[mythtv-users] 0.24 on Debian Squeeze

[Mark J. Small]

On November 24, 2010, Josu Lazkano wrote:
> Thanks for all your replys, I will continue on 0.23 with
> debian-multimedia repo, and I will wait for the version upgrade.
> 
> I really like Debian and I want to continue on the debian-multimedia repo.
> 
> Thanks and best regards.
> 
> 2010/11/24 Nick Morrott <knowledgejunkie at gmail.com>:
> > On 23 November 2010 22:44, Brian Wood <beww at beww.org> wrote:
> >> On Tuesday, November 23, 2010 03:34:25 pm Josu Lazkano wrote:
> >>> Hello list!
> >>> 
> >>> I am trying MythTV 0.24 on Ubuntu Maverick system, but I am a Debian
> >>> fan. I want to install MythTV 0.24 on a Debian Squeeze system. On the
> >>> debian-multimedia repository for the squeeze there is just 0.23
> >>> version.
> >>> 
> >>> Is there any way to get 0.24 version with a "apt-get install" method?
> >>> 
> >>> I see that Christian Marillat (debian-multimedia mantainer) is
> >>> packaging 0.24-0.4 version to Sid version.
> >>> 
> >>> Have you install 0.24 version on a Debian machine?
> >>> 
> >>> Thanks for all and best regards.
> >> 
> >> I'd guess 0.24 is too new for the Debian folks to consider it "stable".
> > 
> > Bear in mind that debian-multimedia.org is an unofficial repository,
> > so MythTV is not officially "in Debian" (and won't be until at least
> > the MP3/ffmpeg issues are sorted out to permit it - see
> > http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=570611).
> > 
> >> Someone would need to compile and package it for Squeeze, which the
> >> Debian folks will probably do, in time. That's the purpose of Sid, to
> >> test it and see if it merits inclusion in the latest "stable" version,
> >> before it goes mainstream.
> > 
> > Sid is for testing whether the package is stable enough to enter the
> > testing distribution for the _next_stable release.
> > 
> >> So it's a good sign that 0.24 is in queue for "testing" (Sid).
> > 
> > I don't know how different (if at all) the class progression
> > (especially testing->stable) of packages is for the unofficial
> > repositories when compared to the official Debian repos, but I hope
> > 0.24 reaches dmo/testing soon.
> > 
> > Cheers,
> > Nick
> > 
> > --
> > Nick Morrott

If you really want to give it a try, why not switch from testing to unstable 
in the dmo part of your sources.list.  Squeeze is not really out if sync with 
sid yet, so you shouldn't have any real dependency problems.  

Mark