[mythtv-users] 0.24 on Debian Squeeze

Josu Lazkano josu.lazkano at gmail.com
Wed Nov 24 10:15:34 UTC 2010


Thanks for all your replys, I will continue on 0.23 with
debian-multimedia repo, and I will wait for the version upgrade.

I really like Debian and I want to continue on the debian-multimedia repo.

Thanks and best regards.

2010/11/24 Nick Morrott <knowledgejunkie at gmail.com>:
> On 23 November 2010 22:44, Brian Wood <beww at beww.org> wrote:
>> On Tuesday, November 23, 2010 03:34:25 pm Josu Lazkano wrote:
>>> Hello list!
>>>
>>> I am trying MythTV 0.24 on Ubuntu Maverick system, but I am a Debian
>>> fan. I want to install MythTV 0.24 on a Debian Squeeze system. On the
>>> debian-multimedia repository for the squeeze there is just 0.23
>>> version.
>>>
>>> Is there any way to get 0.24 version with a "apt-get install" method?
>>>
>>> I see that Christian Marillat (debian-multimedia mantainer) is
>>> packaging 0.24-0.4 version to Sid version.
>>>
>>> Have you install 0.24 version on a Debian machine?
>>>
>>> Thanks for all and best regards.
>>
>> I'd guess 0.24 is too new for the Debian folks to consider it "stable".
>
> Bear in mind that debian-multimedia.org is an unofficial repository,
> so MythTV is not officially "in Debian" (and won't be until at least
> the MP3/ffmpeg issues are sorted out to permit it - see
> http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=570611).
>
>> Someone would need to compile and package it for Squeeze, which the
>> Debian folks will probably do, in time. That's the purpose of Sid, to
>> test it and see if it merits inclusion in the latest "stable" version,
>> before it goes mainstream.
>
> Sid is for testing whether the package is stable enough to enter the
> testing distribution for the _next_stable release.
>
>> So it's a good sign that 0.24 is in queue for "testing" (Sid).
>
> I don't know how different (if at all) the class progression
> (especially testing->stable) of packages is for the unofficial
> repositories when compared to the official Debian repos, but I hope
> 0.24 reaches dmo/testing soon.
>
> Cheers,
> Nick
>
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