I'd be happy with an RPM that was available somewhere for broadcast appliance. I never have successfully installed anything from source....
I know, I'm a loser and I should learn how to do it, but believe me I have tried...... anyway, the time for system update, is not when You are trying to replace a broken machine in an otherwise working system.... Nathaniel C. Steele Assistant Chief Engineer/Technical Director WTRM-FM / TheCrossFM On 3/26/2013 10:47 PM, drew Roberts wrote: > On Tuesday 26 March 2013 19:54:42 Fred Gleason wrote: >> On Mar 26, 2013, at 11:27 07, Nathan Steele wrote: >>> Sure would be nice to be able to install an old version from the repo's, >>> though I can possibly understand why Fred wouldn't want that. >> Been there, tried that... >> >> The difficulty with multiple versions in the same repository is that >> (naive) users will then try mixing different versions together at the same >> site. In the past, that was a receipe for a corrupted database. While >> recent RD versions do sanity checking to prevent the system from working >> with a skewed DB version (and hence avoid that outcome), the result is >> still a site with one or more workstations that "just don't work" with no >> (obvious to them) reason. >> >> While I grant that there are occasionally situations where installing past >> versions is useful, it's something that requires careful management by an >> administrator who understands the dangers and implications --i.e. not >> something that you really want in a repository that can be easily accessed >> in a point and click fashion. > Hmm, > > could the old versions be kept on an ftp server so that they are not a simple > apt or rpm command away but are still there for the digger? How hard would it > be to create a little script that would examine the current rivendell setup > and tell us if our proposed additional machine is safe? >> Cheers! >> >> |-------------------------------------------------------------------------| >> | Frederick F. Gleason, Jr. | Chief Developer | > all the best, > > drew > _______________________________________________ > Rivendell-dev mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.rivendellaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/rivendell-dev > > > _______________________________________________ Rivendell-dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.rivendellaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/rivendell-dev
