[mythtv-users] Missing keys.txt

[Michael T. Dean]

On 07/28/2007 10:35 PM, Roo wrote:
> On 29/07/07, Michael T. Dean <mtdean at thirdcontact.com> wrote:
>   
>> I think installation of documentation is left as an exercise for the
>> user.  If you raise a ticket, make sure you attach a patch that does it
>> (perhaps even adding some configure options to also allow (optionally
>> re-building and) installing the HOWTO).  And make sure the location is
>> configurable because--as I see it--it belongs in
>> $PREFIX/share/doc/mythtv-0.20.1 (or whatever version number).  :)
>> Robert Kulagowski would probably be the best person to provide input on
>> how docs should be handled if they're done automatically as part of the
>> install.
>>     
> Sounds like a great idea, then if you are also running a webserver
> (mythweb) on the same machine you can serve the doco up to your local
> network. I would be interested in seeing this happening :)
>
> A couple of thoughts are:
> * Mythweb could publish the doco by mirroring it in the the mythweb directory.
> * Or mythweb configure option that accepts a documentation path
> (--configure docpath=/some/path/to/docs).
> * Or mythweb has a configure option that picks up the $PREFIX setting
> to find the doco if enabled (configure --enable-docs).
>
> Anyone have any further thoughts?

That's definitely not a bad idea.  The hardest part is the fact that the
docs are in the mythtv package and MythWeb is in the mythplugins
package.  But, as you suggested, a configure option for MythWeb (in the
mythplugins configure script, probably) would allow you to specify a
location.  So, with a configure option in mythtv's configure for
installing the docs, it could be made to work with MythWeb.

I'm not sure if Chris Petersen would prefer it just exist as a separate
"web app"--configured through Apache.  If so, a small patch to the
mythweb.conf.apache (and the other conf) to add the new app (and provide
sufficient instructions for configuring location) would probably be
enough to get most users started.

Mike