Well my thought was perhaps set up a script that uses FTP since that's one of the things that sourceforge offers with their account. We could set up a guest account with read only privileges in a script that downloads the .wav files and stores them in the appropriate locations for samples loops and audio impulse files.
I don't know if a script and the FTP would be easier than enabling an repo for newbs to Linux. I was under the impression that the rpmfusion repos were disabled by default and there weren't any links to them in the spin.
I also don't know if Fedora would allow us to package a script that download content from off site either, though as I think about it, that's what KDE and GNOME do for background pictures and sound motifs for their DEs. Maybe it'll fly....
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Hi:
I'm not too familiar with Fedora's packaging guidelines, but it's
possible they wouldn't want us to ship media files. But it does seem
like a good idea... if we can somehow make it super-easy to get stuff
to make stuff with, more stuff will be made.
However, I suspect the 'best practices' strategy is to post RPMs on
RPMFusion, rather than to ask users to download from a SourceForge
project. RPMFusion already hosts several packages with features
unacceptable for official Fedora packages (like MP3 support).
Of course, if RPMFusion also doesn't want to host our RPMs, then a
SourceForge project is a good choice. Is it possible to set up an RPM
repository on SourceForge?
Christopher.
On 04/11/2012 05:12 PM, Brian Monroe wrote:
> I've had conversations with others about packaging content material
> for the Audio spin and it doesn't seem like that currently possible
> with how things are packed in Fedora.
>
> I know we don't quite have our package list together at this point,
> but I think there's a need for decent content for some of the
> plugins like samplers, reverbs, drumloops and the like. I think the
> more stuff like this we have available immediately for the audio
> spin, the more end users we're going to attract. Even presets for
> things like graphic EQs and the like. Anything to make less hassle
> for users...
>
> Anyone else feel this way, or am I alone in my line of thought? I
> may be easily persuaded after seeing it from another's point of
> view and I wonder how important it is in the large scheme of
> things.
>
> On a side note, I have sourceforge project that we could host
> content at if needed. (hurray for unlimited bandwith and drive
> space for large files) I know we're a ways off in implementing
> something like this, but it's not too soon to start gathering
> resources for it.
>
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