On 13 July 2015 at 14:05, Lorenzo Sutton <lorenzofsutton@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 13/07/2015 14:33, Gene Heskett wrote: >> >> On Monday 13 July 2015 07:57:13 Paul Davis wrote: >>> It is a compile-time-only configuration parameter. It cannot be >>> disabled at runtime if it was compiled into the program. >> >> I wonder what "genius" thought that was a good idea? > > Paul, Ardour's author :-) > And he announced it 5 years ago: > > http://lists.ardour.org/pipermail/ardour-users-ardour.org/2010-August/023831.html hmm .. that message includes the following line - "if a single file exists (e.g. ~/.config/ardour3/.offthehook ?) then no phone home will be initiated" - which implies that it can be switched off without recompiling? Or not anymore? I built the same feature for similar reasons into Praxis LIVE, and don't have an issue with it, though an optional off-switch is nice! ;-) Best wishes, Neil -- Neil C Smith Artist : Technologist : Adviser http://neilcsmith.net Praxis LIVE - hybrid visual IDE for live creative coding - www.praxislive.org Digital Prisoners - interactive spaces and projections - www.digitalprisoners.co.uk _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user
