okay, I agree that it would be drastic and on the point that it would mean a lot more work, which after it being done could prove not that important. I just get annoyed by problems like this, and am, to some degree, still in old-p:d diy mode :-)
> And AFAIK, editing a source package depedency list and bumping up a > version is way less work and "clean" than rebuilding the package against > new dependencies that also need to be built then, in the 1st case you > just merge changes and go on working on your package and in the other > case you fork, which leads to more work as you would hev to maintain > quite a few things, until the day where you see that your fork relies on > some new broken things, for which you would have to fork even deeper if > you want to follow the non-merging strategy. > true. its easier. but then, we have periods where our packages are broken due to some changes elsewhere and since we are a small team, it takes longer to respond to such events. > > So for me, this would be a regression in regards of our goals to > outsource as much as possible and focus on the end software and the > live distro. > I agree, we set out this way, and when I make myself clear again that that was our goal, I'm with you. > > if you're sure SVN is stable enough (remember people uses p:d for > performances and installations and it would be a problem to switch to a > JACK that might have random crashes) then I'm fine with the idea. > yes, I think so. pauls quick comment... http://ardour.org/node/1920#comment-7506 > AFAIK, rob and you had a good experience teaching cinelerra on p:d, so I > believe the cinelerra package is good? I used ardour from time to time > and MM's is very fine, same for mplayer, avidemux. > thats true. They were working well. I just wish they'd release new ardour faster.... :-) > In the end I agree we might have to provide things differently, but I > believe this is too early while there are still more important things to > sort, or more "end" software that still need to be packaged :) > good. I can live with that, as it at least also keeps it somewhat open what we decide to provide.
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