On Fri, Jan 2, 2009 at 8:15 PM, Cory K. <[email protected]> wrote: > Khashayar Naderehvandi wrote: >> Hi all, >> >> I've been trying to do two things in one: Learn a bit about >> debian/ubuntu packaging + creating a ppa with up-to-date versions of >> some of the applications that I would use myself, that is music >> production applications, for hardy and intrepid. >> >> The packages in my ppa are completely untested (this cannot be >> stressed enough, I haven't even tested all of them myself), and they >> are my first attempts ever of (re)packaging. >> >> Now, my question is: Is there any interest in an archive like this? If >> yes, would it be a good idea to start a team for backporting packages? >> Is anyone interested in working on this? >> >> Right now, the ppa holds, e.g: >> * ardour 2.7 >> * audacity 1.3.6 >> * hydrogen 0.9.4beta2 >> * ffado 2.0-rc1 >> * jack 0.116.1 >> * kernel 2.6.24 for intrepid 64-bit >> >> My idea is to keep to latest upstream versions of packages and avoid >> experimental versions. The reason hydrogen 0.9.4-beta2 is there, is >> because 0.9.3 never worked with jack+ffado for me, and the reason >> ffado is there, is because jack+freebob never worked with my audio >> device. >> >> Personally, I think there should be a semi-official archive that >> allows ubuntustudio users to upgrade to the latest and greatest >> without leaving their distribution, be it hardy or intrepid. To me, >> this became obvious when I realized I couldn't upgrade to intrepid due >> to the realtime kernel problems. I really wanted a new version of >> ardour, and hydrogen wouldn't work for me, and so on, so I ended up >> compiling everything I needed locally, but if I'm doing it, there >> might be others doing it as well, and some who don't know how to do >> it. So why not sharing, eh? >> >> Regards, >> Khashayar. >> >> (PS, I know I haven't included a link to the ppa. That's because all >> packages aren't built yet, and I want to know what people think first. >> Also, I have to come up with a way to REALLY STRESS that the packages >> are completely untested :-)) >> > > Khashayar, I have been kicking around the idea of having a official > backporter on the team which would address exactly this. I was waiting > until after the holidays to talk about it but what the hell. > > If you're interested, say so. We'll try to get a ball rolling. > Yes, I am :-) But, I'm really serious when I say these are my first attempts at packaging. So I will probably get stuck with things others wouldn't...
> If you wanna chat real-time, #ubuntustudio-devel on Freenode. > See, here's another thing I know nothing about! I've never used irc before. I'll turn up in #ubuntustudio-devel one of these days when I get the hang of how things work :-) > -Cory K. > Khashayar -- Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list [email protected] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users
