existent Malrait  
>> Debs. So
>> I've come to rely on KnoppMyth.
>>
>> Now 0.19 is out, and there's some nifty little upgrades I'd like  
>> to get
>> my hands on (Like MythWiFi for example), but no new KnoppMyth  
>> version.
>> I've also heard that there are some annoying bugs in 0.19. I'm
>> wondering, is an upgrade from 0.18.2 to 0.19 worth the problems,  
>> and are
>> there any pre-fab'd Myth installers (similar to KnoppMyth, though I'm
>> willing to try a non-Debian distro for once)? Or should I just  
>> wait a while?
>>
>> /A hypothetical paradox:/
>> /        What would happen in a battle between an Enterprise
>> security //team, who always get killed soon after appearing, and a  
>> squad
>> of //Imperial Stormtroopers, who can't hit the broad side of a  
>> planet?/
>>                 -- Tom Galloway
> If you want 0.19 and are running KnoppMyth you can:
> A)  Have some patiences, as a new release w/ 0.19-fixes (and other
> goodies) is a few days away.
Oh, good. I didn't know that.
>
> B)  Compile MythTV yourself.  KnoppMyth already includes all the deps,
> so you should have no problems compile MythTV.  All you have to do is
> follow the simple directions in the MythTV docs.
D'oh, I probably should have realized that. I might actually consider  
this option. This way I don't lose my existing database or recordings.
>
> Regards,
>
> Cecil
Crime does not pay ... as well as politics.
                 -- A. E. Neuman
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