tags 871920 + pending thanks Hi Fabian,
> If upstream finds a way to further improve the soundfont and decides to > ship a modified version in the next release, I am fine with that. > > The actual file format, I believe, can be considered stable, though. It > has already been adopted by other upstreams than musescore and fluidsynth. I guess so, yes. > > Sure, we can split it off, and itâ??ll be versioned with the version > > of the corresponding MuseScore package, but thatâ??ll be all of it, > > unless someone actively maintains the soundfont. > > Sure, as long as musescore keeps shipping this soundfont, it will be part > of that source package. What if they decide to stop shipping it? > > Furthermore, MuseScore may cease shipping this, or ship an > > incompatible version, in the future. I *really* wish to avoid > > a repeat of #768524 where we could not upgrade MuseScore because > > something used the old soundfont. > > I'd rather see it as a positive sign that musescore's soundfont has proved > useful outside of its original scope. Yes, but, I’m a MuseScore user, and so really really *really* wish to not prevent getting a newer version. > > If Fabian insists, [...] > > I do, please split the soundfont off into a separate package. ;) OK, will do with the next upload. > > If anyone cares about it and would maintain the soundfont split > > off if necessary, do share. > > I can take care of implementing the soundfont split-off in the musescore I can do that, but thanks. > Debian package and I would also volunteer to maintain it in a separate > source package should musescore ever decide to break it or not ship it > anymore. Okay. Case closed. Thanks, //mirabilos -- «MyISAM tables -will- get corrupted eventually. This is a fact of life. » “mysql is about as much database as ms access” – “MSSQL at least descends from a database” “it's a rebranded SyBase” “MySQL however was born from a flatfile and went downhill from there” – “at least jetDB doesn’t claim to be a database” ‣‣‣ Please, http://deb.li/mysql and MariaDB, finally die! _______________________________________________ pkg-multimedia-maintainers mailing list pkg-multimedia-maintainers@lists.alioth.debian.org http://lists.alioth.debian.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pkg-multimedia-maintainers
