[mythtv] Additional run-time dependencies

[Gary Buhrmaster]

On Thu, Aug 17, 2017 at 4:02 PM, Thomas Mashos <thomas at mashos.com> wrote:

> Is this necessary for MythTV release 30 or prior versions?

The TV DataBase will no longer support the old API as
of (more of less) Oct 1st.  All users of ttvdb (in any
MythTV version) will need to install the new metadata
script, and the prereqs, should they want to obtain
(or continue to obtain) metadata.  This is likely to
include versions of MythTV packages on distros that
no longer are getting updates.  Time to upgrade!

One can suggest that ttvdb should have provided
more than 6 months of warning that an old API
would no longer function, but that is the way of
many community based projects.  In with the new,
out with the old.