Re: [Audacity-devel] Roger's faster version of Click Track

[Martyn S. <mar...@gm...>]

On 08/07/2016 11:45, Steve the Fiddle wrote:
> On 8 July 2016 at 09:47, James Crook <cr...@in...> wrote:
>> On 7/8/2016 1:04 AM, Gale wrote:
>>> Stevethefiddle wrote
>>>> Roger's new version of Click Track does not appear to have been committed.
>>>> Do we want it to be committed?
>>>> If so, there's a minor bug in that the final trailing silence is
>>>> double the length that it should be (easy to fix).
>>> +1 to commit it (with the fix). It is *much* faster on my machines.
>>
>> You've goahead from RM too.  [Steve, you're being overly cautious in
>> asking at all 'do we want it'.  Hell yes we do :-) ]
>
> Perhaps not "overly" cautious.
>
> Back in September 2015, in response to requests from some of our VI
> users, I wanted to update Click Track with a slimmed down interface,
> including an equivalent fix for the generating  code to Roger's fix.
> Gale was very clear in his opposition to my proposed changes, and

I want to make it very clear here that I do not consider Gale to be in 
any way a 'boss' or that we should consider his opinions / 'votes' any 
more than a +/-1.  That is, if his opinions are not that of most 
people then we should go with the majority of opinions, not the 
majority of posts and words (which he always seems able to do).

> after an exchange of 59 forum posts I lost the will to pursue it.

I didn't read that.

  I
> see that even now Gale wishes to impose the condition that the fix is
> only acceptable if

Gale does not have a remit to have that position of power, from 
anything I have seen.  This is supposed to be a democracy, not a 
'grind you down with words'-ocracy.  And a do-ocracy (did I spell that 
right?).

  we retain all of the other "features", but to my
> mind, requiring 23 tab key presses to cycle through the controls in
> what is essentially a "metronome" is just ridiculous, and as has been
> indicated by some of our VI users, is way over the top. Being
> constrained in this way takes much of the fun out of developing.

I'm sorry Steve but your "being constrained in this way" looks to me 
like your obedience to Gale who has no remit to being your 'boss', in 
any way.  Please commit what you think is correct and be prepared for 
a modest 'virtual' kicking from the whole team if you get it wrong, 
rather than fearing whatever Gale can unleash.

The 'Gale rules' are just too severe for us to make any progress.  If 
we were to try and continue under them, somebody will fork something 
else I feel, or may have done so already.

TTFN
Martyn

> Steve
>
>>
>> --James.
>>
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