[mythtv-users] RFD: MythTV-users-Mac mailing list
Craig Treleaven
ctreleaven at cogeco.ca
Tue Apr 1 15:55:31 UTC 2008
I wonder if there is enough support to create a new mailing list
focused on MythTV running on Mac OS X? I've been running an all-Mac
Myth setup since August 2007. The backend has been amazing
stable--it have never once crashed. My impression is that there may
now be enough Mac users that a Mac-specific list would be viable.
There are a few factors that suggest that a separate list for Mac
discussion might be warranted:
1) The Mac OS X port of Myth is sufficiently different from the Linux versions:
-utilities and support programs (wget, etc) are either not present by
default on Mac OS X or stored in directories that are unique to OS X.
-libraries are bundled with the app and thus accessed differently.
-some feature of Myth don't work under OS X.
-fewer tuners are supported under OS X.
-etc.
2) Directing Mac-specific traffic to another list would help reduce
the volume of the MythTV-users list to the benefit of non-Mac users.
Mac-specific posts now run the risk of being lost in the flood.
Having a separate list would make it easier for Mac users to support
other Mac users.
3) Having a separate archive of a MythTV-users-Mac mailing list would
make it easier to find answers. Now, it is often difficult to find
Mac-specific threads as a post might say "Mac", "OSX", "OS X" or
something else.
I suppose the objection to creating another list would be that folks
with mixed (Mac/Linux) setups would need to monitor two lists.
Cross-posting would definitely be an annoyance. OTOH, I think having
a separate Mac list would also benefit mixed setup people as issues
are generally specific to a platform.
Looking down the road, as the Win port progresses, one could imagine
a MythTV-users-Win list might make sense.
Thoughts? Objections? Support?
Craig
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