<div dir="ltr">Thanks, Christopher.<div><br></div><div>Say, does anyone know the extra steps to compiles with VST support that the Ardour instructions say are coming soon?</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks,</div><div><br></div>
<div>Sean</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Sep 12, 2013 at 5:29 AM, Christopher R. Antila <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:crantila@fedoraproject.org" target="_blank">crantila@fedoraproject.org</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div class="im">On 09/11/2013 12:42 PM, Sean Beeson wrote:<br>
> Is compiling for source the only way to still get Ardour 3 on Fedora 19?<br>
><br>
> If so, does anyone have any good how to on dealing with the dependencies?<br>
<br>
</div>Hi Sean:<br>
<br>
With little effort, I found these instructions for Ardour 3.1:<br>
<a href="https://blogs.fsfe.org/samtuke/?p=548" target="_blank">https://blogs.fsfe.org/samtuke/?p=548</a><br>
<br>
Please let us know whether they still work.<br>
<br>
However, I feel we should start a discussion on what to do about Ardour,<br>
now that they have asked distributions not to package their software.<br>
This is actually a serious ethical dilemma.<br>
<br>
Possible Options Include:<br>
<br>
1.) Package Ardour 3 against the developers' wishes, making no<br>
additional changes.<br>
<br>
2.) Package Ardour 3 against the developers' wishes, making some change<br>
that encourages donating money to the project.<br>
<br>
3.) Continue to package Ardour 2, accepting responsibility for<br>
maintaining software that's abandoned by the upstream developers.<br>
<br>
4.) Drop Ardour from the distribution, since we do not wish to maintain<br>
the Ardour 2.8.x series or package the Ardour 3.x series against the<br>
developers' wishes.<br>
<br>
5.) ?<br>
<br>
I favour the first or second options, since the free software audio<br>
community is so small that we can't afford the added difficulty of using<br>
such an important piece of software. On the other hand, the free<br>
software audio community is so small that we can't afford creating a<br>
rift with the Ardour developers. If we choose one of these options, we<br>
should be sure to involve the developers in our decision-making process.<br>
<br>
If the SIG wishes, I would be happy to research the state of Ardour in<br>
other distributions.<br>
<br>
<br>
Christopher<br>
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