[mythtv-users] Feature request. MythVideo folder browser.

Kevin Kuphal kuphal at dls.net
Sat May 22 00:27:43 EDT 2004


S. Baker wrote:

>Jason Lee wrote:
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>>J. Donavan Stanley wrote:
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>>>bad enough to implement it.  While occasionally developers see a 
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>feature 
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>>>request and say "hey that's a great idea" more often than not, it's 
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>read 
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>>>as "here's another person wanting me to spend hours working on 
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>something 
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>>>I'll never use".  Apparently none of the folks writing code for MythTV 
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>>Which is fine, but, as another poster pointed out, requests by 
>>non-developer users need not be greeted with such snide and curt 
>>responses.  There's absolutely no gain for anyone in that.
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>>-- 
>>jason lee
>>Steeplesoft -- http://www.steeplesoft.com
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>>Bosco       -- http://bosco.sourceforge.net
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>This issue comes up again, and once again set off by an un-helpful
>reply by Donovan.  It would be a lot more useful and friendly to 
>mythtv users to keep a list of requests, so that developers have
>a target to shoot at, users have a place to see that at least someone
>else may have thought of what they were thinking of, and even a list
>of things that won't get implemented, because they don't fit the
>desired model for mythtv.  These lists should be prioritized by
>the lead developer (think project manager). At the very 
>least point the user to the code, and give some pointers.  
>Giving them a 'I know everything already, and am going to ignore you'
>attitude is not helping the project at all.  I give an example:
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>I have been a developer for a long time.  I thought that a good
>way to get started with mythtv would be to install it and play
>with it a bit.  Next step:  give some ideas for development, and
>see what people thought.  I immediately got a response from 
>Donovan that I considered pretty rude (go read it and judge
>for yourself).  It is probably the primary reason I just haven't
>found the time to take the next steps:  find a small project
>to work on (can't do that 'cause there isn't a TODO list anywhere
>to be found).  Next, possibly help out in adding some testing
>capability to the project, as well as code clean up (a task I don't
>mind doing occasionally).  Finally tackle something major.  Possibly
>add some system-engineering to the project eventually (one of 
>my current jobs).
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>Look around at other big open source projects.  How many of them
>have a feature request list? A bug-tracking system?  How many 
>have a release plan, or at least a list of required issues
>to be resolved before the next release?  
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>It is still likely that I will work on MythTV, but as I said
>above, my motivation is pretty low right now.  It is a great
>effort, and has come a long way.  Discouraging users and
>developers from contributing  in _any_ way does not help
>propel the project forward.
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>S. Baker
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While I'm sure it will be met with derision, such a list has been 
started at mythtv.info as was noted in another thread regarding a 
feature request.  It can be tweaked and moderated by participating 
developers if they so choose, otherwise it can be contributed to by 
anyone who has an idea to contribute.  I hope to see you there and maybe 
you might find something to share there as well.

Kevin



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