IMHO, I simple line in the README to say LiveTV is disabled would save a lot of hassle. Seems lazy to me. I tried the SVN to get better support for my DVB-T card and had the same problem. Why should I have to follow the development forums. Im not a mythtv developer.
btw Ive only been programming for 40 years. On Wed, 2005-11-16 at 17:14 -0500, Tom E. Craddock Jr. wrote: > Steve Adeff wrote: > > On Wednesday 16 November 2005 14:01, Michael T. Dean wrote: > > > >>Paul Wheeler wrote: > >> > >>>I think the main reason a lot of people are using svn is the lack of a > >>>recent release, he last release was about 9 months ago!!!! I always > >>>stuck to the latest release version but using dvb in the uk with a > >>>deaf housemate I was practically forced to use svn to get myth to work > >>>properly and have subtitles. I know there was meant to be more > >>>planning of intermediate releases (bug fix releases) however it just > >>>simply wasnt working. IMHO I cant see a release hasnt been done a > >>>while ago. The jumps in development are huge. I am sure a more regular > >>>release schedule will help one of the main problems myth has which is > >>>its stability. By regular releases more bugs will be found and can be > >>>fixed better. I do understand that myth is a young project and that it > >>>is still in fairly heavy development but 9 months between releases > >>>when the svn changelog is so active just isnt right. > >> > >>OK. But even so, this does not mean that users who wouldn't normally > >>use SVN are exempt from the responsibilities expected of *anyone* using > >>SVN--i.e. reading and keeping up with the -dev and -commits lists... > >> > >>Just my $0.02. > >> > >>Mike > > > > > > Show me where onthe SVN page it says to read and keep up with the lists? > > > > As well, in the documentation, while it mentions you should join the lists, > > it > > does not say anything about how to search the lists (ie gossamer) to see > > what > > the current state of SVN is in. > > > > I don't know where else there is with official Myth Documentation that > > talks > > about SVN, but I'll assume theres nothing there. Maybe a little > > clarification > > in the documentation (but apparently NOT on the SVN page itself) should > > talk > > about this stuff. > > > > Steve > > > I think its one of those, if you are going to venture into the deep end > of the waters, you should know how to swim things....If your going to go > and use SVN, then you should at least know how to use it, ie know how to > read up on the changelog/commit lists/dev lists. I was never TOLD that > myself, if just makes a hell of alot of sense to me that way. If I want > to use something, esp code thats actively being developed, then Id want > to know whats going on with that code...the only way to know that is to > either talk to the dev themselves (dev list is for that) or read their > thoughts (commit list and trac for that). > > Tom > > _______________________________________________ > mythtv-users mailing list > mythtv-users@mythtv.org > http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users -- Regards Martin West http://www.objectgizmos.com 07879 680 096
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