The mythtv community (was: [mythtv] DVB: no longer
payingattention to "Open DVB card on demand"?)
David Maher
dm at netsol.com.au
Wed Oct 5 01:15:34 UTC 2005
What would be really good would be a technical overview of how myth actually works, with links pointing to the various 3rd party dependicies home pages. I personally have found it hard to glean this type of info.
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[mailto:mythtv-dev-bounces at mythtv.org]On Behalf Of Bob Ham
Sent: Wednesday, 5 October 2005 5:27 AM
To: Development of mythtv
Subject: Re: The mythtv community (was: [mythtv] DVB: no longer
payingattention to "Open DVB card on demand"?)
On Tue, 2005-10-04 at 13:46 -0400, Daniel Kristjansson wrote:
> On Tue, 2005-10-04 at 18:00 +0100, Bob Ham wrote:
> > If this really is bad advice, I think it should be noted by the
> > aforementioned people what "help" is available, and that the
> > determination of some particular developers to elevate themselves above
> > others in terms of help given (and, it seems, all other things,) is
> > detrimental to not only the user community, but the mythtv community as
> > a whole.
> Any advice you get from #mythtv-users may be incorrect. If you want
> some shielding from bad advice consult the HOWTO on
> http://www.mythtv.org
And what should one consult when the HOWTO cannot help? I was told the
-user channel and mailing list. The problem is that these places are
populated largely by the blind leading the blind, resulting in bad
advice.
> Any advice you get from any source may be incorrect, but I think you
> are being a bit hasty in blaming developer ego's for bad advice you
> get from some random user on #mythtv-users.
You misunderstand. I don't blame developers' egos for the bad advice I
received; I blame the person that gave me the bad advice. I don't even
blame the developers for creating an artificial divide between users and
developers. I simply point out that the developers' attitudes are
detrimental to the mythtv community. Specifically, I refer to the
refusal to offer advice or guidance to anyone that isn't a "developer"
themselves.
Bob
--
Bob Ham <rah at bash.sh>
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