1 Jun
2009
1 Jun
'09
9:35 a.m.
Beepo / Vanguard wrote:
I'm sad to hear that there has not been enough user contribution to the project and I
can imagine the workload Cory and others have been struggling with. Unfortunately I have
to admit that I've also been just enjoying their work more than helping to get things
done or fixed. Perhaps I should try to put some effort on those testing and documentation
parts mentioned.
The most alarming point however was the statement that the upstream is not responding to
the studio devel team requests. I don't know if the upstream upgrades and fixes can be
speed up but at least the communication should work to get anything accomplished.
The problems I've encountered on Intrepid and US/Jaunty are not unusual.
They have been reported by many users, the Ubuntu forums are filled with
such complaints. Somewhere in the wilderness (i.e. the Ubuntu forums)
there is a graph that illustrates the difference between successful
installs of 8.10 and the unsuccessfuls. The unsuccessfuls number at
better than twice as many. Alas, the same problems plague me now as were
problematic before. The rt kernel still blows up when acpi is enabled,
exits and shutdowns fail, the audio configuration is still dependent
upon Pulseaudio, the setup for pro-audio is still too manual, et cetera
et cetera. These issues were all well-known with Intrepid.
I understand that the team probably needs more help. But what does it
take to identify and recognize persistent problems ? Am I posting to the
forums in vain ? Not one developer, whether for core Ubuntu or UStudio,
ever responded to my posts, and the problems and annoyances remain.
Luke Macneil has packaged an rt kernel that's reported to work with
UStudio 9.04. I'm going to try to set it up on my desktop box today. If
that doesn't resolve the kernel-related issues then I'll be done with
UStudio until they repair the breakage.
Btw, I use nVidia's binary drivers. I'm perfectly aware of the odium
that attaches to those binaries, but I don't believe that they are the
problem, not when users report the identical problems occurring on ATI
and other GPUs. And those binaries work perfectly with my 64 Studio
installations and my JAD box, without degrading performance.
I say again: I like Ubuntu, I think it's a neat system with a great
desktop. It just also sucks in some areas that critically matter to me.
Best,
dp