[mythtv-users] Will a 0.23.1 frontend be compatible with 0.23-fixes backends?

[Matt Emmott]

On Wed, Oct 6, 2010 at 8:50 PM, Kevin Kuphal <kkuphal at gmail.com> wrote:

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>  On Wed, Oct 6, 2010 at 7:41 PM, Matt Emmott <memmott at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> I picked up a refurbed Dell Studio One all-in-one touchscreen PC and it
>> works flawlessly with Ubuntu 10.04 and Myth. I'm interested in trying out
>> the beta of Meerkat 10.10 and its multitouch support, but I noticed in the
>> release notes that the RC includes MythTV 0.23.1. This is a frontend-only
>> box and all my other Myth boxes are 0.23-fixes. I was wondering, if I
>> upgrade this box to 10.10 and 0.23.1, will it be compatible with my other
>> boxes? I don't want to upgrade the whole network to 0.23.1; I'd prefer to
>> wait for 0.24.
>>
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> The answer is no.  MythTV requires (in practice) that you use the same
> version on all machines.  While it may not always be the case that a .1
> release is incompatible, in the case of 0.23.1 and 0.23-fixes and it is
> always that case that anything other than identical versions is not
> supported/recommended/advised anywhere.
>
> Kevin
>
> Ok, thanks. I suppose I could uninstall and force an install of .23-fixes
after the upgrade (if it would let me) but I can wait a few weeks.
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