[mythtv-users] Time Stretch and S/PDIF

[Nick Rout]

On Sun, Oct 4, 2009 at 9:56 AM, Peter Carlsson <maillist.peter at home.se> wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 02, 2009 at 12:30:27 +1300, Nick Rout wrote:
>> >> What about Mythbuntu? I usually use Debian for most of my computers but for
>> >> my HTPC I have planned to install Mythbuntu since I am under the impression
>> >> that it is easy to use/maintain, updates more frequently (following Ubuntus
>> >> release cycle) and keeps much more up-to-date with MythTV. Is that true?
>> >
>> > mythbuntu, debian, fedora, you name it, is irrelevant at all...
>> >
>> > Those are linux distribution, not mythtv !
>> >>
>> >> Will I benefit from this ticket if I switch to Mythbuntu 9.10 when it is
>> >> released or at least get the patch sooner than if I stick with Debian (stable)?
>> >
>> > this ticket has nothing to do with a particular distribution.
>> > It's for mythtv.
>> >
>> > So if you get a distribution, whichever it is, that package mythtv
>> > 0.22, this is what you get: mythtv 0.22
>> >
>> > The changes in this ticket won't be in MythTV 0.22
>> >
>> > What is so hard to understand?
>>
>> I guess once 0.22 is released we will get an 0.22-fixes. One question
>> is: "Will this ticket make it into 0.22-fixes?"
>>
>> If there is a possibility that the ticket will get into fixes, the
>> distro does matter, because some distros are more adept at keeping
>> their packages up to date with -fixes, some are slower.
>
> This is exactly what I ment! Mythbuntu is released every 6 month and
> seems to include the most recent MythTV (trunk) at that time, while
> Debian does not? At least not if you want to stay with stable (or
> testing).
>

No mythbuntu generally updates to a recent -fixes, not to trunk.

After a release (say 0.21) the development source tree is split in
two. trunk is the experimental version and will become 0.22. The other
branch is 0.21-fixes, which includes bugfixes to 0.21, but no new
features. When 0.22 is released there will still be trunk (which will
become 0.23) and there will be a 0.22-fixes.

However mythbuntu 9.10 is tracking trunk, in the expectation that
trunk will turn into 0.22 at about the same time as [myth|u]buntu 9.10
is released. Which to my mind is a little risky, as each new mythbuntu
seems to create its own little problems, let alone incorporating a new
major version of myth too.

>> But if the ticket is never going to make it into -fixes, but only 0.23
>> (or 0.never) then you are right, it won't matter what distro you get.
>> You simply then have to patch and compile your own, find someone who
>> compiles his own, or run trunk. Many people don't want to go down that
>> path.
>
> I prefer to use a stable distro as long as possible. That's one of the
> reasons why I chose Debian stable inthe first place. But I also don't
> want to wait as long as a release cycle for Debian to get the latest
> version of MythTV. That's why I think Mythbuntu seems like a good
> compromise. I realize I probably can't both have the cake and eat it.
>
> /Peter