[mythtv-users] 0.27 mythcenter theme: cannot scroll up from the top any more

[Zig]

On 12/7/2013 12:55 PM, Paul Harrison wrote:
> On 05/12/13 15:14, steve.goodey at openreach.co.uk wrote:
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org [mailto:mythtv-users-
>>> bounces at mythtv.org] On Behalf Of John Pilkington
>>> Sent: 03 December 2013 18:20
>>> To: mythtv-users at mythtv.org
>>> Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] 0.27 mythcenter theme: cannot scroll up
>>> from the top any more
>>>
>>> On Tue, Dec 3, 2013 at 9:29 AM, John Pilkington <J.Pilk at tesco.net>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> I'm not seeking more attention or points of view, and I have no real
>>> wish to run trunk.  I just thought it worth encouraging ziggy to put
>>> his patches in the public domain.  Perhaps the wiki would have been a
>>> better place than a ticket.
>>>
>>> My initial problem was in reading the Watch Recordings screen with some
>>> content-based backgrounds.  An early patch on this list fixed that.
>>> The first file I had from ziggy wrapped just one of the screen lists.
>>> The newer one wraps both, and yes, circular lists can be confusing.
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>>
>>> John
>> Hello,
>>
>> I've put a link to this thread on the discussion page of 
>> Category:Themes on the Mythtv wiki.
>>
>> http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Category_talk:Themes
>>
>> Steve.
>>
>
> Lets look on the positive side. You should be happy that Myth is 
> flexible enough to allow you to change things like the scroll wrap in 
> lists or which start time is used or whether fan art is shown or 
> whether end times are shown or ..... How many Media Centers do you 
> come across that are that flexible?
>
> If the people complaining (a small minority out of the 1339 confirmed 
> users AFAIK) are serious why not get together and create a 
> MythCenter-wide-Classic theme or whatever you want to call it. If one 
> or more of you agree to keep it up to date we can add it to the theme 
> chooser so anyone can use it if they choose.
>
> The important thing is someone needs to take responsibility to keep it 
> updated. It's not a difficult job you don't need to be a programmer 
> it's mostly editing an xml file and testing your changes. You just 
> need to keep an eye on the commits list for anything that requires 
> changes to a theme and update the theme accordingly. There is always 
> help at hand in the theme mailing list or irc channel if you need it.
>
> This is usually where things go very quiet :). Developers are expected 
> to work many hours a week on Myth but ask a user to spend maybe 1/2 an 
> hour a month if that to help out and the excuses come flooding out :(
>
> Paul H.
Well, I've already gone quiet.  I didn't mean to make waves, or 
disparage in any way the MythCenter-Wide maintainer's theme, judgements 
or his (much appreciated) efforts.  I just wanted to offer the changes 
that I had already researched to people who expressed a similar desire 
for them.

It took me quite a while to figure out how the areas of the theme that I 
wanted to adjust actually worked.  And the complexities of an entire 
theme seem enormous and still quite mysterious. As is Github, tickets, 
commits, etc.  (I have created a Github account in the past, but don't 
know quite what to do with it, would that be used in theme maintenance?)

That being said, I am not opposed to having a go at maintaining a 
theme,  but being a novice, I really don't have an overview - The Big 
Picture, if you will - of the entire process.

If I sound too green to do this, let me know. If not, a few pointers to 
some docs or a short explanation of "The Big Picture" so I can get a 
starting point on learning the system and trying to get up to speed 
would be appreciated.
Ziggy



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