libspiralcore, was Re: [linux-audio-user] fastbreeder (a genetic programming synth)

[Sean Edwards]

I use Debian Testing on my primary desktop and do a
full system update about once a month.

--- tim hall <tech at glastonburymusic.org.uk> wrote:

> On Saturday 11 February 2006 04:11, Erik de Castro
> Lopo was like:
> > > On 2/11/06, Erik de Castro Lopo
> <mle+la at mega-nerd.com> wrote:
> > > > libsndfile0 is at least three years old.
> Everyone I know of is using
> > > > libsndfile1-dev
> > >
> > > Isn't three years old standard for debian? .....
> >
> > I'll bite.
> >
> > Debian stable has libsndfile1:
> >
> >    
> http://pdo.debian.net/cgi-bin/search_packages.pl?
> >        
> >
> 
keywords=libsndfile&searchon=names&subword=1&version=stable&release=all
> >
> > and that Debian stable was released in July 2005.
> >
> > People who have never taken the time to learn
> Debian would probably
> > be surpirsed just how good it actually is.
> 
> Yeah, and I'll chew. Three years isn't standard EVEN
> FOR DEBIAN, OK? Sarge 
> took this long to get out of the door, granted. I
> understand this was a 
> tongue in cheek remark, but these idle remarks tend
> to get built on and get 
> taken more seriously by some than they should.
> 
> So, at risk of being Utterly Boring on this subject
> - Debian's idea of 
> 'stable' is to be conservatively rock solid for
> production servers & newbies. 
> Most Desktop users use 'testing' or 'sid', Everyone
> in Debian knows this and 
> works accordingly. 'Testing' runs a couple of months
> or so behind the leading 
> edge, which for me is just enough time to read
> bugreports and be aware of 
> potential breakages in advance. For example, I'm
> still using stable for 
> mission critical work, until etch settles down a
> bit. So I'm still using 
> Linux-2.6.12, this kernel was compiled on 23 June
> 2005. So that's about a 
> year behind. DeMuDi 'testing' has 2.6.14. There are
> lots of sources for 
> backports and unofficial builds if you need to keep
> more up to date, which 
> means rosegarden-dssi and ardour-0.99 on the music
> front and of course you 
> can build your own if you need to be tracking CVS or
> whatever. The purpose of 
> a distribution is to provide a solid foundation, I'm
> perfectly happy with 
> having to do a little work if I want the latest
> toys.
> 
> I know I do a lot of pom-pom waving for Debian.
> There's a reason for this. ;)
> -- 
> cheers,
> 
> tim hall
> http://glastonburymusic.org.uk/tim
> 


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