[mythtv-users] strange order of expiry

[Brian J. Murrell]

On Wed, 2017-10-18 at 16:44 -0400, Michael T. Dean wrote:
> 
> Right.  That's why the "Weighted time/priority combination" method 
> exists--so you can have it delete your oldest ones first, but prefer 
> deleting a "slightly" newer recording if its record priority 
> (importance/value to you) is lower.  Slightly in quotes because you
> can 
> make slightly pretty huge with the priority weight.

Sure.  But if I set "Lowest priority first" *and* unselect Watched
before unwatched I'd expect *all* of my -5 priority shows to be deleted
before 0 priority, regardless of watched status.

But that's not what I get:

MythTV AutoExpire List (programs listed in order of expiration)
"The National"                           1263 MB 2017-10-13T07:59:00Z     [ -5]
"The National"                           1241 MB 2017-10-13T09:00:00Z     [ -5]
"The National"                           1260 MB 2017-10-13T06:00:00Z     [ -5]
"The National"                           1240 MB 2017-10-14T03:00:00Z     [ -5]
"The National"                           1262 MB 2017-10-14T01:59:00Z     [ -5]
"Grey's Anatomy":"Break Down the House;  1211 MB 2017-09-29T00:00:00Z     [  0]
"Grey's Anatomy":"Go Big or Go Home"      977 MB 2017-10-06T00:00:00Z     [  0]
"Madam Secretary":"News Cycle"           1737 MB 2017-10-09T02:00:00Z     [  0]
"The National"                           1241 MB 2017-10-14T05:00:00Z     [ -5]
"The National"                           1241 MB 2017-10-12T04:00:00Z     [ -5]
"The National"                           1239 MB 2017-10-13T04:00:00Z     [ -5]
"The National"                           1239 MB 2017-10-14T04:00:00Z     [ -5]
"The National"                           1240 MB 2017-10-11T04:00:00Z     [ -5]
"The National"                           1241 MB 2017-10-10T04:00:00Z     [ -5]
"The National"                           1240 MB 2017-10-06T04:00:00Z     [ -5]
"The National"                           1240 MB 2017-10-04T04:00:00Z     [ -5]
"The National"                           1240 MB 2017-10-03T04:00:00Z     [ -5]

So I must still be misunderstanding something.

Cheers,
b.
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