[mythtv-users] Upgraded to Ubuntu 13.10 --> Mythweb down

Rick rick at laity.ca
Sun Oct 20 20:43:37 UTC 2013


On 20/10/2013 5:23 PM, Gary Buhrmaster wrote:
> On Sun, Oct 20, 2013 at 7:57 PM, Rick <rick at laity.ca> wrote:
> ....
>> Actually this has been like this for a long time now.  Is nobody minding
>> mythweb anymore or is it up to us amateurs to take months figuring it out or
>> just giving up?
>
> Sounds like you need to work with your distro packager to build
> correct distro specific files (MythTV configurations are often "generic",
> which means it may work on all, some, or no specific distro, and
> while there are packaging scripts for some distros, the same applies).
> And when the distro changes system application versions, it is
> not entirely surprising that the distro packagers have not tested
> all the changes for all possible packages.  Your distro packager
> should have a bug tracking system.  I would recommend opening
> a bug there to get the defaults changed (until they see a ticket,
> I'll bet they simply did not know that changes were needed).  In
> some cases, those changes may get reflected into the packaging
> scripts, and in other cases, those changes are local to the
> packager.
>
> Gary

I download straight from the git factory and install it myself in 
var/www/html as the install instructions state.  If you can't install 
and use from the install and readme files then I'd suggest there is a 
problem.  I'm willing to admit I may be part of the problem as I'm able 
to follow instructions fairly well but drop the ball when it comes time 
figure out php errors and omissions. Even saying that I can usually 
muddle along and get mythweb going, just not 100% perfect.  A patch 
should certainly make it into the next iteration of mythweb as well, not 
languish in some dark hole somewhere through a couple of generations.

Don't get me wrong, I love using mythweb, but I'm not a guru.  I prefer 
to install these things myself and have to allow for errors if I'm going 
to do it that way.

cheers,
rick




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