[mythtv-users] Questions prior to 0.21 upgrade

[Richard Freeman]

Michael T. Dean wrote:
> 
> Actually, there are 3 versions that must be identical.
> 
>   - MythTV network protocol version
>   - MythTV database schema version
>   - MythTV library API version (must be identical within a host--i.e. 
> mythfrontend and mythbackend and all myth plugins require the same 
> library API version)
> 
> 
> Basically, you should /always/ make sure all hosts on your system have 
> installed MythTV from the same SVN branch and using the same SVN revision.
> 
> Note, also, that mythbackend --version or mythfrontend --version will 
> output the network protocol and library API version information as well 
> as the SVN branch and revision information.  

How can I find out the verions (including DB schema) given an SVN
revision number?

Sure, I'd like to run the same version everywhere.  However, I run
minimyth on my frontend and Gentoo on the backend.  I'd end up ripping
out my hair if I had to try to keep the two coordinated.  Essentially
I'd need to custom-build everything, or give up on a diskless front-end.

Currently I just cross my fingers and see what happens when I upgrade
either.

It would be nice if I could just evaluate whether two different SVN
revisions are going to end up being compatible, since every distro
independently chooses which ones they're going to deploy.