[mythtv-users] Delays in navigating Guide

[Michael T. Dean]

On 09/02/2008 02:22 PM, Tom Lichti wrote:
> Brad DerManouelian wrote:
>   
>> SVN is never stable to use for a production system. The work-around is  
>> to turn off the bob deinterlacer if you need a quick Guide with Live  
>> TV in it.
> All I can say is, in my situation, SVN trunk has been very good to me 
> for a long time. I'd rather have the bug fixes

bug fixes go into -fixes.

>  and new features

and new bugs and partial features and ...

>  now, and 
> deal with the pain of bleeding edge when it happens. Having said that, I 
> can't think of the last time I had a major problem with trunk that 
> wasn't fixed by a dev within a day.
>   

And, really, whether you have a problem with trunk isn't the issue.  The 
issue is whether those running trunk take the time to keep up with 
development so they don't waste the extremely limited time that the 
developers have to spend on Myth.

When someone isn't reading the -dev list and -commits list, they tend to 
"help" by submitting bug reports for incomplete features or works in 
progress or they don't realize when a change requires them to change the 
way they configure/use MythTV and think the code must be broken.

So, if a person isn't going to take the responsibility to keep up with 
development (which takes quite a commitment of time), the project is 
actually better off when they choose to use the stable version rather 
than trunk.

If you're going to recommend that someone else run trunk, please make 
sure you explain to them the responsibility they have when running trunk.

Mike