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FS#16372 - [mythtv] Split frontend/backend

Attached to Project: Arch Linux
Opened by archist (archist) - Sunday, 27 September 2009, 14:45 GMT
Last edited by Giovanni Scafora (giovanni) - Saturday, 06 February 2010, 11:58 GMT
Task Type Feature Request
Category Packages: Extra
Status Closed
Assigned To Jürgen Hötzel (juergen)
Giovanni Scafora (giovanni)
Architecture All
Severity Medium
Priority Normal
Reported Version
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 7
Private No

Details

Description:
At the upcomming release 0.22, it would be nice to split Mythtv into Mythbackend and Mythfrontend.

Advantages are:
* no need to install the mysql server, mythbackend, mythtv-setup on mythfrontends
* no need to install mythfrontend files on the backend
This task depends upon

Closed by  Giovanni Scafora (giovanni)
Saturday, 06 February 2010, 11:58 GMT
Reason for closing:  Won't implement
Comment by archist (archist) - Saturday, 24 October 2009, 11:38 GMT
Maybe it is possible to split it like Ubuntu does: mythtv-frontend, mythtv-backend, libmyth (common shared objects)

Are you going to release a "release candidate" in the testing repository?
Comment by Jürgen Hötzel (juergen) - Sunday, 25 October 2009, 21:52 GMT
Yep. A lot of myth* bugs out there. I'm doing a 0.22RC release to get rid of them
Comment by Jürgen Hötzel (juergen) - Saturday, 07 November 2009, 13:02 GMT
To not duplicate efforts:

I cannot participate on Bug Squashing Day. But will do a 0.22 release tomorrow and hope to get rid of most bugs.
Comment by Jürgen Hötzel (juergen) - Tuesday, 10 November 2009, 21:47 GMT
mythtv-22 (current build from trunk) is only 55MB of size.

We could get rid of unnecessary dependency (if only frontend is used) using optdepends:
This will keep updating/maintaining much simpler: Any options?
Comment by Matthew Gyurgyik (pyther) - Sunday, 15 November 2009, 21:02 GMT
Since there is no easy way to split the package and splitting the package is not supported by upstream I would rather xorg stuff being set as optdepends, personally.
Comment by Robert de Jager (blob) - Saturday, 21 November 2009, 11:34 GMT
I have found a not-as-difficult-as-manually-copying way to split mythtv. All the thing you need are attached to this comment.
The modified PKGBUILD splits the package into mythtv-common, mythtv-backend and mythtv-frontend. The first was necessary for libraries and programs both the frontend and backend use.
I have quickly tested the separate packages in virtualbox and they seem to work fine.

I have also added libavc1394 and libiec61883 as dependencies, because they are needed to make the --enable-firewire do something. I'm not sure whether I should open another ticker for this or just leave it here.

The last thing I added is an image and a desktop file to mythtv-frontend, so that you have a nice menu item for it. I kind of stole it from a mandriva srpm, but because I recognised the icon from the old GANT theme, this shouldn't be a problem.

I hope this will help you out
   mythtv_PKGBUILD.tar.bz2 (15.1 KiB)
Comment by archist (archist) - Saturday, 21 November 2009, 12:40 GMT
Good work!
Comment by archist (archist) - Monday, 23 November 2009, 19:12 GMT
On my platform, this builds without any problems. Is it possible to put it into the testing repository?
Comment by Kenni Lund (Kenni) - Monday, 23 November 2009, 19:46 GMT
I voted for this task when it was created, but as more as I think about it, I really don't like the idea.

If it's not supported upstream, which it seems like it isn't, then I'm definitely against splitting the package.

I don't like the idea of potentially introducing extra bugs by moving away from upstream. This is also not in line with "The Arch Way" ("without unnecessary additions, modifications, or complications"[1] ).

Looking at the current mythtv-0.22-3 package it's only ~25MB download and ~52MB installed...I wouldn't break the upstream compatibility to save perhaps 25MB.

One vote from me on the optdepends to get rid of unnecessary dependencies.

[1] http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/The_Arch_Way

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