[linux-audio-user] a letter from ron parker

[R Parker]

Hi Paul,

Before I say anything depressing and express my
frustration, please take to heart how much I
appreciate what you're doing. Ardour is an incredible
accomplishment and I view it as an enourmous act of
generosity.

I know you're trying to release 1.0 and start the
GKT2.0 port at the new year. I have had enough serious
problems with Ardour that I don't see how that's
possible. Maybe my perspective is very narrow and I
can't see beyound the issues that I run into. It's
just that I keep running into problems that are
intolerable to most guys like me (pro engineers).

I have to share a personal frustration with you that
affects my attitude for trying to help with Ardour.

Because I am not a developer nobody will ever know
that I have made a contribution. I feel insignificant,
overlooked or unappreciated. How can I say that when
everytime an issue arises you're there to help. 

If a developer contributes a couple bug fixes, that
person recieves recognition by being listed in the
developers section of the About dialog. Yet their
effort seems miniscule when compared to mine. The way
I read this is if you're not a developer, then in the
Ardour world you're nobody. I don't know if there's
any other way to interpret this. From my perspective,
it seems accurate. Ultimately the result is a loss of
motivation.

I'm glad Doug, aka Nostar, is around these days
because Ardour needs someone to discover, report and
request fixes.

Maybe your reaction to this letter is "go blow
yourself." Given what I imagine to be your own
frustrations, I sure wouldn't blame you for responding
that way.

There's a couple more things I want to say to express
my appreciation but I have to start my day.

ron


		
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