[mythtv-commits] Ticket #10298: Can't reset/retire frontend/backend hostname-> upgrade faults

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#10298: Can't reset/retire frontend/backend hostname-> upgrade faults
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 Reporter:  harrycoin@…            |          Owner:  danielk
     Type:  Bug Report - General   |         Status:  closed
 Priority:  minor                  |      Milestone:  unknown
Component:  MythTV - Mythtv-setup  |        Version:
 Severity:  medium                 |     Resolution:  Invalid
 Keywords:  retire reset hostname  |  Ticket locked:  0
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Comment (by harrycoin@…):

 The choice of hostname usually refers to a place, a function, it is not a
 shorthand for what's in the box.  Otherwise hostnames would be
 'dellXXXbox2' per your suggestion and not 'bobs laptop' as in so many
 cases.  For example, kindly explain where the GUI presently makes it
 possible to remove the tuners and connections from a backend which simply
 died?  How is not offering that ability not a bug?

 In my world laptops go away and come back with different hardware using
 the same hostname (totally outside my control), and backends break with no
 hope of recovery using the same guts without asking me first to use a gui
 to prepare for the event.

 Kindly reconsider.  How much work would it call for to present a list of
 systems in the database with the ability to delete upon request?  If this
 sort of thing isn't properly a 'developer task' or useability bug fix,
 what is?

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