On Wednesday 23 February 2005 04:36 am, Cecil Watson wrote: > I've always had the policy of not releasing KnoppMyth w/ CVS > versions of MythTV. This was born of my own personal experience w/ CVS > versions of various apps. From reading various threads in the past, > Isaac has stated that he didn't like the idea of packaged CVS versions > of MythTV. I don't follow the dev list closely, but I see he has > changed his mind. Apparently the idea of release candidates don't sit > too well.
I simply don't have time to do release candidates, and I really don't think most people would use them, anyway. > I don't think model of "just run CVS" is very helpful as folks have > been bitten by the CVS bug (not saying MythTV, but various apps). Once > bitten, twice shy. If the general attitude is "by developers for > developers", then I think this should be stated as such. I can respect > that. I can fully understand a developer working on MythTV so he/she > can add a feature the he/she like. Well, how else is someone supposed to get a bugfix between releases, other than using CVS? I simply can't put out a new release for each and every bug that's fixed. > I love MythTV. Simply put MythTV is the way I've been watching TV > for about 2 years now. KnoppMyth became a way for other to enjoy MythTV > without the hassle. As a user, what can I do to help the stability of > "released" versions? As someone that would like to make it easier for > other to enjoy MythTV, what can I do to help the stability of "released" > versions? Test CVS, get other people to test CVS, especially when I've announced a release is close. Report bugs. =) Isaac _______________________________________________ mythtv-dev mailing list [email protected] http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-dev
