[mythtv-users] Use of fsync

[Raymond Wagner]

On 10/22/2013 1:36 PM, Rich Freeman wrote:
> It would not surprise me if the right approach varies based on
> what else is going on with the system, configuration, kernel
> tuning, etc.

MythTV (or any application) should not be manipulating system 
configuration or kernel tuning parameters on its own, and should not be 
given the rights to do so in the first place.  On the other hand, with 
our intended audience, we shouldn't be requiring users perform such 
tasks on their own, although that is a bit of an unavoidable issue 
regarding the external MySQL database, and its awful default 
parameters.  The right approach is the one that will work by default 
under most cases.