Re: [Audacity-devel] feature freeze date for next release

[Federico M. <fm...@fc...>]

Paul,

Accelerated spectrogram is very interesting, specially if spectral 
editing is going to be fostered. Some ideas that may be tested include: 
1) Create a second version of the sound file which is essentially the 
spectrogram. This could be computed automatically whenever a file is 
created or imported or its creation could be optional via some 
preference item; 2) Keep in memory the spectral information that has 
been already computed and retrieve it instead of computing it again when 
a spectral view is revisited.

A potential problem is when the waveform is edited so that its length 
changes, but it could be dealed with by interpolation (hopefully, as no 
phase is taken intio account in an ordinary spectrogram, this would lead 
to acceptable representation). An "upgrade view" and "upgrade all" might 
be of help for "cleaning" the spectral version now and then.

Regards.

Federico


On 26/11/2014 10:47, Paul L wrote:
> Did someone else mention "accelerated spectrogram?"  I have entertained some
> ideas for drawing it faster but I don't think I mentioned them here and
> surely I don't mean to try it before 2.1.1.
>
>
> James Crook wrote
>> On 25/11/2014 22:59, Gale wrote:
>>> Vaughan Johnson wrote
>>>> Hi, all. This is to announce that yes, we will freeze new features on
>>>> Dec 1. Then we'll have about 6 weeks of testing and bug-fixing, and
>>>> target mid-January for release freezes.
>>>>
>>>> Also, this announces that I'll be Release Manager for 2.1.
>>>>
>>>> - V
>>> I thought we agreed not to use the term "feature freeze" though
>>> for upcoming releases it may be appropriate.
>>>
>>> My question is - is this a formal GUI/strings freeze? I kind of hope not
>>> yet, because I can easily see someone may want to propose some GUI
>>> or text change or other once they start documenting in earnest.
>> We (TLs) have talked about exactly that off list, and yes, the strings
>> will NOT be ready for translation on 1st Dec.  We haven't set a date
>> when they will be, and I think perhaps that is OK, as we won't know
>> exactly where we stand until we have had time to go through what we have
>> and decide what is enabled for 2.1.0 (e.g. not the effects rack).  That
>> also applies for the manual.  It's probably best to regard screenshots
>> as placeholders until we're clear what we are releasing.
>>
>> I may for example be arguing that without the effects rack, only one RT
>> effect active at a time is a restriction we need.  I need to try it out
>> a bit more and see.  That kind of thing WILL require a little new code
>> and possibly new strings.  And also I think there will be actual bugs
>> that are cleared after 1st December too.
>>
>> I think the longer settling period than usual for Audacity will be good
>> as there is so much new.  It's good to have problems of this kind.
>>
>>   From 1st December we will be frozen in that we won't accept new changes
>> like, say, an accelerated spectrogram or user customisable colours for
>> it.  I think some changes in default key bindings and changes that help
>> accessibility could be on the table still though. Vaughan will decide
>> how the freeze progresses and in particular when we say strings are
>> ready for translation.
>>
>> --James.
>>
>>
>>>
>>> Gale
>>>
>>>
>>> On 11/14/2014 5:34 PM, Vaughan Johnson wrote:
>>>> I am really happy that so many new feature contributions and discussions
>>>> are coming in, but if we are going to be able to do a release in
>>>> mid-January, I agree with James that we need to freeze them on Dec 1, so
>>>> we have time for testing, individually and how they interact.
>>>>
>>>> Any objections?
>>>>
>>>> - V
>>>>
>>
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