[mythtv-users] Status of 0.25

[Gavin Hurlbut]

On Fri, Feb 17, 2012 at 11:47 AM, Gary Buhrmaster
<gary.buhrmaster at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 17, 2012 at 19:37, Eric <bernhart2002 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hello all, i see that 0.25 has a targeted release date of april 2nd and i
>> was wondering if it is stable enough to be used in a production system?
>> Anyone using it?
>
> You would have to define "stable enough".  It has not
> (yet) gone through the usual Beta/RC testing cycles,
> so bugs (almost certainly) exist in the branch.  Bugs
> that matter to you?  I do not know.  Bugs that will
> be fixed (rather than the feature pulled)?  I do not know.
> If you are someone who enjoys the experiences of
> a work in progress (crashes/bugs give you the excuse
> to tinker and debug), than it is probably "stable enough".
> If you want rock solid WAF, it probably is not.  AFAIK
> the developers make no assurances of "stability"
> until it is formally released.  Still targeted for April.

We never fully make assurances of "stability" regardless of releases.
However, is it usable as is now?  Mostly.  Should you try it?  That
depends on your personal situation, and your capability/ability/desire
to help debug any remaining issues.

I personally have run the cutting edge from well before I became a
developer.  You just need to remember that there are going to be bugs,
and sometimes they may be quite nasty.  We are in a feature freeze
now, and we are all supposed to be focusing on bug reduction.  To this
end, having some brave users actually starting to use it can be
extremely helpful, as we only have so many different configurations
and sets of hardware available to us.

So, if you are up for some adventure, and don't have someone who will
kick your posterior if she sees as much as a frame glitch (or
whatever), by all means go for it.  Is it completely ready for
release?  Nope.