-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 15 February 2013 14:48:52 Brendan Jones wrote: > On 02/15/2013 03:55 AM, Christopher Antila wrote: > <snip> > > > And finally, here's the idea Brendan inspired. > > > > I think any packaging attempt is going to end badly because of our limited > > resources, and the reality that well-maintained packages require periodic, > > dedicated maintenance. Not to mention our "cross-distro" aspirations. But > > there's a better way. > > > > We could develop a web application that dynamically adjusts for > > distribution choice and integrates multimedia content. We could host it > > on Red Hat OpenShift. We could have the student develop an > > extension/module/something for Publican that would generate this web app > > automatically from pre-existing DocBook XML files. Obviously, this > > wouldn't be able to launch applications on a desktop computer (yet). > > > > But there are several important advantages: > > - - developing for Publican is a significant coding project, > > - - all DocBook-format documentation could be built into a web app, > > - - it's cross-distribution, > > - - it doesn't involve packaging (although Publican does already output > > RPM > > packages of documentation). > > I do think this is a really important idea, one that I'm sure would be > hosted on http://linuxaudio.org/ if it ever came to fruition. Good idea. > I repeat: this is something we can initiate outside of Fedora to benefit all If it's a GSoC project, it needs to happen from within an organizations participating in GSoC. Who better than Fedora? (Serious question...) > I will think more on this and float to the LAU list - if it gets some > traction (meaning a mentor) I'll support it. For me, the number of > packages I'm maintaining is huge, so not sure how much time I can commit > to anything new on top of the audio spin. Busy much Chris? Remember when I started becoming a packager last summer? It's not out of laziness that it didn't happen. We'll see what the future holds, but I don't want to mentor a programming-centric project this summer. > I would like to see Jorns apps realize its potential though, I welcome > contributors here. I have also been talking to the cowboy that is > falktx, guy that is porting many windows VSTs as part of kxStudio, and > the cadence app he is writing in python3 may very well overtake us here. > Problem is Fedora is such a stickler when it comes to licensing. Strict licensing is a bit of a pain, but ultimately a good thing. Or at least that's my opinion. But I'm also wilfully crazy. Christopher -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.19 (GNU/Linux) iQIcBAEBAgAGBQJRHrPHAAoJEGpo1cWDqVnYaxwQAINDgvuS2y/slhpVzhSLIpbQ M+DjT6NNa3/kM99yHfYLJ6CjzUhqEG5sr7lZ515IHow/FZvyqrijCt0LwIzpiACK LAqiq+U4WdG1deMOa1mtkzl6nyCu1ABa/vJ1DtbCH8awAxaQ8Yd3VIi6i7y76e7+ PsVU7pj/Ck6lgO6XCSwestPmx/8MkyLrd/Z+GS9DZg9Lxc0iguAcH/t8+jhC45PH zsjb9EHBx++zzUugwRQh15jlFO9yqVfHhoPz/1tzoQ6yoGw86P70PHWys8RFeUlm aeTWQMOYqMZ2hz59SVo6VKCnwQKJL6h7ukXPK3A4+LoPMPrZjuLhwlU/3YwVbwcz ZtYjv/P3nEn83PgI+Ot7L9cgV9YyJ4IsJdiuJ3A05sNyyLHpUAQzKbLDYrrtZzlW S9JcGSkxBLg3dYMrOE3jGidw9Fhu7gkdZ9FEzaUAe/ylCcGVa8BYLOp9TmqwQt/2 J9m5a3RB9Vmjookz5R/8JTJqjG2Au7uQ/lfFIb43oBzAnhGkVEVpy9mshSBia3gY jOr/0WagLecIxUHo14F3CX+YyvCqzdkEpkMfF63x08r1JRWlMVJFM9Saz2PZGLRz VobicOeDbPF0ZtCdbO+VM7rs635K9jggAXk642BUywvekEXHmZ2LEV4dvkUvvyyu jaRq8Bp3rmrSM+VYj5KX =Pqqa -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ music mailing list music@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/music
