Re: [Audacity-devel] Bugzilla Questions
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From: James C. <cr...@in...> - 2007-02-05 18:55:36
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Chris, If you're doing anything with label-tracks, something that would make a big difference to their usefulness is being able to 'lock' them to a wave so that they move around with cut-and-paste-and-move. --James. Chris Share wrote: > OK, I'll have a look at that one. > > After looking at the Feature Requests I was thinking of: > > - LAME commandline switches (40 votes) > > - Ability to make selection between labels (like double clicking between > markers in soundforge) > > - Punch-in and punch-out recording (32 votes) *PLEASE!* > > - Something I'd like to see added to Audacity would be an indicator for > each track showing the peak meter reading for the track. > > Regarding my background, I'm a musician (acoustic guitar mainly although > some keyboard too) and have done an MA in musicology and a Grad. Dip. in > music technology. I'm a self-taught programmer (mainly C, with some C++ > and Java) and I'm currently doing a PhD in music technology at the SARC > in Belfast, U.K. I have a moderate knowledge of DSP. I've also worked as > a technical writer (but please don't ask me to do any for Audacity :-) ) > as I'd like to get some experience coding on a large-scale media > application. I've released a small synth editor > (http://www.labyrinth.net.au/~cpsmusic/) as shareware. I have experience > with OpenGL, OpenAL, Portaudio, MidiShare and Libsndfile. I looked at > wxWidgets a while ago but didn't end up using it. > > Cheers, > > Chris > > Mar...@ao... wrote: >> Chris >> >> I don't know what you are into, signal processing, GUI, or whatever so I've >> browsed the wiki and come up with an idea for you: >> >> "Effects - normalise - percentages >> Would it be possible to have a percentage normalisation option (as an >> alternative to decibels)? Many people have problems with decibels." >> >> I think what is being asked for here is a check box to select dB or % for >> how much to normalise to. You'd probably want to save this to prefs (the type >> and the value), you'd have to do a little wx programming to put in the option >> box and you'd have to make sure you did the processing properly. Then you >> might want to look into ShuttleGUI to lay it out. >> >> Just a thought >> Martyn >> PS and don't forget to ask for help / opinions here, I've always found >> people helpful and friendly. >> >> In a message dated 04/02/2007 23:51:12 GMT Standard Time, csh...@qu... >> writes: >> Great, thanks for the info. >> >> I'll have a think about what I'd like to do. Initially I thought I'd >> start by fixing small bugs, however now I'm not so sure this is the best >> path, especially if there is a plan to fix the bugs prior to the next >> release. >> >> I'll see if there's a small feature that I could implement. Any suggestions? >> >> Cheers, >> >> Chris >> >> Markus Meyer wrote: >> >>> Hi Chris, >>> >>> Chris Share schrieb: >>> >>> >>>> 1. How do bugs get from the wiki to Bugzilla? >>>> >>> I think the plan is to review the Wiki and Bugzilla before the release >>> and hack the Wiki bugs into Bugzilla if not bogus, then fix it. >>> >>> >>> >>>> 2. How often do new versions of Audacity get released (and when is the >>>> next planned release)? >>>> >>> The somewhat informal and unofficial plan is to have another beta >>> (1.3.3) and after that head for a stable release (called 1.4 or 2.0). >>> Depending on the time everyone has available this might be in the next >>> 2-6 months (although I hope that it will not take too long). >>> >>> >>> >>>> 3. Who decides the features that are part of the next release (is there >>>> a list of new features)? >>>> >>> Most decisions are pretty much made by consensus among Audacity >>> developers, though there is a list of "lead developers" (look into the >>> about box of the program) and of course a project leader, Dominic. >>> >>> On the web site, there are descriptions of the new features (with pretty >>> graphics ;) which have been introduced for the recent beta versions. >>> >>> >>> >>>> 4. Is there a testing phase before a release candidate is released (is >>>> the code frozen at any point)? >>>> >>>> 5. What does the testing phase consist of, and how many testers are >>>> involved? >>>> >>> >From what I can see, v.1.2.5 is the current stable release, and v.1.3.2 >>>> is the current beta. When does v1.3.2 become a release candidate/stable >>>> version? >>>> >>> As I said, the plan is to release yet another beta, then after that >>> concentrate on testing and fixing bugs. The Audacity project >>> historically tried not to be too formal in its development process. >>> Instead we rely on frequent communication between developers and a >>> friendly style of working together. Additionally, we are all people who >>> have a day job, too. To say now "let's release Audacity in 4 weeks" if >>> no one has time to actually work on it makes no sense. So we try to work >>> on Audacity as time permits and try not to let the process become to >>> bureaucratic. >>> >>> As for your contribution to Audacity, every contribution is welcome. You >>> can implement a new feature, you can fix a bug, you can fix a typo. Just >>> post a patch to this list and someone will review it and eventually >>> commit it. All information regarding release planning etc. is also >>> discussed on this list, so you will always be able to keep track of >>> everything and participate in the process. >>> >>> Have fun! >>> Markus >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? >> Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier. >> Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo >> http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 >> _______________________________________________ >> Audacity-devel mailing list >> Aud...@li... >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/audacity-devel >> > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Using Tomcat but need to do more? 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