[mythtv-users] versions mix & match ?

[James]

> On 27 Feb 2023, at 7:19 pm, Per Jessen <per at computer.org> wrote:
> 
> Peter Bennett wrote:
> 
>> 
>> On 2/26/23 10:21, Per Jessen wrote:
>>> hello,
>>> 
>>> I have a setup consisting of two backends, a database machine and two
>>> frontends.  All version 30.  I'm working on adding a third backend
>>> (for
>>> migration purposes).  For now, on this new backend, I've installed 31
>>> (happens to be all that is currently available for openSUSE), so
>>> mythtv-setup is of course suggesting a database schema upgrade.

FYI I built fixes/32 and fixes/33 for tumbleweed and for 15.4
I had to handhold. ansible,

   take ansible's fail, put it in a terminal and run zypper on every line (rather than zypper huge list)

 the rest was easy including mythweb

James

>>> 
>>> Will the existing backends/frontends continue to work if I do this
>>> schema upgrade?
>>> 
>>> thanks.
>>> 
>> No. MythTV requires all backends and frontends that interconnect to
>> use the same database schema version. The backend automatically
>> upgrades but will not downgrade, so once you have converted your
>> database you cannot go back.
> 
> Right, that was my gut feeling too.  Thanks for confirming. 
> 
> I just thought I'd read something about better "inter-version"
> cooperation, but I may well have been daydreaming. 
> 
> 
> -- 
> Per Jessen, Zürich (1.4°C)
> 
> 
> _______________________________________________
> mythtv-users mailing list
> mythtv-users at mythtv.org
> http://lists.mythtv.org/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
> http://wiki.mythtv.org/Mailing_List_etiquette
> MythTV Forums: https://forum.mythtv.org