[mythtv-users] [mythtv-theming] Theme update via MythTV theme chooser

[jaham at gmx.net]

On Sonntag, 12. März 2017 20:36:59 CET Peter Bennett wrote:
> On 03/12/2017 01:35 PM, jaham at gmx.net wrote:
> > Hi Peter...
> > 
> > I am using the official ArchLinux packages. However mythfrontend version
> > says: MythTV Version : 3543e74
> > MythTV Branch : tag: v0.28
> > Network Protocol : 88
> > Library API : 0.28.20160309-1
> > QT Version : 5.7.0
> > 
> > So that might indeed be the reason as you suspected. If that is not a
> > general problem for users, than I can live with that. I had the fear that
> > the wrong version is advertised to users.
> > 
> > Ciao Jan
> 
> Actually it needs both Branch and Version to be correct for the correct
> theme to be downloaded. You should have something like this:
> 
> MythTV Version : v0.28.1
> MythTV Branch : fixes/0.28
> Network Protocol : 88
> Library API : 0.28.20161120-1
> QT Version : 5.5.1
> 
> If the version a later commit later than the tag you could see
> MythTV Version : v0.28.1-95-g93c8cf8
> MythTV Branch : fixes/0.28
> ...
> 
> Either of these is valid but with yours showing the version as 3543e74
> the theme download will always use the trunk version of themes.
> 
> You may want to take this up with the packager.

Ok, thanks for the clarifications.

Ciao Jan