On 09/11/2013 12:42 PM, Sean Beeson wrote: > Is compiling for source the only way to still get Ardour 3 on Fedora 19? > > If so, does anyone have any good how to on dealing with the dependencies? Hi Sean: With little effort, I found these instructions for Ardour 3.1: https://blogs.fsfe.org/samtuke/?p=548 Please let us know whether they still work. However, I feel we should start a discussion on what to do about Ardour, now that they have asked distributions not to package their software. This is actually a serious ethical dilemma. Possible Options Include: 1.) Package Ardour 3 against the developers' wishes, making no additional changes. 2.) Package Ardour 3 against the developers' wishes, making some change that encourages donating money to the project. 3.) Continue to package Ardour 2, accepting responsibility for maintaining software that's abandoned by the upstream developers. 4.) Drop Ardour from the distribution, since we do not wish to maintain the Ardour 2.8.x series or package the Ardour 3.x series against the developers' wishes. 5.) ? I favour the first or second options, since the free software audio community is so small that we can't afford the added difficulty of using such an important piece of software. On the other hand, the free software audio community is so small that we can't afford creating a rift with the Ardour developers. If we choose one of these options, we should be sure to involve the developers in our decision-making process. If the SIG wishes, I would be happy to research the state of Ardour in other distributions. Christopher _______________________________________________ music mailing list music@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/music
