[mythtv-commits] Ticket #11925: Symlinks to external files no longer served by mythbackend

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#11925: Symlinks to external files no longer served by mythbackend
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 Reporter:  pmhahn@…         |          Owner:  dblain
     Type:  Patch - Bug Fix  |         Status:  new
 Priority:  minor            |      Milestone:  0.27.1
Component:  MythTV - UPnP    |        Version:  0.27-fixes
 Severity:  medium           |     Resolution:
 Keywords:  symlink Debian   |  Ticket locked:  0
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Comment (by mdean):

 Is the couple hundred kilobytes of HDD space savings really worth the
 added complexity of using the system versions of (parts of) a couple of
 minor JavaScript libraries?  Using system libraries requires that
 packagers test and verify that the (presumably ever-being-updated-beyond-
 MythTV's) version of the system libraries is compatible with the MythTV
 code and marking compatible/not-compatible versions in the package
 management system.  Note that this is a problem not only for packagers,
 but also for users who must figure out why upgrades are being blocked
 and/or must figure out a way to work around the package management system
 when they need to upgrade the system libraries to a version that's not
 compatible with the MythTV code.

 It seems that installing a separate copy of the JavaScript library code
 used by MythTV--a copy that's guaranteed to be compatible with the MythTV
 code (because it was used to develop that code) and that can be upgraded
 only when MythTV is ready for the upgrade--is a much safer and better
 approach.  I recommend just installing the files MythTV installs.

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Ticket URL: <http://code.mythtv.org/trac/ticket/11925#comment:1>
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