On Saturday 12 January 2008 18:23:59 Jamin W. Collins wrote: > Joost Yervante Damad wrote: > > However it is very well possible to use timidity with other soundfonts > > then freepats (and usually far better sounding ones!), and then timidity > > works fine. > > It's not so much a question of whether it is possible to use it without > freepats, it's a question of the provided default configuration. As the > package is currently provided it will not even start. While removing > the configuration entry will allow timidity to start, it appears that it > does not have any instrument sounds or at least my attempts without it > failed to produce any sound. > > > It's a thin line; the reason it is like it is now is to avoid that people > > need to install a 28M package (freepats) which they might not need, just > > to use timidity. > > I can understand this concern, but current the provided installation > will likely be broken for many (if not most) users due to the default > configuration file and the lack of instruments. I simply installed > freepats when I noticed it was the reason timidity was failing. > However, I do think the package as provided should either work or notify > the user of what needs to be done to make it work.
I tend to agree. I'll prepare a new upload with a Depends: on freepats and hope I don't get to many bugs the other way around ;) Thanks for pointing this issue out again; as it keeps re-appearing a fix is indeed needed. Joost -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
