[mythtv] Services API for ChannelServices / Channel

[Gary Buhrmaster]

On Sat, Nov 2, 2019 at 4:23 PM Klaas de Waal <klaas.de.waal at gmail.com> wrote:

> I have now added the support for the Services API along the same lines
> as previously done for the bouquet_id and the region_id. It is
> convenient to assume that the version bump done by Bill yesterday does
> also cover this change.

That change is necessary, as It provides the
appropriate ability for a user (app) of the service
API to identify when enable the new features.

But that does not provide API backward
compatibility when using an existing endpoint
where existing codes which do not provide the
values do not get existing values overridden by
updates that do not provide them (likely using
something like the checks that were mentioned
by Roger to check if the names were supplied
in the post, and if not, do not update those
values in a row, or ensuring that existing values
are maintained (depending on how you wish
to write the code).

If you are in progress with these changes I
will just wait, but otherwise I can create a
number of release blocker tickets so that
v31 is not released prematurely.  How do
you wish to proceed?