On 5/13/12 6:56 PM, Cláudio Pinheiro wrote:
> I'm interested in a Mac port, and I may help with coding.
> Most of my coding experience involves portable code between Linux,
> Windows, ARM and microcontrollers, and I develop for Mac as a hobby.
> Having said that, I believe the biggest problem I see today in
> Rosegarden is the following mentality:
> "I'm a Linux user and I want a tool to help me making music on
> Linux.". So Rosegarden is chosen because it's the most comprehensive
> DAW for the Linux platform, making the choice to use it subordinated
> to the choice of which operating system one wants to use. As the
> Linux-using musicians demographics is a tiny one is somewhat natural
> to expect that Rosegarden's visibility is minimal. And as Linux-using
> musicians programmers with free time and interest are even rarer,
> things pile up on the TODO queue (111 open bugs and 144 open feature
> requests).
> Let's take the opposite example: Mixxx. Multiplatform, Qt-based,
> low-latency DJ mixing program, runs on Linux, Windows and Mac OS X,
> GPL-licensed, free in App Store, has 800+ reviews (4.5 stars) and a
> thriving community.
> What's the main difference between Mixxx and Rosegarden as end-user
> products? When somebody wants to go into DJ'ing he/she can choose
> Mixxx to do the job as a (better) alternative to the commercial ones.
> When somebody wants to write music with a DAW he/she'll try to use a
> program that fulfills its needs. If he/she uses Linux Rosegarden is a
> choice. Had Rosegarden be multiplatform, the mentality would be "I
> want a tool to help me making music" instead of "I'm a Linux user and
> I want a tool to help me making music on Linux.". When we remove the
> platform from the equation we broaden Rosegarden's target audience
> tenfold? Thirtyfold? If we were able to have iOS and Android ports, oh my.
> Rosegarden needs broad visibility by potential users, so it can
> generate a critical mass that would attract developers that would
> maintain a sustained growth and (even) better codebase and
> documentation. To achieve it Rosegarden must walk the multiplatform
> path. It must be the top priority now for the future's greater good.
> With this in mind, somebody said that would be able to recruit coders
> to work on a Mac port, please do so and ask them to do it in a
> multiplatform way. Somebody said that could help with the homepage.
> Please step up and do something "seksy", atractive. Let's have
> commitment. Let's make Rosegarden reach what no other DAW I'm aware of
> has reached and Mixxx, LibreOffice and others had reached in their
> respective niches. We have lots of success examples all around us, so
> it's time to act upon.
>
> On Sat, May 12, 2012 at 10:34 AM, Ian Gardner <
ilgardner@yahoo.co.uk