I'm not a "real coder" either (so one might argue I shouldn't be on linux-audio-dev, but I'm just interested in the discussions), so I think I understand the root cause of your grief.
I think if (if) the Ardour developers are _expecting_ quality feedback from normal users (not just programmers) at this stage, they should provide tarballs of the stable CVS snapshots they want to be tested. But maybe they want to wait for 1.0 before letting endusers test it? In that case, maybe you tried to use it too early in its development ? I think they honestly appreciate your effort to participate, there should be no doubt about that, but maybe Ardour is still changing too rapidly for you to be able to track it. I think only the developers of Ardour can clear out this question. best regards, Vincent
