On 2/5/2013 9:58 AM, Christopher Brooks wrote: > None of these are ecl licensed. > > Why can't there just be many agents? Why don't we just quit determining > minimum hardware, and instead just indicate hardware that people have > successfully used with the codebase?
There's nothing saying people can't still use the reference, just that there's no one on our side ensuring that it's up to date. The issue with not determining minimum hardware is that then people will attempt to use the CA on underpowered hardware (atom boxes, and mac minis come to mind) and then yell at us when it doesn't work because we haven't determined the minimum spec. And there has been lots of success with other, non-spec hardware, but I have yet to see any of it put into the lists we already have on the wiki... > I don't see a good reason to quit using the reference code and suggest a > single vended solution instead. Some are still using the reference code > without issue, and while it isn't evolving quickly that isn't preventing > the core from evolving. .. The biggest reason is time. We have a limited pool of developer time available, and if those two devs supporting the CA could be better spent elsewhere then it doesn't make sense to keep supporting the reference CA. Don't get me wrong, I don't like dropping the reference CA. But I also don't like that Adam spends his 20% working on CA bugs related to Ubuntu screwing around with package names and removing dependencies when he could be working on something that affects more of the project. And from talking to people at the unconference, there are very very few institutions that even consider the reference build when talking about rolling out CAs. G > Chris > > > Ruediger Rolf <rr...@uni-osnabrueck.de> wrote: > > We in Osnabrück have an LGPL licensed alternative too [1], but I did > not mention it in this context as we use a different technology > stack (Windows) and our project is not complete in features yet (no > scheduling i.e.) and not as mature as the Galicaster. > > And maybe even other open source options may appear in the future? > > Rüdiger > > [1] http://zentrum.virtuos.uos.de/therec/# > > Am 05.02.2013 16:48, schrieb Stuart Phillipson: >> >> On 5 Feb 2013, at 15:15, Ruediger Rolf <rr...@uni-osnabrueck.de >> <mailto:rr...@uni-osnabrueck.de>> wrote: >> >>> Especially Teltek's Galicaster is an valid alternative to the >>> reference Capture Agent as it has an open source license too and >>> works on very similar hardware. >> >> I'd agree with this statement. When we were looking at capture >> agents we either wanted an off the self product for simplicity or >> something we could customise to our environment. We ended up going >> for customisation and Galicaster vs the reference agent didn't >> even get off the paper stage. Galicaster was and is evolving so >> much more rapidly, it's a bit more user friendly to noobs and >> seems to have a much more active community. >> >> That said I'm wondering how Teltek would feel about being the only >> future FOSS offering on the capture agent seen? >> >> >> Stuart Phillipson |* Media Technologies Coordinator* >> >> Room 1.023 Devonshire House >> University of Manchester >> Manchester >> M13 9PL >> United Kingdom >> >> e-mail: stuart.phillip...@manchester.ac.uk >> <mailto:stuart.phillip...@manchester.ac.uk> >> Phone: 016130 *60478* >> * >> * >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Matterhorn mailing list >> Matterhorn@opencastproject.org >> http://lists.opencastproject.org/mailman/listinfo/matterhorn >> >> >> To unsubscribe please email >> matterhorn-unsubscr...@opencastproject.org >> _______________________________________________ > > > -- > > ________________________________________________ > Rüdiger Rolf, M.A. > Universität Osnabrück - Zentrum virtUOS > Heger-Tor-Wall 12, 49069 Osnabrück > Telefon: (0541) 969-6511 - Fax: (0541) 969-16511 > E-Mail: rr...@uni-osnabrueck.de > Internet: www.virtuos.uni-osnabrueck.de > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Matterhorn mailing list > Matterhorn@opencastproject.org > http://lists.opencastproject.org/mailman/listinfo/matterhorn > > > To unsubscribe please email > matterhorn-unsubscr...@opencastproject.org > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > _______________________________________________ > Matterhorn mailing list > Matterhorn@opencastproject.org > http://lists.opencastproject.org/mailman/listinfo/matterhorn > > > To unsubscribe please email > matterhorn-unsubscr...@opencastproject.org > _______________________________________________ >
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