Thanks for your thoughts Maitland. My requirements re experimentation remain the same.
I have no objection to other people working on Codec 2 to address the issues you are interested in. I don't have the time or inclination myself. For example it would be great if some one stepped up and coded/maintained a standard API. Cheers, David On 18/03/15 09:58, Maitland Bottoms wrote: >>>>>> "RS" == Richard Shaw <[email protected]> writes: > RS> I'm working on getting Codec2 accepted in Fedora. > > So as someone who is maintaining two copies of codec2 in > the Debian distribution, I would appreciate some thought > on codec2 versions, API/ABI and release policy. > > I noticed that in the case of the Opus codec, no "release" > was made before the RFC standards process was in place. > An argument could be made that codec2 should follow in those > footsteps. > > Now I'm a fan of free software, speech coding and distributions, > so back in 2012 I thought it might be a preety neat thing if > I uploaded codec2 into Debian 10 years to the day after > I uploaded speex to Debian. But I asked David Rowe first, > and he reasoned that given the development state of codec2, > and his wanting freedom to change the bitstream definitions, > and API on a whim, it just did not seem to be the right time > for codec2 to enter the widespread fame of linux distributions. > > So I put my efforts toward ensuring that the codec2 code > distributed in gnuradio was identical to what was used > in FreeDV. Mainly because that was something I thought > I could do that would be helpful. > > We all know that codec2 *will* be the universal, interoperable > and ubiquitous standard for low-bitrate speech coding, but we > need to take a good look at where we are now and how we are > going to get there. > > If indeed 2015 is the year libcodec2 enters mainstrem distributions, > I am sure Richard will agree with me that he and I will work > together in lockstep to get our distributions and distribution > communities to implement David Rowe's codec2 visions. > > So. Would we make different decisions in 2015 than we did in 2012? > > Thanks for your consideration, > -Maitland > (aka [email protected]) > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Dive into the World of Parallel Programming The Go Parallel Website, sponsored > by Intel and developed in partnership with Slashdot Media, is your hub for all > things parallel software development, from weekly thought leadership blogs to > news, videos, case studies, tutorials and more. Take a look and join the > conversation now. http://goparallel.sourceforge.net/ > _______________________________________________ > Freetel-codec2 mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freetel-codec2 > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Dive into the World of Parallel Programming The Go Parallel Website, sponsored by Intel and developed in partnership with Slashdot Media, is your hub for all things parallel software development, from weekly thought leadership blogs to news, videos, case studies, tutorials and more. Take a look and join the conversation now. http://goparallel.sourceforge.net/ _______________________________________________ Freetel-codec2 mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freetel-codec2
