[mythtv-users] a couple newbie questions

[James Crow]

On Thu, 2008-11-13 at 17:30 -0700, Mike Millner wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I' running mythbuntu 8.10 :
> 
> mythfrontend --version
> Please include all output in bug reports.
> MythTV Version   : 18722
> MythTV Branch    : branches/release-0-21-fixes
> Library API      : 0.21.20080304-1
> 
> MythTV is working really nicely. I just have a couple questions. I've
> been searching around but I'm not finding answers.
> 
> 1. Should mythfilldatabase be running on a cron automagically or do I
> need to setup a simple cron to have the DB filled regularly? Daily, or
> every other day seem reasonable?
> 
> 2. Should I be receiving myth updates via the ubuntu updater? I'm not
> sure I want updates  that way just, trying to figure this thing out.
> 
> Thanks in advance!
> Mike

Mike,

  If 8.10 is like 8.04 then the standard Ubuntu updates will not move
Myth to a new revision. If you want the newer .21-fixes builds you will
need to get them from www.mythbuntu.org/auto-builds Last I checked they
had not yet started putting out builds for 8.10. If things are working
you should really consider not doing any updates. I know the 3 or 4
different kernel ABI versions that occurred during 8.04 were painful for
some people who had to compile extra drivers. Hopefully 8.10 will not
have this.

Cheers,
James