> > If the answer is always "use CVS" then why is there a > > release at all? > > Good question. After all, releases just encourage people who don't > contribute anything to the project to bitch and whine about how the > devs aren't doing thing the right way.
The problem with that statement is not everyone can be a MythTV developer, even if they have the programming experience required. Do you expect EVERYONE, including Linus, to drop what they are working on and turn their attention to Myth? I'm sure you'd like that, but in the long run it's probably not a good thing. :-) I am an unpaid core developer on a Linux distribution, so I contribute my time to Open Source, just not the Myth project. I LOVE Myth, and have been running it since 0.14, but like others I wish the official releases were a little more stable. Myth is something I want to work reasonably well so I can spend my time doing other open source development. I really don't want to spend my time with CVS and compiling Myth. I just want to download the binary packages and use it. You guys probably wouldn't like it if NO Linux distributions were stable and you had to compile the entire distro from CVS to get a stable platform to run Myth. I realize it's difficult for the developers to find bugs without a lot of people testing the product. So, perhaps a pre-release would be a good idea so people can find bugs before an official release comes out? Or always release a X.XXa release a couple weeks after each official release to clean up new problems? (same difference) I'm trying not to be critical, but only want to offer suggestions to make Myth a better (and more stable) product for everyone. Keep up the good work! I love my Myth box!!! - BS
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