[mythtv-users] Trunk showstoppers?

[Dale Pontius]

On 12/03/11 10:14, Marc Tousignant wrote:
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> [mailto:mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org] On Behalf Of Phil Bridges
> Sent: Saturday, December 03, 2011 9:09 AM
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> Subject: [mythtv-users] Trunk showstoppers?
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> I'm currently on .23.1 (Gentoo).  I just purchased a HDHomeRun Prime, so
> I'll need to be moving on up to a newer version.  I'm tempted to jump to the
> pre-.25, but I'm concerned about what still has to be fixed/added before
> release.  Where could I find the most current list of needed fixes?  Should
> I just sign up for the -dev mailing list and peruse it?  I see the Trac list
> - should I just look through the "Trunk Head" items to see what applies to
> my system?
> 
> Also, should there be any problem with a jump from .23.1 to .25 directly?
> 
> Thanks in advance!
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> Since you have been using 0.23.1, a fixes branch, I would stick with that.
> Mainline is great, don't get me wrong, but unless you are going to help out
> bug triaging, I'd stick with .24-fixes. It also helps with the wife factor,
> if you have one, knowing you can rely on it to stay up and not crash because
> of a new feature that was just added that hasn't had all the bugs worked
> out.
> 
As a fellow Gentoo user, I would suggest getting the direct MythTV
portage feed, instead of staying on portage for this one.  I don't have
the instructions on me at the moment, but there has been a fair amount
of talk about 0.24 in the forums, and you can find the links there.  I'm
currently running "media-tv/mythtv-0.24.1_p20111116" this way, and am
reasonably happy and quite stable.

It's not an overlay, it's a separate way of handling an overlay-like
setup.  But it's not bad to set up - the instructions are decent enough.

Dale