On 2024-09-01 16:21, Martin Guy wrote:
# sox_ng: First release announcement
I am happy (with some trepidation) to announce the first release
of sox_ng, a new project to unify the work in the 50 distros ....
This has clearly been lots of work, and is to be applauded.
I for one am confused though why it's got a new name, source location
etc. Is this intended to replace the sox available from:
https://sourceforge.net/projects/sox/ ?
Even if it is, why is it not just v15, but hosted in the same place
as prior versions, where extant users can find it?
If this is interesting, either fetch a tarball from
https://codeberg.org/sox_ng/sox_ng/releases
I did do, but although README files mention PDFs and EXEs, there are
none such in there. Yes, I know it's "source" but I thought there
might at least be a revised manual to read.
And unlike Sourceforge there seem to be no Windows builds.
I then looked at the issues tracker, searching it for "Windows". I
was slightly worried by
https://codeberg.org/sox_ng/sox_ng/issues/65
"Compile for MS/DOS"
because I couldn't tell from the text there whether it genuinely is
about "MS/DOS" (not present in Windows for maybe 20+ years) or if it
just means the "Command Prompt" (cmd.exe) terminal environment that's
been in Windows since then - which I use a lot - or its successor
"Powershell" - which I have never used, & don't plan to.
Also, I for one would not want sox_ng for Windows only to be
available via some sort of setup.exe - I'd prefer just a zipped set
of files that I can place where I want them on my system.
One never knows what an installer does.
--
Jeremy Nicoll - my opinions are my own
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