Re: [Rosegarden-user] Is there a why to make the metronome play a measure lead-in?

[Brian C. <mrb...@gm...>]

I just finished reading a Con Kolivas' interview from 2007 that was linked
from his wikipedia page.  How amazing.  And what a collective lose for
everyone.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Con_Kolivas

http://apcmag.com/interview_with_con_kolivas_part_1_computing_is_boring.htm

Thank you for providing this information (and letting me go off topic).  His
story has answered a question I have wondered about for a while.  I did not
know the soap-opera story lines involved in Linux development.  The more I
learn the more I realize I have so much more to learn...


On Mon, Jun 8, 2009 at 4:28 PM, Chris Cannam
<ca...@al...>wrote:

> On Sun, Jun 7, 2009 at 5:07 PM, Brian Clem<mrb...@gm...> wrote:
> > Why cant this, ever important, element be forever integrated into the
> > 'standard' kernel (if there is such a thing)??  The Fervent
> 2.6.18-fervent
> > kernel is rock solid (RIP:( Though I STILL use STG 2.02 and love it)
>
> The Fervent 2.6.18 kernel was at heart a Con Kolivas configuration.
> His kernels were tremendous for general everyday interactive use -- he
> maintained a separate kernel tree with various patches of his own
> writing and a number of tuning details not present in the mainline
> kernel.  We, and many others, used them with various personalisations.
>
> He gave up maintaining them (and contributing to Linux) because he
> felt that interactivity wasn't being given enough attention, and also
> I think because he seemed to be building up a history of proposing
> worthwhile additions to the mainstream kernel that were either ignored
> or else merged in a different form when someone who did a better job
> of arguing for them proposed them later.  Linus is a tough guy in that
> respect, and in this case it looks like something of a pity.
>
>
> Chris
>