[mythtv-commits] Ticket #6589: Usability changes for MythTV backend status page

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#6589: Usability changes for MythTV backend status page
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 Reporter:  sphery <mtdean at thirdcontact.com>  |       Owner:  ijr    
     Type:  patch                             |      Status:  new    
 Priority:  minor                             |   Milestone:  unknown
Component:  MythTV - General                  |     Version:  head   
 Severity:  medium                            |     Mlocked:  0      
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 The attached patches modify the backend status page in various ways to try
 to make the Disk Usage section of the page more useful--especially in
 light of the large number of filesystems often used with current MythTV.

 mythtv-backend_status-move_total_disk_space_to_top.patch simply moves the
 "Total Disk Space" section to the top of the list.  Then, the per-
 filesystem details follow.  See screenshot at
 http://misc.thirdcontact.com/MythTV/status_with_total_at_top.png

 With the totals at the top, it seems better to break the disk usage
 information into 2 sections, a "Summary" and a "Details" section.  mythtv-
 backend_status-split_total_and_detailed_storage_info.patch does this
 (apply on top of
 mythtv-backend_status-move_total_disk_space_to_top.patch ).  See
 screenshot at
 http://misc.thirdcontact.com/MythTV/status_with_total_at_top_and_separate_summary_and_details_sections.png

 Also, users who rely on auto-expire often find the disk usage information
 useless.  Therefore, mythtv-backend_status-
 add_livetv_deleted_and_expirable_to_total_space-
 separate_summary_and_details.patch (apply on top of mythtv-backend_status-
 split_total_and_detailed_storage_info.patch ) adds the total space used by
 LiveTV, Deleted, and expirable recordings as well as the total space
 available after auto-expire.  See
 http://misc.thirdcontact.com/MythTV/status_with_total_at_top_and_separate_summary_and_details_sections_and_autoexpire_totals.png
 for screenshot.

 If you don't want to move the "Total Disk Space" section to the top,
 mythtv-backend_status-
 add_livetv_deleted_and_expirable_to_total_space.patch (apply by itself,
 but only if not moving total section), adds the auto-expire details, but
 does not move any information.  See
 http://misc.thirdcontact.com/MythTV/status_with_autoexpire_totals_for_LiveTV_Deleted_and_expirable_recordings.png
 for screenshot.

 Note that the auto-expire information is not shown if there are no LiveTV,
 Deleted, or expirable recordings.

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Ticket URL: <http://svn.mythtv.org/trac/ticket/6589>
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