[mythtv-commits] Ticket #12101: MythFillDB should use the run time the provider suggested

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#12101: MythFillDB should use the run time the provider suggested
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 Reporter:  Frank Phillips <fphillips81@…>  |          Owner:  wagnerrp
     Type:  Patch - Bug Fix                 |         Status:  accepted
 Priority:  minor                           |      Milestone:  unknown
Component:  MythTV - Housekeeper            |        Version:  0.27-fixes
 Severity:  medium                          |     Resolution:
 Keywords:                                  |  Ticket locked:  0
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Comment (by mdean):

 Previously the housekeeper ignored the run window when you enabled the
 setting:

 Run guide data program at time suggested by the grabber.
 If enabled, allow a DataDirect guide data provider to specify the next
 download time in order to distribute load on their servers. Guide data
 program execution start/end times are also ignored.

 (as described in the help text).  Some on IRC claimed (in Oct '13) this is
 a bad idea (though it had been like that for 6 1/2 years before the
 discussion (which was triggered by the change in the new housekeeper).

 So, either we ignore the run window (as before), or alternatively, we
 allow (and schedule for wakeup, when appropriate) mythfilldatabase runs
 during the next window after the grabber-suggested run time.  Note,
 however, that running in the window after the suggested run time may
 result in skipping a day, which would mean users whose grabbers don't pull
 all data (including all Schedules Direct users who do not add the --dd-
 grab-all argument to their "Guide data arguments" setting) may not get
 some "tomorrow" updates from a standard tomorrow/+13 run (i.e. they get
 tomorrow on Monday, not Tuesday, then on Wednesday, so they lack updates
 for listings on Tuesday's tomorrow).

 See #3302 and [ce20f46b] .

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