On Sun, Nov 22, 2009 at 1:19 PM, Scott Lavender <scottalaven...@gmail.com>wrote:
> I would like to suggest we replace Creox effects processor with Rakarrack > for Lucid. > > Creox [1] does not appear to be updated or maintained as the version > (0.2.2rc2) that is currently in Ubuntu Studio [2] (and Debian [3]) was > released in 2003. > > Rakarrack [4], in contrast, released three new versions last year [5] and > even has a developers blog [6] that shows activity for this year. > > Although Rakarrack isn't currently in the Ubuntu repositories, Debian shows > packaging for Rakarrack for both Sid and Squeeze [6] so hopefully we can > sync easily enough. > > Dave Phillips even reviewed it in one of his Linux Journal articles [7]. > > The next prudent steps would be to mail the Ubuntu Studio users mail list, > post at Ubuntu Forums and even mail to developer to ask if updates can be > expected. If no one violently objects to persuing Rakarrack I will take > previously outlined steps. > > Scott > > [1] http://zyzstar.kosoru.com/?creox > [2] http://packages.ubuntu.com/search?keywords=creox > [3] http://packages.debian.org/search?searchon=names&keywords=creox > [4] http://rakarrack.sourceforge.net/ > [5] http://sourceforge.net/projects/rakarrack/files/ > [6] http://packages.debian.org/search?searchon=names&keywords=rakarrack > [7] http://www.linuxjournal.com/content/rakarrack-guitar-fx-linux > > -- > Ubuntu-Studio-devel mailing list > Ubuntu-Studio-devel@lists.ubuntu.com > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-devel > > +1 for me. I think the only reason why we haven't shipped rackarrack was the lack of package. If it's synced from debian, then all is good.
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