Re: [Symphonic-developers] JSymphonic: road to version 0.3.0 stable

[Nicolas C. <nic...@us...>]

Hi to all !!

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2) JSymphonic code name discussions
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Votes are closed. The winning them is the first one: "Symphony names".

As first code name (for version 0.3.0) I really like what Paulo proposed
"Ode to freedom" (Beethoven 9th symphony). We think it perfect fits
JSymphonic since it frees us from SonicStage !!
So if anybody do not agree, just tell. If not, it will be the code name of
next stable version.

Thanks to the ones who gave their opinions.


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3) JSymphonic website is online
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As you knew, JSymphonic has a website. Now, the website has a theme, which
colors match the ones from the logo. I also try to fill in as possible the
content so that we are only going to use this website, and not the
Sourceforge page.

You'll find on the website:
- news
- a presentation
- downloads
- screenshots
- a documentation
- faq
- the new forum
- a contact us page
- code source links
- a how to join page
- a GPL page

So far, the only page which needs to be updated is the documentation one.
But I'm waiting v0.3.0b to do so.

I closed the Wiki, the documentation and the forum on Sourceforge pages.


You are welcomed to discover the website and report me any mistake, any bug
or any suggestion !!!
http://symphonic.sourceforge.net/
You can also register to this website if you want to contribute and to the
new forum to discuss any points !!

I thank:
- uluss for installing the content manager and dealing with the database and
the web server,
- Parha for designing the logo
- metricjester for writting a correct README file (which I used for the
website documentation)
- mysefl for designing the theme and filling in the website.


Have a great end of week.
Nicolas


2009/4/30 Nicolas Cardoso <nic...@us...>

> Hi to all !
>
>
> Here are the news about JSymphonic :-)
> And I need you to do a couple of things...
>
>
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> 1) Few words about JSymphonic roadmap:
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> - Version 0.3.0a1: released on december the 25th of 2008
>
> - Version 0.3.0a2: released on march the 10th of 2009
>
> - Version 0.3.0 pre-beta: is quite ready to be released, here is what's
> missing:
>      > some details are to be fixed in the GUI
>      > the Atrac support for 3rd generation have to be tested (I'm waiting
> for reports from gen3 owners)
>      > the language files have to be integrated into the online translation
> tool (I will inform translators as soon as it will be ready).
> This version will be in english only
>
> - Version 0.3.0b: will be the same as 0.3.0 pre-beta with ALL translations
>
> - Version 0.3.0 stable: will be the same as 0.3.0b with all bug fixes
> needed
>
>
> You can start right now to report any bug from the last build you'll find
> in the repository:
>
> http://symphonic.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/symphonic/jsymphonic/branches/v0.3/
>
> Every single bug or bad behaviour has to be reported!! The goal is to end
> up with a stable and coherent version!!
>
> Please note that a compressed version of FFMPEG for Windows is now
> available on the sourceforge download page:
>
> https://sourceforge.net:443/project/showfiles.php?group_id=190494&package_id=303948
> It is exactly the same as before, but it only weighs 2mo.
>
>
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> 2) JSymphonic code name discussions
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> We started a discussion in the developers forum about naming stable version
> of JSymphonic. Here is the way JSymphonic will be called:
>   "JSymphonic 0.3.0a" for alpha (unstable) versions
>   "JSymphonic 0.3.0b" for beta (testing) versions
>   "JSymphonic 0.3.0 name" for stable version
> (the second number is for features improvements, the third one for bug
> fixes)
>
> But we need to find names to use to call stable version.
>
> The names should respect some rules:
>  - version name should be a single word
>  - version name should not contains special characters "é,è,..."
>  - we are developing a software under GPL, we should not advertise for this
> or that thing
>
> The idea  is to choose a theme, and pick names in accordance.
>
> So far, we have proposed the 3 themes (and corresponding names) that you
> can read below.
>
>
> I'm asking to all of you to:
> - propose other themes and names if you have ideas
> - vote for the theme you like.
>
>
> Once a theme will be picked, we will vote for the name of version 0.3.0.
>
> Thanks for giving your opinion !!
>
> Nicolas
>
>
> The themes:
>
>
>
>      THEME 1)  "Symphony names" since the name of the program is
> JSymphonic, we can use names from famous symphony. The problem is that
> symphonies were often named with numbers... However, here are some names of
> symphony usable:
>  Brukenthal : Symphony number 21 by Joseph Haydn
>  Hornsignal : Symphony number 31 by Joseph Haydn
>  Mercury : Symphony number 43 by Joseph Haydn
>  Palindrome : Symphony number 47 by Joseph Haydn
>  Feuer : Symphony number 59 by Joseph Haydn
>  Roxelane : Symphony number 63 by Joseph Haydn
>  Loudon : Symphony number 69 by Joseph Haydn
>  Drum-roll : Symphony number 69 by Joseph Haydn
>  Haffner : Symphony number 35 by Mozart
>  Linz : Symphony number 36 by Mozart
>  Prague : Symphony number 38 by Mozart
>  Jupiter : Symphony number 41 by Mozart
>  Eroica : Symphony number 3 by Beethoven
>  Pastorale : Symphony number 6 by Beethoven
>  Ode to Joy : Symphony number 9 by Beethoven
>  Winter Daydreams : Symphony number 1 by Tchaikovski
>  Little Russian : Symphony number 2 by Tchaikovski
>  Polish : Symphony number 3 by Tchaikovski
>  Pathétique : Symphony number 6 by Tchaikovski
>  Manfred : Symphony without number by Tchaikovski
>  Titan : Symphony number 1 by Mahler
>  Resurrection : Symphony number 2 by Mahler
>  Leningrad : Symphony number 7 by Chostakovitch
>  Turangalila : Symphony by Messiaen
>
>
>
>      THEME 2) "Symphony composers " once again, "JSymphonic" makes think
> about symphony, so after symphony names, here are symphony writers:
>  (Joseph) Haydn
>  (Wolfgang Amadeus) Mozart
>  (Ludwig van) Beethoven
>  Bruckner
>  Dvorak
>  Mahler
>  Schubert
>  (Pyotr Ilyich) Tchaikovsky
>  (Ralph Vaughan) Williams
>  Chostakovitch
>  Berlioz
>  (Olivier) Messiaen
>  (George Frideric) Handel
>  (Antonio) Vivaldi
>  (Richard) Strauss
>  (Claude) Debussy
>  (Maurice) Ravel
>  (Johann Sebastian) Bach
>  (Johannes) Brahms
>  (Johann) Pachelbel
>
>
>
>      THEME 3) "names from music", we can just pick names of Albums or
> Titles we love. This them is a little bit ambiguous because we have to keep
> in mind that the code name should be a single word (or a couple...) and we
> should be careful about the sense it carries... In my opinion, it is not
> correct to pick the name of the last album of Britney Spears... It's
> different than talking about symphony composers dead since 200 years...
> These composers and symphonies belong to general culture and
> entertainement...
>
>
>