[LAD] Summercode 2008: LASH in the finals

[Dave Robillard]

On Mon, 2008-03-17 at 23:40 +0200, Juuso Alasuutari wrote:
> DEAR SIR/MADAM,
> 
> I APPROACH YOU MOST HONORABLY TODAY FOR A MUTUAL BUSINESS TRANSACTION.
> 
> Only joking. But I have other good news to tell: My LASH project 
> application for Summercode 2008 [0] made it to the finals. That means 
> it'll compete against six other applications when the final round is 
> held on 28.3. (that's 3/28 to those of you with funny locales).
> 
> Here are the goals listed in the project application:
> 
> - Re-implement liblash's internal protocol to use D-Bus.
> - Allow a LASH client to act both as a normal client and a control 
> application.
> - Add a callback API to liblash.
> - Make lashd communicate with JACK using the "jackdbus" D-Bus interface. 
> (Probably will not overthrow the current libjack behavior for now, but 
> will be added as an optional feature.)
> 
> Dave Robillard (drobilla) has given the project his blessing on #lad, 
> and has granted me repository write access which I'll make good use of 
> soon. At this point I'd like for Dave to drop by and say "aye" for the 
> record. :)

Affirmative, cap'n!

-DR-