On 27 February 2014 21:30, Maxime Gauduin <aluc...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Thu, Feb 27, 2014 at 4:07 PM, Rashif Ray Rahman <sc...@archlinux.org>wrote: > >> On 23 February 2014 05:02, Maxime Gauduin <aluc...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > On Sat, Feb 22, 2014 at 10:16 PM, Jerome Leclanche <adys...@gmail.com >> >wrote: >> > >> >> https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/fluidr3/ >> >> >> >> Appears to be the same packaged data as >> >> https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/soundfont-fluid/ except it doesn't >> >> build properly. Note: I might be wrong on this, but I can't figure out >> >> how to make it build. >> >> >> >> J. Leclanche >> >> >> > >> > I haven't tried building the fluidr3 package recently, but that sfark >> > format is a pain in the neck anyway. The fluidr3 soundfont from >> > soundfont-fluid doesn't use that and comes with changes from the >> musescore >> > guys, so it's actucally a more up-to-date version of the original fluidr3 >> > by hammersound. I'll merge fluidr3 into soundfont-fluid. Thx. >> >> Sfark decompression became a non-issue early last year. [1][2] The >> upstream author made contact, and sfarkxtc is maintained by a known >> (at least to me) member of the Linux audio community. [3] >> >> A sfark-compressed soundfont is still helpful for people with slow >> Internet connections; 72 MB from 124 MB is a 42%, 52 MB reduction! >> That's an extra 13 minutes and a dollar (or even more) for some. >> >> Fair enough. > > >> In conclusion, soundfont-fluid is a better package name, but the >> original fluidr3 that existed in the AUR and depended on a >> decompressor is (since Feb 2013) not obsoleted by musescore's changes >> -- unless they're actually critical to be worth the extra megs. >> >> Here is the changelog from MuseScore (BlissSam: which BTW is shipped in > the archive, along with the original ReadMe from Hammersound): > > "Missing note (#94) added to Violin and range extended to G7 (MIDI#103) for > compatibility with MuseScore 2" > > Anyone not using the Violin font or MuseScore may argue that the changes > aren't critical enough. > > >> >> [1] http://melodymachine.com/sfark-linux-mac >> [2] >> http://www.linuxmusicians.com/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=9854&start=15#p35712 >> [3] https://github.com/raboof/sfarkxtc >> >> -- >> GPG/PGP ID: C0711BF1 >> > > I'd rather stick with the version from MuseScore, but yeah, bandwitdth is > not a problem here and as you pointed out, I understand if people would > like to have separate packages. How about soundfont-fluid for the original > soundfont from hammersound and soundfont-fluid-musescore for the modified > soundfont?
No, don't bother with that. I simply wanted to point out that someone could continue maintaining the sfark-compressed version without fearing deletion (whatever name it has/will have). Most distributions use the musescore source, and the change is significant enough, so there's no further issue there. -- GPG/PGP ID: C0711BF1