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

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

Hi to all !!

Version 0.3.0 beta is out !!

See the webiste for downloads:
http://symphonic.sourceforge.net


I'm going to wait 2 weeks for bug reports. If no big bug show up, I will
release the stable version on June, the 15th.


Please, try this version and report any bug!!!


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          Note to translators:
I hope that missing translations will be ready at this date.
Concerning Spanish, Swedish, Turkish and Chinese, some words have slightly
changed so they appear as "fuzzy" now. One string has been added. Please
make the corresponding modification on the online tool. Thanks!!!



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          Note to generation 3 owners:
I've added the 32 and 48kbps bitrate conversion for FFMPEG in the properties
window. Can you please try these bitrates with your player and let me know
if your player is able to read these bitrates.



Greets,
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...
>
>
>