[mythtv-users] Am I nuts going for Mythbuntu 9.04 on a Via SP13000 system?

[Dave Johansen]

On Wed, Apr 15, 2009 at 7:42 PM, Johnny <jarpublic at gmail.com> wrote:
>> I needed to upgrade a combined front/backend running on a Via SP130000
>> based System.
>>
>> Due to lots of reasons, I tend to not upgrade once a system works (if
>> is not broken no need for me to fix it).  WAF means downtime is not a
>> popular option :-) So I am looking for something that is easy and
>> stable (might rule out Fedora)
>>
>
> Well if you don't upgrade very often because things tend to break then
> you definitely don't want to upgrade to 9.04 right before/after it is
> released. The probability of something breaking is highest precisely
> at this point. It defeats the whole point of updating infrequently.
> You are better off upgrading to mythbuntu 8.10 or waiting a few months
> to be more sure that everything is working smoothly on 9.04 with
> mythtv. Any response you get now about Jaunty will just be anecdotal
> as there just aren't that many people using it, and even fewer with
> VIA hardware. Just an example, I know that there was some bug that was
> causing the frontend to seg fault for some users a few weeks ago with
> Jaunty.

I've been building a new system and decided to give Jaunty a try.
There are still 2 issues that I know of (
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/358173 and
https://bugs.launchpad.net/mythbuntu/+bug/359804), but both have work
arounds. So, in short, it's worked OK for me, but there are known
issues and you may find even more with your hardware.

Dave