[Fedora-music-list] Is compiling for source the only way to still get Ardour 3 on Fedora 19?

[Sean Beeson]

Thanks, Christopher.

Say, does anyone know the extra steps to compiles with VST support that the
Ardour instructions say are coming soon?

Thanks,

Sean


On Thu, Sep 12, 2013 at 5:29 AM, Christopher R. Antila <
crantila at fedoraproject.org> wrote:

> 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
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