On Fri, Oct 29, 2010 at 5:36 PM, Scott Lavender <[email protected]>wrote:
> Hello again. > > We are almost a month from the first Alpha image for Ubuntu Studio and I > wanted to share an update about Ubuntu Studio Natty Narwhal 11.04. > > I had mentioned before on the mailing list that in an effort to make Ubuntu > Studio more effective and proficient we were identifying tasks that a user > might want to accomplish with Ubuntu Studio. Additionally workflows were > developed to support these tasks which include which packages might be > required a general set of actions required to accomplish said tasks. > Developing these workflows helps us in numerous ways, including identifying > a package set, providing framework for user documentation, and providing a > path for testing. This email will focus on identifying a package set. > > For those who are interesting, and I would hope most would be, you can find > the task and workflow wiki page at: > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuStudio/Workflows > > All users are encouraging to peruse this page and add their contributions! > We only ask that if you have a differing workflow that one that is already > extant, please add yours as an "alternative" and do not remove the other. > > Before going further I want to explain more about what I mean when I use > the term "package set". This term is a reference to the applications > installed by default with Ubuntu Studio. These packages are NOT being > removed from the archives. You can always install these packages at any > time, by any method of choice. We are only discussing the inclusion of > these package on the Ubuntu Studio ISO. > > Right. Now that we have that out of the way, I want to inform you how the > currently installed package set will change for Natty. > > These will be "new" packages (or applications) installed by default when > installing Ubuntu Studio: > * guitarix > * hydrogen-drumkits > * lashd > * mscore (to replaces denemo and lilypond) > * phasex > * qtractor (to replace seq24) > * specimen > * whysynth > * yoshimi (to replace zynaddsubfx) > > These are packages (or applications) that are currently included with > Ubuntu Studio, but will no longer be: > * aconnectgui > * audacity > * beast > * bitscope > * bristol > * csound > * denemo (replaced by mscore) > * freebirth > * freqtweak > * genpo > * jackeq > * jacktools > * jdelay > * lillypond (replaced by mscore) > * lmms > * mixxx > * muse > * qamix > * seq24 (replaced by qtractor) > * terminatorx > * timemachine > * timidity > * tk707 > * xwax > * zynaddsubfx > > Again, the goal is to make Ubuntu Studio more effective and proficient, in > essence more useful. Users want to accomplish a task (e.g. mix a song), not > just run an application. The current status of the package set ( > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuStudio/PackageSelectionDevelopment) was > developed to assist users accomplish tasks. > > If an application is listed to no longer be included with Ubuntu Studio but > you want it to be, then please identify a task that requires it and develop > a workflow at: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuStudio/Workflows > > This is your chance to directly influence which applications are included > with Ubuntu Studio. > > ScottL > > > > -- > Ubuntu-Studio-devel mailing list > [email protected] > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-devel > > just to clarify, these packages that are being removed from the ubuntustudio meta-package, and the default install will still be available in the repo as long as the packages are supported, correct?... if someone needed aconnectgui, they can just apt-get it... thanks -- MH http://www.myspace.com/mikeholstein http://opensourcemusician.libsyn.com/
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