I guess I _have_ to answer this one. Lee A. Azzarello wrote:
Over the last few days I've been having quite a few problems with Debian stable and jack applications. I don't want to run sid or etch because I like to work with stable libraries and a base system. I'm comfortable doing backports and building packages myself. But lately I have been building so many packages myself I'm begining to feel like I'm making a little mini distro in my local apt repository. This got me thinking about potential alternatives to running sarge. So If you'll humor me for a minute, I'd like to take a little poll. This only concerns users/developers of real Debian and variants that pull from the official archives. 1) What Debian communities for audio software packaging are you a part of?
A/DeMuDi & Debian Multimedia Project
2) How do you install new releases to your system?
apt-get (synaptic actually)
3) How often do you build your own kernel for audio systems?
I don't, I let Free do it.
4) If you're not running real Debian, what made you change?
I _am_ running real Debian ;)
5) If you are running real Debian, have you upgraded to etch or sid?
No, I'm running stable + A/DeMuDi-1.2.1 + backports. I'm really close to upgrading to etch + A/DeMuDi-1.3.1 as the situation is getting silly. I think you know what I mean already. My system is getting like a Military Academy. One of the spoof ones. However, I can still make music on it, so I'm resisting the temptation to upgrade. JACK works perfectly here.
cheers, tim hall
