[mythtv-users] Development update

[Andrew Close]

On 10/28/05, Andrew Close <aclose at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 10/28/05, Jesse Guardiani <jesse at wingnet.net> wrote:
> <snip/>
>
> > > First rule of MythTV-dev is don't ask about MythTV-dev!
>
> heh :)
>
> > >
> > > But seriously... it will be released when its ready. If your anxious, build
> > > from SVN. Its relatively stable considering how many changes go into it. If
> > > you want an idea of what's been added you can search through the SVN commits.
> > >
> > > Lots of bug fixes, and some new ones, lots of feature updates for HDTV and DVB
> > > use.
> > >
> >
> > Is it still basically the same though?
> > I've been reading bits and pieces about a new frontend daemon/frontend
> > client architecture and other
> > things like OpenGL UI rendering that seem to change Myth's core.
> >
> > Are these changes in the next gen, or the next next gen?
> >
> > I think the problem that many of us have with trying SVN is that we only
> > have one mythtv system,
> > and while we'd love to try SVN, we have family that expect Myth to be
> > reliable. :) So all we have
> > left is curiosity...
>
> i too am curious about the future of MythTv.  but i know better than
> to ask about it. ;)  it would be cool if there were updates from
> decisions made by the devs that were posted on occassion.
>
> Jesse, one thing you could try is looking at some of  the newer distro
> releases.  KnoppMyth R5A22 was recently released and includes MythTv
> from SVN.  it is a fairly quick and easy install on newer hardware.
> if you're comfortable with tweaking Linux then i would say go ahead
> and install it on your production machine (do a little research first,
> and make backups ;)
> but i would be hesitant to tell anyone that just 'uses' MythTv to
> upgrade their production system regardless of the distro being used.
> there's always that one gotcha ;)  but they can usually be resolved
> over a few email exchanges to this list or by checking out the other
> resources available (wikis, forums, etc).
>

i meant to add this link in my previous post...

Changelog for KnoppMyth
http://mysettopbox.tv/CHANGELOG.txt