> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Behalf Of Isaac Richards > Sent: Monday, December 19, 2005 11:50 AM > To: Development of mythtv > Subject: Re: [mythtv] LiveTV Recordings question > > On Monday 19 December 2005 14:46, Todd Tidwell wrote: > > Just "No?" I realize that this is your baby, but that has to be one of > the > > rudest and most abrupt answers I have ever received from anyone in > answer > > to a question about group development project. > > > > First off, this software is fantastic. One of the things that makes it > > fantastic is that it is very configurable and very easy to make it > behave > > like each user requires or prefers. To just suddenly nix a piece of > > functionality because you don't agree with it, especially without some > > discussion or explanation is incredibly unjust. > > I've already explained why on the lists several times, I don't see why I > should have to continue repeating myself to every person who starts > whining > about livetv taking "more" disk space now.
I'm not complaining about disk space. I'm complaining about the fact that this is a useless thing for me and that there ought to be a way to simply turn it off or expire them quicker. And I'm sorry you've explained yourself multiple times. I've been through the archives and I never saw an explanation that completely defends why this couldn't be the case. > > > Lastly, being a software developer myself for 15 years, I know that all > > software benefits the most by making it accessible for the broadest > range > > of users. The easy, simple, correct way to do that is to allow options > and > > to allow multiple configurations. > > > > Does anyone else think that it would be too hard to make this optional > or > > to create a quicker auto-expire functionality to the LiveTV Recordings? > If > > you have information that direction, then I'll even write the patch if > you > > can point me in the correct direction. > > And I'll reject any such patch. LiveTV's staying the way it is. You > already > have the option to auto-expire them after a day, anyway. > And I'm simply asking for a better time frame for those of us that want it to happen quicker than a day. If you're saying that you won't accept a patch that simply does that, then that seems an incredibly arbitrary and narrow-minded decision. > Isaac -Todd
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