On 04/11/2016 03:15 PM, Silas Mortimer wrote: > Awesome! I need to check with the maintainers of the Opensuse > Multimedia repo. Hopefully it's there soon. (I *might* download and > compile it, but I hate messing up the usefulness of a package > manager.)
It could take months or years for any work I do now to show up in a distro package. I have to release it first (1-3 months, or longer), then the package maintainer has to pick it up and update his package, which usually involves patching things to suit the peculiarities of his particular distro, and then the package has to sit around for however long it takes to find its way into being released by the distro (varies wildly from days to years). The better way to go is to just track the development source repository, the way we developers do. Some distros hack Rosegarden to force it to install a bunch of things to system directories (see: distro peculiarities), but the stock version the way we publish it can run out of the directory where you compiled the thing, without installing anything. At the moment I have 20 different versions of Rosegarden in my user directory, along with my distro package version to make 21. I can run all of them at the same time if I want to juggle that many windows. Seriously, this is one project where you can play with the development stuff all day long without ever messing up your trusty distro package. > And you rock! If I ever get a chance to buy you a beer or whatever > your drink is, I will damn well do so. Also, is there a way to donate > to the project? I can't spare much, but I'd like to contribute. You have contributed plenty just by showing up at the right time and throwing some nice bite sized problems at me that are well inside my comfort zone. I don't have a lot of free time, and I just can't manage big, ambitious undertakings right now. I can knock some of this stuff out, and feel like I accomplished something. It's nice. We have a donation page, but I took the link down. You guys are probably more broke than I am. I do enjoy beer, and if you're ever in town.... -- D. Michael McIntyre ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Find and fix application performance issues faster with Applications Manager Applications Manager provides deep performance insights into multiple tiers of your business applications. It resolves application problems quickly and reduces your MTTR. Get your free trial! https://ad.doubleclick.net/ddm/clk/302982198;130105516;z _______________________________________________ Rosegarden-user mailing list Rosegarden-user@lists.sourceforge.net - use the link below to unsubscribe https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/rosegarden-user
