[mythtv] Running SVN and stable backends side-by-side
Ronald Pijnacker
pijnacker at dse.nl
Sun Jan 22 20:36:46 UTC 2006
> On 01/22/2006 02:26 PM, Ronald Pijnacker wrote:
> > In thread http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/dev/172837#172780
> > someone mentioned writing a HOWTO for running svn and stable side-by-side
> > on the same host.
> > Is this in fact without risc? And if so, did someone finish the HOWTO?
> >
> Looks like you read up to page 3. Page 4 says that it doesn't really
> work:
> http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/engine?do=post_view_flat;post=171985;page=4;sb=post_latest_reply;so=ASC;mh=25;list=mythtv
>
> You would have to maintain two copies of the database, meaning you would
> only really use SVN by backing up your database, starting SVN, looking
> at it, then stopping SVN, and restoring the backup of the database. So,
> if you did anything in the SVN copy (like changing configuration or
> deleting a recording or whatever), your "stable" database copy would be
> out of date and you can't "downgrade" the SVN databse to stable, so...
In fact I read this, however it only suggests that things might go wrong
if the database schema has changed. I could not find any information
detailing whether this is the case.
> On the bright side, I (not a developer) think I might see 0.19 out there
> on the horizon...
True... I guess I'll wait...
Ronald.
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