[mythtv-users] mythtv dropping mysql???

Tom Dexter digitalaudiorock at gmail.com
Wed Oct 22 13:03:09 UTC 2014


On Mon, Oct 20, 2014 at 11:59 PM, Tom Dexter <digitalaudiorock at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 20, 2014 at 8:37 PM, Anthony Giggins
> <seven at seven.dorksville.net> wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>> Personally, what I'd like to see is perhaps have the embeded database
>> enabled by default (For the Masses) with the option to point the data
>> service to a non-embeded mysql server if your comfortable with
>> administratoring this.
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Anthony
>>
>
> I agree.  I was actually going to ask about the feasibility of that.
> If this is in any way possible, this would be the ideal solution...to
> allow essentially a "power user" configuration that uses an external
> database.
>
> I'd assume that all the underlying SQL would be the same regardless of
> which was in use(??).  Beyond that I don't know what other
> difficulties there might be in supporting that.  Though it wouldn't
> work out for many, even something that required a compile time option
> would work for me and other Gentoo users (or for anyone compiling from
> source)...though again, that wouldn't work out for anyone using binary
> versions of course.
>
> Even as someone who really doesn't want the embedded database at all,
> I do in fact understand the arguments for it, especially for most
> first time users.  If the choice were possible it'd be the best of
> both worlds.
>
> Tom

Replying to myself here.  Nobody made any reply to this idea.  Again,
I have no idea how difficult this would be, but it seems like it could
work out for everyone.

Tom


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