Bug 32518

Summary:	Mythbrowser is not included in the MythTV packages for Mageia 9
Product:	Mageia	Reporter:	Steve Wallace <steve_wallace>
Component:	New RPM package request	Assignee:	All Packagers <pkg-bugs>
Status:	RESOLVED WONTFIX	QA Contact:
Severity:	major
Priority:	Normal	CC:	geiger.david68210
Version:	9
Target Milestone:	---
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
URL:	https://www.mythtv.org/
Whiteboard:
Source RPM:	mythtv-33.1-2.mga9.tainted.src.rpm	CVE:
Status comment:

Description Steve Wallace 2023-11-14 11:39:25 CET

Description of problem:

Mythbrowser is not included in the MythTV v33.1 packages for Mageia 9. 

Mythbrowser is required for accessing web sites and being able open video streaming sites such as Netflix from MythTV. 

This is different to 'mythweb' which IS included, as 'mythtv-mythweb-31.0-3.mga9.noarch.rpm', in Magaia 9 but it has been replaced in MythTV by 'WebFrontend' and is no longer being developed or maintained. 
Mythbrowser is required for accessing web sites and being able open video streaming sites such as Netflix from MythTV. 

It would appear that the wrong package has been removed from Mageia 9

The last version that was available was for Mageia 8.
mythtv-plugin-browser-31.0-20210112.1.mga8.x86_64.rpm

Could you please create a corresponding RPM for Mageia 9

Steve

Comment 1 Lewis Smith 2023-11-14 23:14:56 CET

Thank you for the report.

 For the record, we have in M9:
mythtv-backend
mythtv-common
mythtv-doc
mythtv-frontend
mythtv-mythweb
mythtv-plugin-archive
mythtv-plugin-game
mythtv-plugin-music
mythtv-plugin-netvision
mythtv-plugin-news
mythtv-plugin-weather
mythtv-plugin-zoneminder
mythtv-setup
mythtv-themes-base

I do not have the corresponding list for M8 to hand, which implicitly includes also 'mythtv-plugin-browser'.
I can find no sign of 'WebFrontend' or 'Mythbrowser' on the project site.
MythTV
MythArchive
MythGallery
MythMusic
MythVideo
MythWeb
+
MythControls
MythFlix
MythGame
MythMovies
MythWeather
MythZoneMinder

But wait! https://www.mythtv.org/wiki/MythBrowser says:
"MythBrowser is a plugin that provides a fully functional WebKit-based browser.
Do not confuse this with MythWeb which allows you to access your mythtv content over a web-browser."
The project download page lists these two:
 MythTV 33.1
 Mythweb 33.1
These official plugins are noted (no sign where they come from):
    MythBrowser     ***
    MythArchive
    MythGallery
    MythGame
    MythGame
    MythMovies
    MythMusic
    MythNews
    MythVideo
    MythWeather
    MythWeb
No sign of Zoneminder.

Since we offer most of the plugins, adding Mythbrowser should be in order.

Different packagers update MythTV, so assigning this globally.

URL: (none) => https://www.mythtv.org/
Assignee: bugsquad => pkg-bugs
Source RPM: (none) => mythtv-33.1-2.mga9.tainted.src.rpm

Comment 2 David GEIGER 2023-11-15 03:17:52 CET

As it is a QT WebKit-based browser we have disable it in MGA9 see:
https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=29326

CC: (none) => geiger.david68210

Comment 3 Steve Wallace 2023-11-20 11:39:11 CET

Hi,
OK, I have noticed that there was an issue raised last year regarding QtWebkit last year, https://github.com/MythTV/mythtv/issues/327. 

It maybe that this has been resolved but that the Mythbrowser web page has not been updated. I will raise the question with the MythTV team

Steve

Comment 4 Steve Wallace 2023-11-29 17:49:00 CET

Hi,
It appears that there is a problem with moving MythBrowser from QtWebkit to QtWebEngine which they have not been able to resolve, therefore this can be closed

Comment 5 Steve Wallace 2024-05-28 13:01:23 CEST

Marked as resolved/Wontfix for previous reason above, may be reopened if resolved upstream

Resolution: (none) => WONTFIX
Status: NEW => RESOLVED