[mythtv-users] Do you build mythtv from source, and why?

[jedi]

On Tue, Mar 29, 2011 at 02:04:17PM -0400, Eric Sharkey wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 29, 2011 at 2:02 PM, kanetse at gmail.com <kane.tse at gmail.com> wrote:
> > On Tue, Mar 29, 2011 at 10:36 AM, Manuel McLure <manuel at mclure.org> wrote:
> >> On Mon, Mar 28, 2011 at 10:31 AM, Mark Lord <mythtv at rtr.ca> wrote:
> >>> Q: Do you (re)build mythtv from source code? If so, why?
> >>
> >
> > Seems like nearly all the respondents so far build from source code;
> > which surprises me; I figured most use the packages.
> 
> Most do use packages.  You're seeing selection bias in the sampling.

   I build my own. Used to use packages. Wanted to use something that was
a little bleeding edge at the time (HD-PVR) and got out of the habit of
using packages. Sorted out the complexity issues with doing this for my
own setup while packages weren't really an option and haven't bothered
going back.