[mythtv-users] What should we be testing in 0.23-RC2

[Johnny Walker]

On Wed, Apr 14, 2010 at 6:41 PM, Marc Randolph <mrand at pobox.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 14, 2010 at 6:23 PM, Christopher X. Candreva
> <chris at westnet.com> wrote:
>>
>> So far it is working fine.  I would suggest adding some upgrade tips to the
>> release notes.
>>
>>  o Be sure to run mythtv-setup before restarting the backend.
>>
>>  o It will be a good idea to run a mythfrontend process on your backened,
>> before doing so from any other machine. In the upgrade process, when it
>> computes the hash or whatever it does, it seems to took over twice as long
>> when I did a test upgrade from a networked frontend.
>
> This reminds me of something I noticed, but since it is only a
> usability issue and not strictly a bug and I don't have a patch, I
> haven't felt like I could/should report it.
> In short, the schema upgrade(s) upon launching the front-end can make
> the front-end appear hung for quite some time.  There is no feedback
> to the user that it is actually busy and that it might take a few
> minutes.
>
>   Marc

I'm very glad you reported this - I'll know what to expect when I
startup my Revo frontend.