[mythtv-users] Mixing SVN Frontend (0.21) with 0.20.2 Backend

[Ma Begaj]

2007/12/25, William Munson <w.munson at comcast.net>:
> Tim Litwiller wrote:
> > Your versions have to match. Either use all .20.2 or use all SVN
> >
> Not just run SVN but you must have the same version of SVN running on
> ALL your machines so you need to upgrade code on every myth machine at
> the same time. Also, you cannot go backwards from SVN to release other
> than by saving a copy of your database and restoring it when you want to
> go back. This means anything recorded while running SVN will be lost
> when reverting. On the other hand, we are getting close to another
> release of Myth so the code in SVN is pretty stable right now and I
> would not hesitate to suggest switching to SVN if you are willing to put
> up with a few possible bugs. I have been running SVN for a year or so. I
> just monitor the dev and commits lists and do not upgrade until the code
> is in a stable state, ie. I wait until a few days have passed since a
> major commit to allow the devs to fix any errors that crop up. I find
> some of the features in the new code are required to be able to run my
> system the way I want.
>
> Bill
>

this would not be a problem if mythfrontend and plugins would
communicate with mythbackend through a specified protocol without
directly writing into database. fyi, this is not a critic, just an
explanation.