2009/3/11 Daniel James <dan...@64studio.com> > Hi Raffaele, > > I can't go in deep about debian packages accept/reject workflow and policy >> stuff but non-free repository should allow some compromise in these >> direction... >> > > It wasn't about free versus non-free (for once), it was that Ardour > developers were forced to embedded their own forked versions of libraries, > because upstream authors had not applied patches that Ardour needed to > function properly. > > Some Debian developers decided this was unacceptable, as a matter of policy > - result: no Ardour in Lenny. I don't think that's a win for Debian. > > Cheers! > > Daniel >
So, sid/unstable version of Ardour will be there forever and ever and never be released nor meet testing because of debian developer "laziness" in patching... ...can someone borrow me a flame-thrower tank? Apologize for being suspicious about that. regards r
