[mythtv] Additional run-time dependencies

[Karl Dietz]

On 17.08.2017 21:20, Werner Mahr wrote:
> Am Donnerstag, 17. August 2017, 08:21:39 CEST schrieb Peter Bennett:
>> Packages that include python bindings or ttvdb.py will need the
>> following additional package installed:
>>
>> python-pip
>
> Maybe it's an old discussion (I didn't find anything), but why has this to be
> done in a python script? There are already many http-related things in various
> lib in mythtv, so I'm sure it could be done with Qt without new deps.

The grabbers are external scripts, so you can write a Schedules Direct
grabber and just drop it in, without recompiling MythTV itself.

Regards,
Karl

PS: Schedules Direct just being a random sample of a database with art
that our users might enjoy.