[mythtv-users] MythTV 0.21

[Nicolas Will]

On Sun, 2008-03-09 at 15:28 +1100, Bill Williamson wrote:
> 
> It seems sane, and I can see how/why you're doing it that way.  I'm
> not very keen on the backports (perhaps just from being burned by
> debian, maybe not rational?) repository... 


The Ubuntu backports always worked fine for me.

They are managed differently than the Debian backports. Debian's are an
slightly unofficial thing, whereas Ubuntu's are managed like the rest.


> is there an easy way for
> someone like me running a stock ubuntu "current" + mythbuntu to get
> .21?

Mythbuntu *is* Ubuntu.

It is a set of packages inside the Ubuntu repos, nothing more.

Eventually you can add the -fixes mythbuntu repo, or the -trunk repo.



> 
> The way I see it my options are
> -wait until 8.04
> -download the files from the backports repo and install them manually
> -play with pinning and prios so that backports will be in my system,
> but NOTHING non-myth will be installed from it
> 
> Is #3 my winner?  If so, does anyone know enough about apt pinning to
> help me make a config that will work?


I would say that the options are:

- wait for 8.04
- use the backport when it is available, using the repo normally

# Backports
deb http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ gutsy-backports main restricted
universe multiverse

I see no reason to go manual or play with pinning.

Nico