Brian,
The man pages need to have the Attributes section as well.
Something like:
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attri-
butes:
____________________________________________________________
| ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
|_____________________________|_____________________________|
| Availability | SUNWgnome-file-mgr |
|_____________________________|_____________________________|
| Interface stability | Volatile |
|_____________________________|_____________________________|
Thanks,
John
Brian Utterback wrote:
> Please find enclosed the two man pages that go with this project.
>
> Brian Utterback wrote:
>> I am submitting this fastrack on behalf of Milan Cermak. Binding is
>> patch. the timer is set for 03/25/2009
>>
>> Template Version: @(#)sac_nextcase 1.68 02/23/09 SMI
>> This information is Copyright 2009 Sun Microsystems
>> 1. Introduction
>> 1.1. Project/Component Working Name:
>> TiMidity++
>> 1.2. Name of Document Author/Supplier:
>> Author: Milan Cermak
>> 1.3 Date of This Document:
>> 18 March, 2009
>> 4. Technical Description
>> Proposal:
>>
>> Integrate TiMidity++ into OpenSolaris
>>
>> Detail:
>> TiMidity++[1] is software synthetizer which reads MIDI files and
>> renders
>> output sound either to file or to sound device. Aside of MIDI files,
>> TiMidity++ can process Amiga module files (MOD) and other similar
>> formats (SMF, MFi). TiMidity++ supports Sun Audio and Open Sound
>> System
>> interfaces.
>>
>> TiMidity++ is currently available in version 2.13.2 released on
>> Oct 3rd, 2004. There are no news about new versions but community is
>> still active and improves the software.
>>
>> In OpenSolaris, Sun Audio drivers do not provide interface to
>> hardware
>> synthetizer. Furthermore, many integrated sound chips available
>> nowadays
>> do not have hardware synthetizer leaving sound rendering to software.
>> On the other hand, synthetized music is still in use, mainly in
>> games.
>>
>> To render a sound from MIDI file, TiMidity++ requires a sound bank
>> (a sound collection of different music instruments). Such sound bank
>> is not part of TiMidity++.
>> Sound banks are usually supplied with sound cards, but are limited in
>> available sounds and instruments. Furthermore, they are delivered
>> under
>> proprietary license.
>> To allow full functionality of TiMidity++ from start, OpenSolaris
>> should
>> provide a sound bank on its own. Two sound banks which are
>> delivered in
>> Debian GNU/Linux were evaluated; one from FreePats project[2] and
>> one from FluidSynth project[3]. There are other sound banks available
>> for free on the internet but it's hard or impossible to find their
>> license.
>> FluidSynth sound bank was chosen because it provides complete General
>> Midi instrument set. The bank has standard format and can be also
>> used
>> by other software (or hardware synthetizer). However, it is quite
>> large
>> (about 150 MB). It will be installed to /usr/share/sounds/sf2
>> directory.
>> Because of usability by other software, the sound bank will be
>> packaged separately. Package will provide necessary configuration
>> files for TiMidity++ to allow usage of the sound bank.
>>
>> FluidSynth[3] is another project providing software synthetizer. In
>> advance, it can use external devices (keyboard) for input. However,
>> it doesn't support other input file than MIDI and does not support
>> Sun Audio interface.
>>
>> Exported Interfaces:
>>
>> SUNWtimidity Uncommitted Package name
>> SUNWfluid-soundfont-gm Uncommitted Package name
>> /usr/bin/timidity Committed Executable location
>> timidity Volatile Commandline syntax
>>
>> Documentation Impact:
>>
>> New man pages timidity(1) and timidity_cfg(5).
>>
>> References:
>>
>> [1] http://timidity.sourceforge.net
>> [2] http://freepats.opensrc.org
>> [3] http://fluidsynth.resonance.org/trac
>> [4] 6670236 TiMiDiTy++ 2.13.2 to be integrated into SFW consolidation
>>
>>
>>
>> 6. Resources and Schedule
>> 6.4. Steering Committee requested information
>> 6.4.1. Consolidation C-team Name:
>> sfw
>> 6.5. ARC review type: FastTrack
>> 6.6. ARC Exposure: open
>>
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