Hi,
Thanks for your reply. I'll contact the main developer about this and
report back.
On 06-03-2020 16:27, [email protected] wrote:
In Ubuntu, I have packaged and included RaySession, which is completely
API compatible with NSM and uses Qt as opposed to NTK. You can see it
at https://launchpad.net/raysession. I recommend using it in
conjunction with Carla for same, if not better, functionality than NSM.
No it's not completely API compatible with NSM! RaySession does changed
the NSM session file format, which is a pretty stupid thing to do imho
and most NSM users finds the same. It also means that sessions in
Raysession can't be used in NSM. It brings back the Session Management
'mess' we had on Linuxaudio before the release of NSM. It lists
Ladish/LASH applications in the same list with NSM applications for
instance. Frankly, to me all signs that the developer of RaySession
absolutely doesn't get it. I've tested it and it actually broke a NSM
session of mine and I heard others with the same experience. So my
strong recommendation would be to use the default UI for NSM, and not
RaySession. And to not add it to Ubuntu at all, or remove it if it's
there already! Seriously.
It's also good to note that RaySession is a UI for NSM. He wrote a UI on
top of others work without using the name NSM.
This is personal preference, but it's also a misconception, that more
functionality makes a UI more easy. It actually makes a UI more complex
in this case. More (little) knobs to choose for functionality you not
really need. The default NSM GUI is fast, reliable (!) and simple
stupid. Which is actually precisely what a GUI for a Session Manager
should be.
I hope you understand, but as far as packaging NSM, it is nearly
impossible in Debian. Any attempts I have made have taken more time and
energy than I am willing to dedicate to it, and I'm sure the Debian
Multimedia team would agree.
Thank you,
Erich
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Erich Eickmeyer
Project Leader
Ubuntu Studio
ubuntustudio.org
