[mythtv] apt-get vs cvs compile

[Damion de Soto]

Karm may wrote:
> I like apt-get because it quick and easy.  But there
> seems like after a MythTV release there are patches to
> fix issues.   So I am thinking about pulling from CVS
> and compiling Mythtv.   
> 
> The problem and the question that I have is how do you
> know/get the patches for the latest release?
> 
> For instance lets say I want all the patches for just
> MythTV 0.17 and not some code changes for the next
> release.  How do I get just the patches?

Checkout the 0.17 version from CVS instead of the HEAD version.

follow the instructions at http://www.mythtv.org/docs/mythtv-HOWTO-5.html
and use the "-r release-0-17" option for the 'cvs checkout' command.

You then patch files by hand for things that haven't been submitted
into CVS yet.
If you want patches that have been commited to CVS, you have to update
the relavent files one-by-one to the version at HEAD.
Check the cvs log mailing list: http://mythtv.org/pipermail/mythtv-commits/

If the release versions were branched instead of just tagged, then it
wouldn't be as painful to get a version 0.17 'bugfix' release, but then
it would be a lot more complicated for the developers to commit changes,
and decide whether they're bugfixes for the current release and/or
enhancements for future releases.


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