From owner-freebsd-multimedia Fri Oct 16 05:14:35 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id FAA18265 for freebsd-multimedia-outgoing; Fri, 16 Oct 1998 05:14:35 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from as5200-01-254.no.neosoft.com (as5200-01-254.no.neosoft.com [206.27.167.254]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id FAA18257 for ; Fri, 16 Oct 1998 05:14:31 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from conrads@as5200-01-254.no.neosoft.com) Received: (from conrads@localhost) by as5200-01-254.no.neosoft.com (8.8.8/8.8.7) id HAA14329 for multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG; Fri, 16 Oct 1998 07:11:12 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from conrads) Message-ID: X-Mailer: XFMail 1.3 [p0] on FreeBSD X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <199810151304.OAA28238@labinfo.iet.unipi.it> Date: Fri, 16 Oct 1998 07:11:12 -0500 (CDT) Reply-To: conrads@neosoft.com Organization: NeoSoft, Inc. From: Conrad Sabatier To: multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Trash Voxware? (was Re: rvplayer requires pcm for stable) Sender: owner-freebsd-multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org [ stable dropped as per JHK's suggestion ] On 15-Oct-98 Luigi Rizzo wrote: >> I really don't understand the eagerness to drop Voxware at this point in >> time. >> Is it simply for the lack of maintainer? > > "simply" ? I am amazed, do people understand that the system is > evolving so if a module works _now_ it does not mean it will work > forever without mainteinance ? OK, maybe a poor choice of words. I meant "simply" in the sense of "only", as in, "if this is the only reason, then what we need to do is get someone to maintain the code". I would gladly volunteer, as I think it's well worth maintaining at this time, but I really don't think I'm up to the task (for that matter, I would gladly offer to help add MIDI functionality to the new driver as well, if only). My knowledge of the lower-level workings of FreeBSD (and of soundcards in general) leaves *much* to be desired. I *am* interested, nonetheless, in finding out more about what's involved in maintaining a module, and about device drivers in general. Any resources? And Luigi, I hope you don't take any of this personally. I just can't do without MIDI. :-) -- Conrad Sabatier Arithmetic is being able to count up to twenty without taking off your shoes. -- Mickey Mouse To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-multimedia" in the body of the message