How to specify a minimum STV file set in a plugin manaifest?

[tmiranda]

How do I specify a dependency on a minimum STV file set? I'm updating plugins to take advantage of this change added by Opus4: http://forums.sagetv.com/forums/showthread.php?t=51602

It requires the STV file set to be at least 2010120101.

Thanks,

Tom

[tmiranda]

Does anybody know the answer to this?

[BobPhoenix]

There is a property in my extender properties that specifies that. Here is what mine shows:

version/STV_file_set=2011110601

[JREkiwi]

I would think that you should be able to do it with

<Dependency>
  <STV>SageTV7</STV>
  <MinVersion>7.0.23.0</MinVersion>
</Dependency>

John

[tmiranda]

Originally Posted by BobPhoenix

There is a property in my extender properties that specifies that. Here is what mine shows:

version/STV_file_set=2011110601

OK, thanks for that. I need to put it in a Plugin manifest but I'm unsure of what tags to use.

@JREkiwi - That works for the core, but I want to specify a minimum STV fileset.

[GKusnick]

Originally Posted by tmiranda

@JREkiwi - That works for the core, but I want to specify a minimum STV fileset.

What he showed you is an STV dependency, not a core dependency. His example requires a specific version of the STV file named SageTV7.xml. This is the right way to do what you want since you don't really care how the file got there; you just want to make sure it has the right contents.

[JREkiwi]

Originally Posted by tmiranda

@JREkiwi - That works for the core, but I want to specify a minimum STV fileset.

A core dependency uses these tags

 <Dependency>
  <Core></Core>
  <MinVersion>7.1.5</MinVersion>
 </Dependency>

John

[tmiranda]

I guess I'm not explaining myself well enough. I need to make sure the latest STV fileset is installed, which is 2011110601. (This is the update Andy put out to use the new weather sources.) I know the SageTV version is 7.1.9.256 but that can have different STV filesets. (I think the one before 2011110601 was 2011042501.)

[GKusnick]

The STV file has its own version number (visible on the System Info screen) that may be different from the product core version number. The STV version is the one checked by the STV dependency. If you need a particular version of the STV (i.e. the UI, not the product core), you should use an STV dependency.

Or are you saying there's some other file in that particular update fileset that you depend on besides the STV file? If so, what is it? Maybe there's a way to check for that directly. Again, it's best to check for the specific files you need rather than depending on them having been delivered by a particular update.

[tmiranda]

Are you saying I'd do it like this:

<Dependency>
  <STV>SageTV7</STV>
  <MinVersion>2011110601</MinVersion>
</Dependency>

[GKusnick]

No, you should look up the STV version number in System Info (or open the STV in Studio and look at the version info under the Global theme) and use that number in your dependency. The update fileset number isn't interesting, because the dependency checker doesn't check that, and it might not be the only way to get that version of the STV. (Say for instance that Jeff releases a new installer that includes those changes without requiring any updates.)

This is all assuming that the STV is what you care about, and not some other random file in that update fileset.

[tmiranda]

Originally Posted by GKusnick

No, you should look up the STV version number in System Info (or open the STV in Studio and look at the version info under the Global theme) and use that number in your dependency. The update fileset number isn't interesting, because the dependency checker doesn't check that, and it might not be the only way to get that version of the STV. (Say for instance that Jeff releases a new installer that includes those changes without requiring any updates.)

This is all assuming that the STV is what you care about, and not some other random file in that update fileset.

That's confusing, but now I think I've got it. The system info says:

Current STV File: SageTV7.xml (Version 7.1.9.6, November 11, 2011, Name: SageTV7)

... so I use 7.1.9.6 and ignore the "Current STV file set version". I always thought the STV file set version number was the most important (when it came to the STV) but that assumption is wrong

[Fuzzy]

For reference, the STV name and version that are used for this check are stored in the STV, at Global -> STVName, and Global -> STVVersion