[mythtv] Feature Request: mythfilldatabase status
Robert Kulagowski
mythtv-dev@snowman.net
Wed, 13 Nov 2002 22:11:47 -0600
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> > Well, maybe not status per-se, but something like what the Tivo
> > does when it reports the last time it got EPG data, and how far
> > out the data goes. So even though I've got a cron job running
> > mythfilldatabase, it'd still be nice to know if I'm running out
> > of data. (xmltv broken, zap2it broken, etc)
>
> Where would it show this info?
Hrmm. Good question. That's a UI question, I think. Did you plan
on having any sort of status page for when you have a distributed
setup with different front ends / back ends? I would think that a
status page would have information on it like:
1. Last mythfilldatabase run (or highest guide data information)
2. Status of servers: Encoder 1: Recording program X, Encoder 2:
Live TV Channel y
3. Status of clients: "Client x: watching channel y"
I don't know. Maybe too complicated. What _would_ a status page
display? How would it change in a distributed vs. monolithic system?
Do you have thoughts on how you're going to proceed?
> > [Isaac, are you keeping feature requests somewhere, (/dev/null?)
> > or is sending them to the mailing list sufficient?]
>
> Anything that I think would be useful, I add to my todo list.
Is this a private to-do, or the one on the web page?
> Anything else that comes along without a patch implementing it, I
> pretty much just ignore.
Hrmm. That's why I think that discussion of potential features
should be in the open, to see how receptive you are. If a patch is
developed that you don't like, then it's a bunch of work that the
developer did that won't go anywhere, at least without splitting the
tree, or maintaining private patches.
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