[mythtv-users] Mythbuntu 0.26 Update

[Thomas Mashos]

On Thu, Oct 4, 2012 at 2:53 PM, Michael T. Dean <mtdean at thirdcontact.com> wrote:
> On 10/04/2012 05:41 PM, Thomas Mashos wrote:
>>
>> On Thu, Oct 4, 2012 at 2:25 PM, Jim Oltman wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> it didn't work for the guy above.  His system got upgraded to 0.27.
>>>>> Granted
>>>>> he can fall back to 0.26 without any DB issues.  However, if there is
>>>>> an
>>>>> eventual change to 0.27's DB or 0.28 and this happens again, it could
>>>>> be
>>>>> a
>>>>> bad time recovering data.  It was just a thought to have a nice public
>>>>> announcement.
>>>>
>>>> But that wasn't caused by an issue with the control centre, it was
>>>>
>>>> caused by an issue with the PPA, which Mario has fixed so it won't
>>>> happen again.
>>>
>>>
>>> Correct, but he no doubt used MCC to upgrade to 0.26.  Shouldn't there be
>>> an
>>> official announcement when that "officially" works?  I'm not trying to be
>>> difficult, just asking a question.
>>
>> That always officially works. Selecting 0.26 at any time will always
>>
>> get you 0.26, and will never* get you 0.27 (or anything else).
>>
>> * Never, because there was a bug in the build script that pulled in a
>> 0.27 build which is what Mario fixed so it won't happen again. eg. The
>> 0.27 PPA won't get any builds of 0.28, ever.
>
>
> Meaning, AIUI, that today, when the OP gets/got his update, he will get/got
> one whose --version output correctly says 0.26.  (And, in all reality, he
> basically had 0.26 in all but name/--version output.)  So, he never really
> got "upgraded" to the wrong branch/version--just got a version whose
> --version was confusing/scary.
>
> Mike
>
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Further, the versions are now pulled from github rather than requiring
the dev version to be in the ubuntu repos, a much better way of doing
things.

Thanks,

Thomas Mashos