[mythtv-users] mythtv dropping mysql???

[Michael T. Dean]

On 10/22/2014 11:09 AM, jedi wrote:
>      As far as the "appliance" thing goes, one of my own examples of "db tinkering"
> is a script that clones settings from one machine to another. This simplifies the
> task of setting up a new frontend considerably. All of the media storage definitions
> get cloned as well as a basic set of UI related settings. Since I use roughly
> standardized hardware for the frontends (ION), I also clone the decoder profiles.

This is not an example of something that requires direct DB access using 
non-MythTV tools.  This is an example of something that MythTV should 
allow all users to do easily from within the UI.  This is an example of 
something that hasn't been done because it's easy enough for devs or 
power users *** to do without creating a proper UI.  This is an example 
of a feature MythTV is lacking *because* the 
mysql-direct-database-access tools are a crutch we've been leaning on.

Mike

*** or even random people who see posts on list and who don't 
necessarily know enough to know they should be worried about what's 
actually happening, let alone whether it's the proper way of doing 
things, whether it will work properly, and whether it will cause 
problems now or in the future.