On 2/2/06, tim hall <tech@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Wednesday 01 February 2006 21:31, Dana Olson was like: > > Well, last I heard from Free (a couple days ago), he was pretty much > > the only one working on DeMuDi, and he had been working on uploading > > his DeMuDi packages back into Debian and coordinating with the other > > package maintainers. If the project really was alive and well, and the > > future really was certain, I don't understand the moves. It doesn't > > make sense to me that it is just coincidental timing. > > It has always been the intention (and practice) to cycle packages back into > the main Debian repositories. Ubuntu does this too, does it not? Yes, the > timing of Junichi Uekawa's support to do this was serendipitous, to say the > least. Plan B for DeMuDi has always been to re-integrate into Debian if it > became necessary, or in fact, ideally if multimedia packages become possible > to run on a vanilla install. This latter option would count as a major > success. > > It is largely because of the work of the DeMuDi project over the last four > years that Debian is now seen as a serious platform for multimedia > activities. A large amount of that credit has to go to Free, for sure. I > don't see anyone bottling out, just a change in infrastructure to cope with > the lack of immediate funding. > > DeMuDi needs a big Granny Weatherwax style sign up saying "I ATEN'T DEAD!" > -- > cheers, > > tim hall > http://glastonburymusic.org.uk/tim Firstly, Terry Pratchett rules. Secondly, I am aware of the volunteer status of DeMuDi. but Free has done all of DeMuDi himself to date. "Since April 2003 I've done everything by my own, with the financial support of the former sponsor. If Canonical could sponsor me or someone else to keep working part time on it, that would be great, and I think both parties would benefit this (see below)." In the end, all I meant was that one of the reasons I am not using DeMuDi is that its future is indeed uncertain. Lots of volunteer projects end up dying. SourceForge is a ghost town of could've-beens. As I said to Free, I don't want to see DeMuDi die or fall behind - hence why I contacted Canonical about sponsoring him. I respect him and his work. I just don't prefer to use it. I believe in making other distros better too. The other reasons I chose Ubuntu are all preference. BTW, Warty sucked balls. I tried it and went back to Debian. Hoary had everything I needed and more, so I stuck with it. And Breezy is even better. I am hoping Dapper shatters my expectations, considering they're pitting it against Vista and want it to be very extra polished. I guess time will tell. Peace. Dana
