You are right ;) But that does not leave me manually tweaking the database. It 
leaves me 
 1. configuring NFS on either backend/frontend machine by hand and 
 2. adding the exported directory as a Storage Group at the frontend machine
 3. taking care for a stable and performant network connection.

Due to the complexity of possible installation/mount scenarios this
might be a thread for the "mythbuntu-control-centre" which is able/build
to handle package management or other system configuration tasks -
already containing nfs server under "system-services".

But that does not offer a unique procedure of (automatically) including
different Storage Groups that are avaiable from other backends via NFS.
However: the problem using different exported directories from different
backends you (Mario) decribed above is now solved with "Storage Groups".

It might be a solution to add a mytharchive option "share (for backends)
/ use (for frontends) directories via fileserver" - and let the user
choose between nfs/smbfs/cifs. The implementation of that task would be
indeed not be a trivial one, but possible ;)

Automatically solve this task assumes that every user of mytharchive on
a client with "only frontend installation" will need an configured file
server on the backend. And - cross installation issues over system
boarders will probably not be realistic ever. So this task will has to
be done on the backend manually anyway - but could somehow be supported
through mytharchive/control-centre.

Also not considered is the fact that some users might not know how
network performance and stability issues can leave such a system nearly
unusable (e.g. some might try a sloppy wireless connection).

To come to an end: 
------------------------
For now there should be a warning message when using mytharchive on a "pure" 
frontend machine. Pointing to a help page how to configure a "networked" 
frontend/backend system the right way might be a good idea though.

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mytharchive fails with python error
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/118700
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