[mythtv-users] The future of Mythbuntu ISOs

[Christopher Kerr]

On 23 October 2015 at 10:58, Jim Oltman <jim.oltman at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Thu, Oct 22, 2015 at 5:38 PM, Thomas Mashos <thomas at mashos.com> wrote:
>
>> Hello Everyone,
>>
>> 15.10 has just been released and the 16.04 LTS dev cycle is upon us, so
>> it's that time again where the Mythbuntu team has work to do. However,
>> being that our team is very small (1-3 semi-active members) and efforts to
>> get more people involved have been unsuccessful we are entertaining the
>> idea of not doing ISOs anymore.
>>
>> What this means for Mythbuntu devs
>> * No work done on testing ISOs. We would still provide daily builds of
>> the fixes and master repos.
>>
>> What this means for users
>> * Current users would be able to upgrade as usual and the packaging
>> updates will continue to happen.
>> * New users will need to install Ubuntu server and then use apt to
>> install the necessary packages for MythTV.
>>
>> Please let me know of any questions or comments you have (or offers to
>> help).
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Thomas Mashos
>> Mythbuntu developer
>> --
>> Thomas Mashos
>>
>
> Would it not be easier to just keep up with the LTS versions of Ubuntu?
> I'm just taking a stab in the dark here, but limiting to LTS could be a
> benefit.  Just spit-balling here.
>

Mythbuntu has been LTS-only for the last few releases, thus Thomas' comment
that "it's that time again where the Mythbuntu team has work to do."
(because an LTS release is coming up in April).

- CJK
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