[mythtv-users] mythtv dropping mysql???

Thomas Mashos thomas at mashos.com
Sat Oct 18 14:54:48 UTC 2014


On Sat, Oct 18, 2014 at 6:42 AM, Mike Perkins
<mikep at randomtraveller.org.uk> wrote:
> On 18/10/14 14:16, Paul Harrison wrote:
>>
>> On 18/10/14 08:35, Lee Donaghy wrote:
>>>
>>> Personally i'd love it if mysql was dropped, my biggest linux headaches
>>> have
>>> been when dealing with mysql.
>>> when i upgraded to /Ubuntu 13.10 i ended up turning off the pc in anger
>>> and
>>> trying again the next day.
>>> /
>>> /thankfully server upgrades don't happen often, currently on 14.04 LTS so
>>> won't need to upgrade again for a few years.
>>> /
>>> /
>>> /
>>> /if people new to mythtv have problems like this they are likely to give
>>> up
>>> and use something easier like tvheadend.
>>> /
>>>
>>> --
>>> Lee Donaghy.
>>>
>>
>> Yes one of the main reasons for embedding the database is to make Myth
>> easier to
>> set up.
>>
>> The users who are complaining are probably quite happy to mess with mysql
>> but
>> most users just want it to work out of the box.
>>
> There's two separate concerns here. I can appreciate the desire to make
> mythtv setup easier. Embedding the database is one less thing to worry
> about. How many posts have we had here about systems that have had strange
> mysql passwords or access restrictions they couldn't solve?
>
> On the other hand, once the system is up and running I think most of us feel
> the need to be able to analyse the database, at the very least, when
> something odd happens. To have a 'black box' is fine, providing the tools
> used to access it are adequate for bug analysis and, in trivial cases, bug
> fixing.
>

I seriously doubt that, Most users don't want to touch their box after
it's setup because they view it as an appliance. That is why most
users are still on 0.27.0.

> With an off-the-shelf database like mysql those tools are, of course, freely
> available. To write your own embedded database means writing your own tools
> and that process will itself generate its own limitations and bugs.
>
> --
>
> Mike Perkins
>
>
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-- 
Thanks,

Thomas Mashos


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