On 07/22/2015 01:28 AM, Daniel Schürmann wrote: > Everyone can already use 1.12 beta. What is the difference to a 1.12 > release? > IMHO it is all the shiny stuff that makes the difference from a project > to a product. > It is marketing, design, manual, advertising texts, screen shots and so on. > A product with good maketing/design is always considered as high > quality, regardless > of the number of critical bugs. > > Unfortunately marketing experts are rare among our contributors. > Any Idea to change this?
I don't think Mixxx has much of an issue with marketing. "Free DJ software" almost markets itself. People seem to know about Mixxx, but they consider it a thing just for beginners (see https://www.reddit.com/r/Beatmatch/comments/3e4fk1/aspiring_young_dj_questions/ for example). The website is pretty and the manual has been clear about how to use Mixxx. I think Mixxx's biggest marketing issue has been clarity about what it doesn't do that people have come to expect from DJ software based on what Traktor, Serato, and Virtual DJ can do. With 1.12, I think the biggest weak point is support for popular controllers, which is why I put so much effort into the Hardware Guide on the wiki. I don't think it really helps for the website to have a giant list of devices that are mostly discontinued and weren't that popular to begin with. The other big weak point, as Ferran pointed out, are the effects. One strength of Mixxx that I think the website should make a bigger deal about is free DVS support that works with any capable sound card. I think that should be mentioned on the front page. > Kind regards, > > Daniel > > > > > > > > > > 2015-07-22 7:55 GMT+02:00 Be <b...@gmx.com <mailto:b...@gmx.com>>: > > > > On 07/22/2015 12:00 AM, Sébastien BLAISOT wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > Some more blockers : > > > > * (win) installing 1.12 on top of a previous version installation > > (lp:1457618) => PR621 is *still* waiting for merge. Please review and > > discuss if we move version to beta2 > > > > * (win) Eject symbol not shown in LateNight skin (lp:1454649) => PR627 > > is *still* waiting for review and merge > > Who can review these? Who uses Windows? > > > About startup time, I noticed, under windows, that startup time is > > *very* long if I have network shares mounted and a slow (like > > slooooooow) network connection. Mixxx probably tries to enumerate all > > drives at startup, even network ones. I think it should be limited to > > local drives. Launch time is short if I unmount network shares before > > launching mixxx. Hope this can be of any help in sorting out this issue. > > Why does Mixxx need to enumerate all drives at startup? Shouldn't it > only need to enumerate drives that the library is configured to scan in? > > > --- > > Sébastien Blaisot > > > > Le 22/07/2015 00:03, Be a écrit : > > > >> Where are we now? Let's make a list of release blockers: > >> * skin polish: Ferran's updates to LateNight in PR #639 is a good step > >> and he said he'd work on Deere too > >> * weird bug with library search bar focus in LateNight: > >>https://bugs.launchpad.net/mixxx/+bug/1462061 > >> * Startup time: Mixxx takes a long time to start up on some systems. PR > >> #655 and PR #650 will alleviate the issue without risking regressions > by > >> messing with the startup code much. > >> * Opus crash: LP 1458380 > >> * flaky broadcasting connections: LP 1277274 > >> * key sorting: PR #649 in progress > >> * updating documentation links: PR #657 > >> * manual updates. IMO the people who wrote new features should be the > >> ones who explain how they work. > >> > >> * Electrix Tweaker mapping: PR #638 is almost ready. I ran into a bug > >> where I couldn't exit a loop using my controller last night. I'm not > >> sure if it was an issue with the mapping or Mixxx. > >> * Pioneer DDJ-SB mapping: How is progress on this Joan? Can you put it > >> on GitHub? See > >> http://mixxx.org/wiki/doku.php/midi_scripting#setting_up_git for > setting > >> up git for mappings. > >> > >> On 06/14/2015 12:33 PM, Sébastien Blaisot wrote: > >>> > >>> OK, trying to gather what we said about "1.12 release blockers": > >>> > >>> Done: > >>> * skin polish (Jus has an active Deere branch) => PR579 & PR608 > merged. > >>> * (win) installing 1.12 on top of a previous version > installation => > >>> PR621 waiting for merge > >>> * (win) Uninstalling Mixxx leave files behind => PR603 merged > >>> * (win) Incorrect preferences folder path => PR606 merged > >>> > >>> Remaining: > >>> * critical Windows bugs => RJ told he will have a look at them. > can we > >>> list the critical blockers here ? > >>> * skin polish (Jus has an active Deere branch) => bug lp:1454649 > >>> remaining. Is there other work needed ? > >>> * website updates (RJ ryan is working on this). We also need to > open > >>> more languages for website translation on transifex. it's actually > >>> limited to english, german, portuguese and Turkish. I can make > french > >>> (france) translation. > >>> * manual updates => Does somebody work on this actually ? > >>> * avoid flanger warning message for shipped with mixxx controller > >>> mappings (hack it by making an ignore list) => Does somebody > work on > >>> this actually ? > >>> * XDG folders under Linux : We have to decide if it is a 1.12 > issue or > >>> if we postpone it. see lp:1463273 and PR622 > >>> * Unstable broadcasting stream => lp:1277274 > >>> > >>> > >>> Is there any other blockers ? > >> > >> > >> > >> > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >> Don't Limit Your Business. 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