[mythtv] mythdvd

[matt.jarvis at philips.com]

Admittedly that mythdvd post should have gone to the users list ( I am at 
work and only subscribed to the devel list here ), however, I really think 
your personal attack on all my previous postings to this list is totally 
unnecessary. Most of my posts have been related to DVB, which has been 
under heavy development and is not really relevant to the users list. 

1. * You post only "problems" you have in your setup
    * don't confirm, if that's your problem or that of others

The reason I've spent time describing my setup, and reporting problems 
here,  was that I assumed the developer pool on DVB was pretty small and 
could do with some feedback from people with different setups, given the 
amount of variation in DVB broadcasting. I apologise if this was 
incorrect, although I have had what I thought were constructive 
discussions with others here both on and off list.

2. sometimes others already reported the same thing

Of the few problems I have posted, I was actually the first to post 
regarding several issues. ( DVB PiP, xv scaling with tnt2 ultra, recent 
problems with input switching not working correctly ).

your problem descrition is way too vage and short
    * you make (almost) no investigation on your own as to the source of
      the problem

So, 
it can't really count as qualified and helpful bug report, but it seems 
more like a thinking aloud


Fine, then I won't post any further messages. If you are trying to 
encourage more people to get involved in MythTV, then you are going about 
it in the wrong way  as far as I am concerned.


Matt










Ben Bucksch <linux.news at bucksch.org>
2003-08-18 12:34

 
        To:     Matt Jarvis/LGD/CE/PHILIPS at EMEA1
        cc: 
        Subject:        Re: [mythtv] mythdvd
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Could you please post stuff like this to the users list?

    * You post only "problems" you have in your setup
    * don't confirm, if that's your problem or that of others
    * sometimes others already reported the same thing
    * your problem descrition is way too vage and short
    * you make (almost) no investigation on your own as to the source of
      the problem

Basically, you are more asking questions than providing information. So, 
it can't really count as qualified and helpful bug report, but it seems 
more like a thinking aloud. That's may be OK on the users list, but the 
dev list should really focus on code and development, not user problems 
(even though the source may or may not be in the code).

So, please either make a much more thorough investigation of your 
problems, so that you can actually provide new, useful information to 
the developers, or post to the users list. Some developers (not me) read 
on there as well and may pick up what you write there, if it's 
interesting.

Thanks,

Ben

matt.jarvis at philips.com wrote:

>I have been trying out Mythdvd over the weekend, but have a couple of 
>issues.
>
...

>is anyone else seeing this ?
>