[mythtv] [mythtv-commits] mythtv commit: r21563 by nigel

[Nigel Pearson]

>> Prompt for schema upgrades, to give users more testing flexibility.
>> (e.g. new frontend non-destructively against old backend)
>>
> i know this is a feature request without a patch
> but i would code it up if it was considered worthy of inclusion


Thanks for the offer, though I suspect that
the current database backups are enough?



> euby on rails has a concept of db migrations
> the difference between what they do and what we do is that you can  
> go back as well as forward

I'm not a database theory expert, but from memory
there were some situations that it is impossible,
or very difficult, to rollback from?

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