[mythtv] Packaging prereleases/CVS? (was: Next release?)

[DanM]

Issac has said many times he does not want packages made out of cvs.  
Only releases.

-dan

Tim Harvey wrote:

>Chris,
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>I'm very interested in easily being able to create a package out of the
>current CVS.  I've downloaded the spec files from your site but I can't
>say that I know exactly how to use them.  Is there a simple process to
>follow that you could outline?  Doesn't the inclusion of new files and
>removal of old files break things?  I really don't like the idea of
>installing my 'in development' version without a package as it seems to
>put files all over the place making it difficult to move from version to
>version.
>
>Also, with regards to MythWeb, do you know of a simple way to get a
>browser to 'launch' a file?  I have patched MythWeb to allow file
>launching from links for MythMusic, MythVideo, and MythTV but I don't
>like my solution.  I've tried using 'file://<network attached storage>'
>but it always causes my browser (IE) to try to download the file instead
>of just launching it.  My solution was to come up with a new protocol
>such as 'media://' and then configure IE to launch my media player
>application for that protocol.  I consider that quite a hack, especially
>considering I have to make registry hacks to register the protocol.
>
>Thanks for any help!
>
>Tim
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>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: mythtv-dev-bounces at mythtv.org
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>[mailto:mythtv-dev-bounces at mythtv.org]
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>>On Behalf Of Chris Petersen
>>Sent: Friday, January 23, 2004 11:42 AM
>>To: Development of mythtv
>>Subject: Re: [mythtv] Packaging prereleases/CVS? (was: Next release?)
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>>Sorry for not responding about this earlier, I've been overloaded with
>>"life" lately and haven't had much time to think about myth stuff.
>>Anyway...
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>>>would it make sense to rethink about publishing packages of
>>>prereleased versions, CVS or otherwise?
>>>...
>>>Many projects have unstable/bleeding edge/beta packaged stages for
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>the
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>>>adventurous to lay their hand upon. What do you think?
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>>I'm personally in favor of this.  Granted, I currently build my own
>>packages from CVS (or will once this ../../.. qmake "feature" is
>>resolved or worked around), but it would be nice to have official
>>packages so I don't have to do this.
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>>In my case, I refuse to install unpackaged software on my systems
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>unless
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>>there is a REALLY good reason - packages are just too nice to deal
>>with.  As a developer on this project, I do occasionally need to keep
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>up
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>>with CVS.
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>>Although I agree that it wouldn't be such a great idea having a link
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>to
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>>the CVS rpm's prominently featured with the other download links, I
>>don't think such a link should be discouraged outright.  There are
>>plenty of people capable of providing good bug reports, who wouldn't
>>otherwise install CVS for debugging.  If there was an unofficial
>>repository of cvs rpm's (not linked to from the myth web page, but
>>somewhere we could publicly post/talk about, rather than Axel's
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>private
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>>one), those people could still use CVS.
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>>If it becomes a major hassle, we could always go back to the way
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>things
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>>are now.
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>>just my $.02
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>>--
>>Chris Petersen
>>Programmer / Web Designer
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