[mythtv-users] upgrading from .25 to .26

[Bill Meek]

On 05/09/2013 03:10 PM, Michael T. Dean wrote:
> On 04/17/2013 09:06 PM, Rich West wrote:
>> The process is pretty simple, independent of the distro.  Basically:
>> 1. Shut down the frontend process on your frontend(s)
>> 2. Shut down the backend process
>> 2a. Back up your database.
>> 3. Upgrade/install the new mythtv packages on the backend
>> 4. Upgrade/install the new mythtv packages on the frontend
>> 5. Run mythtv-setup on the backend.  The database will automatically be upgraded.
>> 6. Exit mythtv-setup.
>> 7. Start the backend process
>> 8. Start the frontend process on your frontend system(s)
>
> Just had to say that this is a /great/ explanation of how to go about upgrading a MythTV system.
>
> We'll have to get it on the wiki and clean up/simplify the "migration" page.

http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Backend_migration using the "1st to copy
editing privilege".

Credit to Rich on the page comment section as somewhere I remember reading
that names shouldn't be in the Wiki pages.

I also remember, but can't find, a rule that says a Wiki is to be
written in the 3rd person.

-- 
Bill