[mythtv-users] Questions prior to 0.21 upgrade

[Roy Lofthouse]

just done a similar upgrade myself... aside from me stuffing my kernel
up (nothing to do with myth just me being an idiot) everything else
went fine.  The multirec and the music player being able to play in
the background are worth the upgrade alone.

On 11/03/2008, Florian Bittner <flo at flobittner.de> wrote:
> Am Dienstag, 11. März 2008 17:21:17 schrieb Derek Stark:
>  > Good day:
>  Hi
>
> >
>  > I've got a machine running .20.2 and I'm thinking strongly of
>  > upgrading to .21 for multirec and the changes to MythVideo/MythDVD.
>  > However, this is the master BE/FE machine in the house, so I figure I
>  > better be careful. I have a few questions:
>  >
>  > 1. Database
>  > Is there any major change? I'll dump the database prior to the upgrade
>  > to keep Murphy satiated, but will my 0.20.2 DB make the switch OK? I
>  > thought I saw something in the release notes about a schema upgrade
>  > prompt, but I wasn't sure what that really meant.
>
> Worked for me, but backup is always good :-)
>
>
>  > Further, if 0.21 turns out to be bad business for me, will the DB be
>  > backwards-compatible? Again, I'll have the backup, but if I can leave
>  > MySQL alone, I prefer to.
>
> Worked for me, too! I tested 0.21 a few weeks ago and it upgraded my database.
>  Of course i did a backup, but i tested 0.20.2 with the new schema and it
>  worked, so i didn't use the backup.
>
>
>  > 2. Mixing & matching versions
>  > If I chicken out on the upgrade and stay on 0.20.2 on my master BE/FE,
>  > will I be able to run 0.21 on
>  > other FE-only boxes?
>
>
> This way i don't know, but i think not! 0.20.2 FE with 0.21 BE doesn't work,
>  checked it during upgrade.
>
>  I hope i could help!
>
>  0.21 works very good for me, except some small things.
>
>  Greetings,
>  Flo
>
>
>  > Thanks for any insights!
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