[mythtv-users] Database internals

Jay Ashworth jra at baylink.com
Sun Jan 5 18:18:34 UTC 2014


----- Original Message -----
> From: "Gary Buhrmaster" <gary.buhrmaster at gmail.com>

> Note that there was a period of time when many distros
> were shipping a MySQL version that defaulted to InnoDB
> (rather then MyISAM), and before MythTV changed to
> explicitly specify the MyISAM engine. Users that
> installed/upgraded during that period may have other
> tables that are InnoDB (or some mixture).

So... who took the decision that we should  *stay* with MyISAM, and
were there any underlying reasons for that decision, and when should 
they be revisited?  (Protip: years ago :-)

Cheers,
-- jra
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