Auto-builds is a service provided by the Mythbuntu team for users who want to follow upstream MythTV code more closely. Builds are produced from both the latest "stable" and "trunk" branches from upstream MythTV. The packaging used to create these builds is identical that being used for MythTV content in the Ubuntu archive. They are built daily if there have been any changes upstream.
After activating the auto-builds, you'll need to open up Update Manager and check for updates to finish the upgrade.
- Which build should I pick?
- Most people will want to select the most current released MythTV version (Please see MythTV.org to find the current released version). Trunk builds are for features only available in development versions and for testing particular bug fixes at the request of upstream MythTV. Please note that these builds are not as optimized as regular builds to make it easier to debug them, so you may run into performance problems. By using the trunk builds, you sacrifice the stability afforded by a regular release cycles, so be sure to backup your database before starting. There is no returning to regular releases after enabling trunk. As new releases happen upstream, trunk repos will be converted to stable and new repositories produced for trunk.
- Which mirror should I pick?
- Pick the one closest to you. All of the builds happen on the PPA, and are mirrored to other locations within a few hours.
- What's the testing PPA?
- The testing PPA is a place that updated builds of other applications may be pushed to. These are generally backports of other things happening in the development release but that are applicable to the stable release.
- I wasn't asked what mirror to use. This isn't working!
- You might have configured debconf such that you aren't asked the priority of questions used. Open up Mythbuntu Control Centre (MCC) or run:
- sudo dpkg-reconfigure mythbuntu-repos
- The builds still aren't working.
- The builds disappeared after I upgraded Ubuntu releases.
- Update Manager turns off third party repositories on upgrade. Open up Mythbuntu Control Centre after the upgrade to reactivate.
- Why are there so many updates? I swear, they're happening every day. I just want the ones with important changes.
- There is no way to differentiate between the changes that happen upstream and discriminate between "important" and "nice to have" changes. The builds are only ran if there actually are changes made by upstream. If there aren't new changes, a new build isn't launched. Take a look at http://svn.mythtv.org/trac/timeline for more information about what is changing from build to build.
If you would like to change mirrors or disable auto-builds in the future, you can do so from the Mythbuntu Control Centre (MCC).
or via shell/terminal: sudo dpkg-reconfigure mythbuntu-repos
Activate Auto Builds