[mythtv] Re: [mythtv-dev] PATCH: mythgame patch for latest mame

[Isaac Richards]

On Sunday 11 January 2004 10:29 pm, Dan Berger wrote:
> On Sun, 11 Jan 2004, Isaac Richards wrote:
> > On Saturday 10 January 2004 02:52 pm, Kyle Mestery wrote:
> > > I realize that. Since I don't have any older versions of
> > > mame, I have no idea of knowing when it changed. So, if
> > > someone else has an older version or knows when these
> > > options went away, they can feel free to update this patch.
> > > Without something like it, mythgame does not work with
> > > the latest mame.
> >
> > Can you simply make it test for the most recent (or newer) versions of
>
> xmame,
>
> > then? The version can be updated when someone finds it, but the code
> > would then be there to check already.
> >
> > Isaac
>
> I pm'd this to Isaac, but I wanted to get it out there to everyone.
>
> I really don't think that requiring the latest mame version is a good idea
> because if the latest mame requires users to also update some of their
> roms.
>
> What if a user is happy with his romset and his mame version and doesn't
> want to go through the trouble of updating every rom that needs an update?

What if a user actually read the discussion before responding?

Isaac