Re: [Jack-Devel] The Situation(s) With JACK

On Wed, Dec 14, 2011 at 05:19:56PM -0500, Paul Davis wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 14, 2011 at 5:15 PM, Fons Adriaensen <[hidden]> wrote:
> 
> > AFAIK there is no Ardour on Windows.
> 
> Ardour 2 and 3 both run on Windows. There has been no release of
> Ardour for Windows.
> 
> > the same question (in a different form): given the small developer
> > base (identified as one reason for Jack's current problematic state),
> > is there any good reason (from a Linux user's POV) to waste any time
> > on a Windows version (which only complicates things) ?
> 
> This is one of the main reasons why there has been no release.
> 
> JACK is not "an app". Its plumbing. It is already cross-platform. It
> is already released for 5 major OS platforms (Linux, OS X, Windows,
> BSD, Solaris). The situation is very different from the question of
> whether or not app Foobar should be released on Windows when it
> currently does not exist for that platform.

Still maintaining it for all those platforms means extra work,
and less time for real development.

You yourself suggested in your original post that Jack's development
should be driven by user requirements. Now ask yourself who are your
users. I bet they are 90% Linux. And those have no interest at all
in any Windows/xxx/yyy version. Go for it if you have spare capacity.
Or make it a GSOC project. But don't waste any time on it otherwise.
Even it that hurts.

Ciao,

-- 
FA

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