20 Sep
2013
20 Sep
'13
11:50 a.m.
Ha, it seems I submitted news about a fork right into a firestorm!
Well, I've done it, take it or leave it.
For the record, I did email Arnold Krille several times without getting a
reply, which is fine because there isn't a law which says he has to answer
emails from me. Also, the (C) on that software says -2007, so I went ahead.
It probably wasn't a good time in retrospect. But hey, the last digest was
full of people ranting about forks, plus my post about actually having done
one.
1. Code didn't do what I wanted.
2. Made code do what I wanted.
3. Released code
(3) is the whole point of FOSS isn't it?
I didn't intend to upset Arnold or anybody else, but the only way I'm taking
my "fork" off github is if Arnold thinks it's good enough to make it
mainstream, which would be an honour and a privilege. Also, it was more
than a week's work (mostly understanding the existing code base), which
means I reckon I deserve a place on the author list. If Fons thinks I'm a
"dog pissing on a lampost or some juvenile spraying his tags on someone
else's property", we'll have to agree to differ. I still really hope Arnold
is
going to let me ask him some questions about his code!
I don't actually know anything about what caused all the fuss in the first
place, but it's a bit of a shame when people fall out. Politics... blegh!
Nick/.
Science and Music Research Group, Glasgow, Scotland.
20 Sep
20 Sep
9:45 p.m.
On Fri, 20 Sep 2013 12:45:45 +0100 Dr Nicholas J Bailey
<nicholas.bailey(a)glasgow.ac.uk> wrote:
Ha, it seems I submitted news about a fork right into
a firestorm!
Well, I've done it, take it or leave it.
For the record, I did email Arnold Krille several times without
getting a reply, which is fine because there isn't a law which says
he has to answer emails from me.
Mostly due to the fact that I don't answer when there is no time. And
then tend to forget these mails when they drop below the fold...
Also, the (C) on that software says
-2007, so I went ahead. It probably wasn't a good time in retrospect.
It was at the best of times! And its not the first fork of JackMix,
but probably the first on github...
I didn't intend to upset Arnold or anybody else,
but the only way I'm
taking my "fork" off github is if Arnold thinks it's good enough to
make it mainstream, which would be an honour and a privilege.
The main concern for me is that (if I understand git correctly) its now
not possible for me to import my private subversion history of JackMix
into github and then officially mark yours as the fork... As my vcs was
private all the past time, thats not a big concern.
You could also have given your project a new name. Which is hard when
the good names are all taken...
But seeing as I don't really have time for audio-programming since
quite some years, please continue!
I still really hope Arnold is going to let me ask him
some
questions about his code!
I don't know if I can answer your questions. As you rightly noticed,
its been some time since I wrote that code.
I would write it differently today (test-driven, gui in python and only
the mixing-engine in C++). I kind of started parts for a rewrite,
there's a mixing-matrix-gui in ffado-mixer thats similar and I have
some local beginnings of a crossbar-router for jack (patchage with rows
and cols instead of a free canvas) with network-transparent separation
of gui and core. But that never really hit of with me due to a lack of
time and need...
Anyway, please remind me to look at your project, create a nice page on
github for it and remind me to set a link to that page on my domain.
I hereby proclaim you the new lead for JackMix!
Have fun,
Arnold
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