Richard Bown wrote: > Ok so a quick trawl of emails turned up some names perhaps that could > contribute to new website/direction/developments. > > Just to say that this is just a quick scan and I may have missed out some > people who are big current contributors. This is just to get the ball > rolling so apologies in advance if your name is here in error or not here and > you want it here. > >> Songwriters >> Will J Godfrey >> Holger Marzen >> Neil Bryan User/Supporter > > Perhaps the above could contribute links/music/videos etc? > >> Current Core Dev >> Michael >> Tom Breton >> Daren Beattie >> Ian Gardner > > A plan for the future Dev direction if any. Having no plan is also fine. > >> Devs or Interested in Ports >> Ian Gardner Mac Port >> David Tisdell Mac Port potentially? >> Richard Windows Port. > > Maybe some ideas of timescales if these are real possibilities? > >> Website >> Brett McCoy >> Michael >> Chris? >> Richard > > Some idea of what to do with it and how to go forward. > > Thoughts?
Yes, I have some thoughts! To briefly introduce myself so I don't look like an intruder, I have been a on-off Rosegarden User for many years (and still am when I find time for making music) and my tiny contributions so far for RG have been two instrument definition files (Korg 05R/W and Yamaha RM50), a RG 1.7.3 Package for Mandriva 3 years ago and now a RG package for RHEL 6 and clones. I'm not a programmer so can't help on that side (I'm a sysadmin professionally). To get back on subject, I think RG needs to be more visible in the Linux world to attract new users and even more importantly make sure that packagers of all major Linux distros are aware of new releases, so that the latest version swiftly ends up in the repos of current distros. Without this crucial task most users will never be able to use RG as very few users are experienced enough to build from source themselves! Like I mentioned in another post I have taken the liberty to post the 12.04 release announcement to Lxer.com and linuxtoday.com. IMHO this should be standard practice at every new release as it keeps RG in the news (at least occasionally) and it might alert packagers that there is a new version out. But since it's far from certain that all or even most packagers read these Linux newssites, it would maybe be useful to set up a rosegarden-announce mailing list just for new release announcements and then contact packagers of linux distros that have packaged up previous versions of RG encouraging them to subscribe to that list so that they stay informed about new releases. Regards, Andy ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ _______________________________________________ Rosegarden-user mailing list Rosegarden-user@lists.sourceforge.net - use the link below to unsubscribe https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/rosegarden-user
