Re: [seq24-users] seq24

[Ken R. <ke...@re...>]

On Wed, May 07, 2008 at 05:54:45PM -0300, Ivan Hernandez wrote:
> Maybe not "transfer" but we should investigate sourceforge's svn server 
> to share developenment among let's say four or five developers so each 
> one can merge patches of their own or submitted by users and chose when 
> code is ready for release.
> It should not be as hard as it seems and will avoid forking on a project 
> that is great but still needs a lot of work son several areas.
> 
> I will read a little, reactivate my old sourceforge account and try to 
> setup an svn just to see how good it goes.
> 
> Ivan
> 
> Eric Boon wrote:
> > Wouldn't it b easier to transfer ownership of the project to someone  
> > who is willing to take it on?
> > I mean, there's no need to create a fork and have a 'side' project...
> >
> >   Just my 2 eurocents,
> >      Eric
> >
> > On May 7, 2008, at 12:52 PM, Rob Buse wrote:
> >
> >   
> >> Hello everyone,
> >>
> >> I apologize for not writing the lists sooner.
> >>
> >> I hate to say it, and most have probably guessed, but my development
> >> efforts have moved away from seq24.  I just don't have the time for it
> >> anymore.  These days it seems hard to find time to even use seq24, let
> >> alone add features to it.
> >>
> >> Some have suggested maybe forking the project and taking it in a new
> >> direction, I think it would be excellent if seq24 could continue to  
> >> grow.
> >>

A seq24 user named Pete Leigh sent me a bugfix patch, which would be great for someone to integrate into the main SVN and eventually a new release.

Basically, the unsigned long below in midifile.cpp needs to be an unsigned int. Then BPM's would get restored correctly when loading a seq24 MIDI file.


  if ((file_size - m_pos) > (int) sizeof (unsigned long))                                                             
   /* Get ID + Length */                                                                                              
     ID = read_long ();                                                                                               
     if (ID == c_bpmtag)                                                                                              
       {                                                                                                              


-ken