Cool, thanks. That's all I was looking for. <br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Feb 21, 2008 at 11:08 AM, Brad DerManouelian <<a href="mailto:myth@dermanouelian.com">myth@dermanouelian.com</a>> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<div><div></div><div class="Wj3C7c">On Feb 21, 2008, at 7:48 AM, Josh White wrote:<br>
<br>
> If you read it again, my question is far from impossible to answer.<br>
><br>
> Someone who has seen the transition from .17 to .18, .18 to .19, .19<br>
> to .20...could conceivably have a better idea of when they started<br>
> hearing "it's close" on the discussion group to "it's here" based on<br>
> how the transitions from the last major versions to the next went.<br>
><br>
> I'm certainly not looking for someone to base their careers or lives<br>
> on how accurate their guess is, but the general order of magnitude<br>
> of the time till release shouldn't be out of the question for<br>
> someone with more historical knowledge. I'm a bit of a Linux noob<br>
> and I can't code to save my life (compiling anything from source is<br>
> still a challenge for me).<br>
><br>
> I've been involved with Myth for about 4 months now. Someone more<br>
> knowledgeable would have stronger historical basis, and that's<br>
> probably someone who's been involved with this discussion group<br>
> longer than I, and from all that they'd be able to generate a better<br>
> guess than I would. It's someone like that who I'm asking. If you<br>
> know nothing more than that, please simply ignore the post and wait<br>
> for someone qualified to answer, rather than telling me its<br>
> impossible.<br>
><br>
> I didn't ask for lottery numbers.<br>
><br>
> From my background, I feel confident in saying will be out somewhere<br>
> between 1 day to 1 year from now. I expect someone more<br>
> knowledgeable can do better. If you ask a stock broker whether a<br>
> stock is at its peak, they can say "I don't think so" or "I think it<br>
> will be in the next few weeks" or "I think it peaked last month."<br>
> Of course, it's impossible to say with 100% certainty, but I thinks<br>
> it's a decent analogy. Sure, the broker could tell someone to<br>
> "download the historical data and make your own guess," but that<br>
> would be a waste of the work the stock broker already did. As you<br>
> said, this is an OSS project. The idea is to share knowledge and<br>
> not to reinvent the wheel. I could start learning how to program<br>
> and come out with my on PVR software package, but that would be silly.<br>
><br>
> The reason I ask is I plan to do some setup changes and I'd rather<br>
> wait till the next release to do that. If it's a matter of days or<br>
> weeks, I'll hold off. If it's a matter of months, I'll go ahead and<br>
> make my changes now. I'm not trying to be impatient, and I'm not<br>
> suggesting it's taking too long. I'm simply asking for some<br>
> guidance from the more experienced people in the community.<br>
><br>
> So does anyone feel confident enough to venture a guess?<br>
<br>
<br>
</div></div>The problem with guessing is that you set expectations.<br>
<br>
This statement last December:<br>
<a href="http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/dev/304388" target="_blank">http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/dev/304388</a><br>
turned into an "announcement" here:<br>
<a href="http://mythtvnews.com/2007/12/09/mythtv-021-will-be-released-in-february-2008/" target="_blank">http://mythtvnews.com/2007/12/09/mythtv-021-will-be-released-in-february-2008/</a><br>
<br>
Neither are accurate in my opinion, but there is your guess.<br>
<br>
Google is pretty good and finding stuff like that.<br>
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