Bug#871920: musescore-common: please split out the FluidR3Mono_GM.sf3 sound font into a separate package

2018-03-14 Thread Thorsten Glaser
tl;dr: I’m working on *all* MuseScore soundfont issues. Hi Fabian, > Am Dienstag, den 10.10.2017, 21:18 +0200 schrieb Thorsten Glaser: > > They could switch to a different one, is what I meant. > > > > (or embed it in the C source… *shudder*) > > Whoa, I think both these cases would be

Bug#871920: musescore-common: please split out the FluidR3Mono_GM.sf3 sound font into a separate package

2017-10-11 Thread Fabian Greffrath
Hi Thorsten, Am Mittwoch, den 11.10.2017, 20:53 +0200 schrieb Thorsten Glaser: > Thanks. Have a look at the git repository to see whether I > bungled editing it or if it’s good now. Looks perfect now, thanks! > I suppose this alone isn’t worth a new upload of its own? No, of course not. ;) -

Bug#871920: musescore-common: please split out the FluidR3Mono_GM.sf3 sound font into a separate package

2017-10-11 Thread Thorsten Glaser
Hi Fabian, > I have problems parsing the last sentence in the package description for > fluidr3mono-gm-soundfont. I am sure you dodn't mean a "slow footprint" and oops, indeed not. That’s what I get for doing this late in the day while being distracted by coworkers… ;) > Let me suggest the

Bug#871920: musescore-common: please split out the FluidR3Mono_GM.sf3 sound font into a separate package

2017-10-11 Thread Fabian Greffrath
Hello Thorsten, I have problems parsing the last sentence in the package description for fluidr3mono-gm-soundfont. I am sure you dodn't mean a "slow footprint" and the sentence could be split into three or at least two sentences. Let me suggest the following: "It can be used with most modern

Bug#871920: musescore-common: please split out the FluidR3Mono_GM.sf3 sound font into a separate package

2017-10-10 Thread Fabian Greffrath
Am Dienstag, den 10.10.2017, 21:18 +0200 schrieb Thorsten Glaser: > They could switch to a different one, is what I meant. > > (or embed it in the C source… *shudder*) Whoa, I think both these cases would be incentive enough to package it on its own. > Exactly. Good that we’re on the same page.

Bug#871920: musescore-common: please split out the FluidR3Mono_GM.sf3 sound font into a separate package

2017-10-10 Thread Thorsten Glaser
On Tue, 10 Oct 2017, Fabian Greffrath wrote: > Hi again, same, > Am Dienstag, den 10.10.2017, 17:41 +0200 schrieb Thorsten Glaser: > > What if they decide to stop shipping it? > > then we would proceed as we did for the previous soundfont they > provided, i.e. timgm6mb-soundfont. That is, we

Bug#871920: musescore-common: please split out the FluidR3Mono_GM.sf3 sound font into a separate package

2017-10-10 Thread Fabian Greffrath
Hi again, Am Dienstag, den 10.10.2017, 17:41 +0200 schrieb Thorsten Glaser: > What if they decide to stop shipping it? then we would proceed as we did for the previous soundfont they provided, i.e. timgm6mb-soundfont. That is, we would continue to package it in its own source package. .o(On the

Bug#871920: musescore-common: please split out the FluidR3Mono_GM.sf3 sound font into a separate package

2017-10-10 Thread Thorsten Glaser
tags 871920 + pending thanks Hi Fabian, > If upstream finds a way to further improve the soundfont and decides to > ship a modified version in the next release, I am fine with that. > > The actual file format, I believe, can be considered stable, though. It > has already been adopted by other

Bug#871920: musescore-common: please split out the FluidR3Mono_GM.sf3 sound font into a separate package

2017-10-10 Thread Fabian Greffrath
Hi Thorsten, Thorsten Glaser wrote: > as far as I’m informed, the soundfont is not an “API” of MuseScore, > i.e. it can, and possibly will, change without notice. If upstream finds a way to further improve the soundfont and decides to ship a modified version in the next release, I am fine

Bug#871920: musescore-common: please split out the FluidR3Mono_GM.sf3 sound font into a separate package

2017-10-09 Thread Thorsten Glaser
Hi Fabian, > in the SF3 format that musescore introduced. It is thus appropriate to > split out the FluidR3Mono_GM.sf3 sound font that comes bundled with > musescore into its own package, install it into /usr/share/sounds/sf3/ as far as I’m informed, the soundfont is not an “API” of MuseScore,

Bug#871920: musescore-common: please split out the FluidR3Mono_GM.sf3 sound font into a separate package

2017-08-12 Thread Fabian Greffrath
Package: musescore-common Version: 2.1.0+dfsg1-0.2 Severity: normal Hi there, the next version of fluidsynth (1.1.7) will be able to use sound fonts in the SF3 format that musescore introduced. It is thus appropriate to split out the FluidR3Mono_GM.sf3 sound font that comes bundled with