[linux-audio-user] Re: [linux-audio-dev] Re: [ANN] No More Specimen

[Dana Olson]

On Thu, 2006-04-20 at 19:00 -0400, Dave Phillips wrote:
> Dana Olson wrote:
> 
> >The point is, it has been reliable for thousands of projects, including
> >several of my own. Where is Specimen's page right now? Nowhere. If it
> >was on SourceForge, we'd all be able to get to it.
> >
> >I was merely offering a suggestion to benefit the community as a whole,
> >but you all see fit to ridicule me. That's great, thanks.
> >  
> >
> Sorry, Dana, I certainly wasn't ridiculing you. Unfortunately, your 
> suggestion came at a time when SF has been a beeyatch to work with over 
> the last month or so. See the Csound list, the Common Music list, and so 
> on. And this isn't the first time they've been a pain.
> 
> Apologies extended. The irony was in my face and I did not resist 
> temptation. I rarely do: I never know if it'll come again... ;)
> 
> Best,
> 
> dp


Alright, understood...

SF has been reliable for me for many years. They're bound to run into
problems occasionally, and so it happened as you said.

For another example of where I think using SF would have benefitted us
as a community, have a look at LinuxSampler's homepage. Since December,
you have been unable to download source tarballs, because they
experience a hardware failure. This made packaging a PITA, especially
for someone as new to making .debs as I am, because whenever possible,
you are encouraged to use the source tarball releases, and not a CVS
checkout. But we had no choice.

In any case, ok, I understand where you guys are coming from.
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